File: 2012003-0115
Shrub Hill Road, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, on Friday 2nd November 2012, at around 10am.
What is this all about?
When doing a graphic design project, I like to try and do my own photography as much as possible, for use in my creative works. I prefer to be less dependence on using stock images, this does not mean I don’t use stock images, just try not to use them too much.
This is what the professionals do. When designing posters, book covers, any graphic design works, or even when making television episodes or movies, they try to create their own as much as they can, and try to use less stock footage as little as possible.
That is because if you use stock images or footage, you have to apply for permissions from, or even pay royalties to, the original artists/illustrators/photographers for using their images/footage in your works, especially if your works are for commercial purposes.
My works are not for commercial purposes, just mostly as self-training to keep up my skills, and often for show. For example, if I apply for a job in the graphic design industry, and got an interview, I would need to show my designs to the interviewer. I figure it would be helpful to point out to interviewer that I make an effort to use my own images and use less stock images.
So this photograph was taken as part of a graphic design project I was doing, for a CD album art cover, by using my own images.
About the subject of the photograph.
This is a view of Shrub Hill Road, part of the B4205, in the city of Worcester.
The photograph is viewed from the junction with Tolladine Road and Lowesmoor Place, looking uphill in the approximately direction of south-east, towards the junction with Shrub Hill railway station (on the right side), and with Tallow Hill further on (on the left side).
On the left side of the street, the buildings, including the clock tower, are part of the Shrub Hill Industrial Estate.
In the past, they were built in 1864 by the Scottish architect named Thomas Dickson, for the Worcester Engine Works Company. The buildings were used for the construction of railway engines and carriages for some years until the railway boom slowed down.
In around 1871, the Great Western Railway company that acquired the works, did the manufacture and repairs of railway vehicles in Swindon, so they closed down the operations in Worcester.
In 1882, the building was chosen as a venue for the Worcester Exhibition, a showcase of cultural artefacts and local industrial productions.
Between 1903 to 1984, the building was owned by an offshoot of an engineering company called Heenan & Froude, which was based in Manchester, and was the company that built the Blackpool Tower.
Today, the building is part of the Shrub Hill Industrial Estate, and divided into various smaller units for many different companies. Examples, few offices for taxi companies, a nursing agency, car washing service, and even including an indoor rock climbing company.
In 1980, the building was listed as Grade II, but does show signs of neglect over the whole of its façade. Of the clock tower, one face is stuck at 12 o’clock, while the other face shows the correct time.
Conclusion.
I’ve been in this part of the area thousands of times, I figured this building would look useful as an old building, especially if taken in black and white, for my graphic design project, which I titled The Old Dying Town. All I needed to do was to try and do photo-editing work, to remove signs of activity and modernism.
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