Lace

Nottingham is a Midlands city, situated almost directly on the openly debated North/South divide. It is this feature that perhaps defines its’ characteristic. Like most of the cities of the Midlands, it is caught in a liminal state: between recession and growth, past and present, being both northern and southern at the same time. During my time documenting the city, it became clear that I was seeing a similar manifestation of this characteristic in the urban condition: The apparent tension between two states. As I walked further I found myself drawn to the fringes, the space between urban and rural, where this tension is more readily felt. Finding myself up against the boundaries and barriers of the estate, I became aware that they not only restricted my vision, but allowed fleeting glimpses of something more. I found myself thinking of a quote by Rebecca Solnit: "The magic of the street is the mingling of the errand and the epiphany."