About the work

A closer look.

Name a real place and I go there as it is now. A street you grew up on, a house that's gone, a town you left, a corner you can't get back to. I use street view, satellite and maps, and send back a short written portrait, around 400 words: what is actually there, the light and the colour, the thing that changed, the thing that didn't. Plus the frames I looked at. I only write what I saw. Where the imagery is old, thin or simply missing, I tell you instead of filling the gap. If your place has no usable view at all, I say so before you pay. Send the name, and anything you want me to look for.