About me and my photography
ABOUT THE VIEW FROM THE NORTHThe View From the North is an ever expanding body of work documenting the industrial landscape of the North. There is no particular agenda or structure to it, and it is less of a project than an ongoing exercise to document places and things that catch my attention. That said, the website is largely structured in galleries based on the places I’ve visited since 2007. My other website, Mechanical Landscapes is more thematic and while it contains many of the same photographs, it is exclusively black and white, something I have a passion for.
ABOUT ME - ANDY MARLAND
I don't have much in the way of formal artistic training (which probably shows through in my photographs) as I'm an engineer by education and profession (which probably shows through in my photographs). My life has been spent living and working in the industrial landscape of Lancashire, forever staying, as David Plowden would say "one step ahead of the wrecking ball", both as a photographer and in my engineering career. My photography is a reflection of this - I'm both an insider looking out, and an outsider looking in. I've spent my life naively figuring out ways round my own perceived limitations (usually doing things the hard way) and I've spent the past few years experimenting my way through four solo exhibitions, twenty five (and counting) 90 minute talks on my photography at camera clubs across the north of England and am on the second edition of my self published book 'Shadows of the North'. I've also had the privilege of being commissioned to photograph London Road Fire Station using the Samsung Galaxy S7 as part of the launch for O2 in the UK.
Publications
Amateur Photographer, 31st January 2009, 4th June 2011
Urban Realm, Brymbo Ironworks, Summer 2012
Lancashire Magazine, Accrington Conservative Club, January 2014
BBC News Online - March 2014, Backbarrow Ironworks magazine article,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-26384805
Manchester Evening News – 20th March 2016, London Road Fire Station, print and online editions
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/london-road-fire-station-urban-11055107
Independent, London Road Fire Station - 18th March 2016, http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/eerie-images-take-a-look-into-britains-forgotten-buildings-a6938836.html
Professional Image Maker - February/March 2019
Exhibitions
August - October 2014, Ebb and Flo Bookshop, Chorley
October 2014 - January 2015, Georgian House, Bolton
February 2015, Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, Helmshore
June - December 2015, Queen Street Mills Textile Museum, Burnley
November - December 2017 - Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery, Oldham
November - December 2019, Astley Hall, Chorley
September - October 2020, Peak District Lead Mining Museum, Matlock Bath
Commercial
O2 - Samsung Galaxy S7 Launch http://news.o2.co.uk/?press-release=urban-explorer-snaps-eerie-pics-samsung-galaxy-s7-o2 or PDF