first impressions

My name is Chris Berridge, I'm a first year student studying architecture in Dundee University, I'm 17 years old and one of my main interests is photography so the purpose of this blog is to document all my photographs whether related to uni or just for fun.


one of our early assignments was to find an inspirational place in the city of Dundee, fortunately i have lived here from birth and my photography has had me exploring the highs and low's of the city so I already had a few locations in my head i thought would be fairly original.

the location i picked was the roof of Bellstreet multistory car park. What drew me to the location first time around was the high viewpoint of the city but when i was up there i was amazed by how peaceful and still everything was compared to just a few dozen feet below me in amongst all the chaos of the city traffic.

 

so on returning to the location i thought it would be good to focus on the area of Dundee that is somewhat stuck in the past, as Dundee today is all talk about the modernizing waterfront i took pride in bypassing that and looking into the old architecture that was at one point a big deal as well. i took another few photos and done a couple sketches and i tried to emphasize the contrast in being above and in amongst central city life and the ability to stand still and watch everything else pass by you, whether that is rushing cars or slowly drifting clouds.