Mobile Phones in Cambridge 1

I spent a short while in Cambridge this morning watching and photographing tourists with their mobiles outside Trinity College in Cambridge photographing the buildings, each other and themselves, and then, occasionally using it as a phone. Shot on Full Spectrum camera which accentuates the autumnal feel to the morning.

Three years Pass on Hills Road Cambridge

As part of our ongoing CCC project to record changes in the Streets of Cambridge since our 2001-4 survey, I spent an hour photographing Hills Road (see Documenting Cambridge). As I did an interim visit in 2020, it is interesting to see how much has changed in just 3 years rather than the 20 of the main project. For instance, Richer Sounds (who have kindly sponsored our Annual Exhibition) have built a new shop further into town along with lots of other changes while Tescos remains essentially unaltered.

Street of Cambridge 2. Signs of the Times

As well as recording the buildings to see changes in structure and ownership, I am also interested in the changes everyday life as portrayed on the streets such as the Delivery services evident everywhere (here Just Eat and Delveroo), transport systems, clothing etc (Images 9 and 10 are the left-over boxes containing the mechanism for the previous rising bollard system; image 2002)

Streets of Cambridge 1. Starting Plans

Between 2011 and 2004, members of Cambridge Camera Club took photos of many of the main streets in Cambridge and we intend to repeat this during the next year or so. We made a start yesterday and I found it a lot more tricky than expected to match up the views. The only shop to remain the same on this section of the Bridge Street was Toni and Guy the hairdresser.