Final version of 'Castles of Norwich 12'

 

Below is the finalised version of the 'Castles of Norwich 12' montage. This iteration also differs from previous 'Castles of the...' montages by imitating a fictional representation of Norwich, a 'greatest hits' or sorts, by only showing a representative of the architecture.

The composition reminds me of an early montage in the series for Nottingham, which now comes of as a prototype in it's rougher, more 'obviously mirrored' appearance. Similarities are found in a greater depth (to simulate a city) present compared with the montages imitating a building (especially Oxford, which is quite flat in comparison). Both the Norwich and Nottingham montages give the impression of a hilltop city in how the build up from the bottom, therefore allowing buildings placed behind to be visible.

1st draft of 'Castle of the Norwich 12' montage

Below is the 1st draft the 'Castle of the Norwich 12' montage.

While it follows a similar compositional style to other 'Castles of the Architects' montages, it comes across more as a collection of individual buildings rather than a fictitious building created from parts of structures of the same architectural style.

This is not necessarily a bad thing as the montage is designed more to showcase the Norwich 12 in an eye-catching montage, and if I were to follow the montaging style of previous entries in the series more closely, this focus may have been lost.

Photo holiday to Norfolk, 'Norwich 12', and erosion of Norfolks coasts

Hello! Just got back from a holiday in Norfolk, specifically the coast around Cromer and Overstrand.

Naturally, being a photographer, I took loads of photographs. During the holiday I noticed the extent of erosion along the aforementioned coastlines. This is reflected in some of my photographs, shown below, where I came across an assortment of debris from collapsed structures due to cliff erosion. This included the cross-section of the foundations of a former building long since collapsed, with chunks of the wall now covered in weeds, forgotten.

 

In places, the wooden sea defenses had seen better days, now reduced to it's skeleton.

Finally, south along the coast from where I stayed, the steps down to the beach had collapsed, and while I could not tell how long ago this had happened, no attempt to create a makeshift path appeared to have been made.

NORWICH 12

In other news, I photographed the 'Norwich 12':

"the UK's finest collection of individually outstanding heritage buildings spanning the Norman, medieval, Georgian, Victorian and modern eras." (as the Norwich 12 website describes them)

Originally, I planned to create a 'Castles of the Architects' entry featuring these buildings, in which the tourist information was interested in. In addition to this, however, I plan to create more montages centering around how there are '12' buildings, and the number 12 (e.g. use a clock face as it has 12 numbers on it. Perhaps, 'time to visit Norwich!' as the slogan).

Anyway, these montages are early days as I need to edit down the photos I took down first, and I will keep you posted!