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In Spring, They Cut That Magnolia Tree Down is a body of work consisting of photographs captured on black and white film, in and around the author's home in North West Bristol.
Shortly after a local plant nursery permanently ceased operations next to Woodwell Road in Shirehampton village, a beautiful magnolia tree in full bloom was cut down. This was deeply unnecessary, and the developers then neglected the site to the point where it became derelict.
140 x 216mm, 42 pages
Paperback section sewn
First edition of 50
Printed by Taylor Brothers Ltd
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Photographer Matthew Broadhead and writer Richard Owen Collins embarked on a collaborative journey into the Sirhowy Valley, to investigate pollution caused by Monsanto and its impact on the locality.
They spent a year visiting the area, meeting with locals, and digging through archives to produce a compelling account of a baffling situation. This book is the sum of their experience.
200 x 270mm, 104 pages
Softcover section sewn
First edition of 50
Printed by Taylor Brothers Ltd
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Mount St. Bernard Abbey is a Roman Catholic, Trappist monastery founded near the town of Coalville, Leicestershire in 1835.
In the month of August 1890, it was reported in the Leicester Daily Mercury that a ceremony with solemn blessing had taken place to appoint Dom Wilfred Hipwood as abbot of Mount St Bernard abbey. The authors third great-grandfather was the photographer on this occasion.
200 x 250mm, 32 pages
Saddle-stitched
First edition of 100
Produced in the United Kingdom
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“I was sorting through and archivally resleeving negatives previously kept in a small shoebox, when a pile of Fujifilm CD’s were found with lab scans on them. It reminded of a time when Sainsbury’s used to offer a develop and scan to CD service, which has long since disappeared from stores.
Looking at the metadata for the files revealed that many of these pictures were taken in 2012, around the time when my sister (Charlotte) carried the Olympic torch through Torquay. I would have been between 17 and 18 years old and studying art at college.”
A5, 56 pages
Saddle-stitched
First edition of 50
Produced in the United Kingdom
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