Eye On Manchester

Eye On Manchester

Personal blog by Aidan O’Rourke photographer writer from Manchester & beyond…

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Launch event at BDP’s remarkable new building in Manchester

This evening I attended the launch event for a very special building.
It’s the new BDP building near Piccadilly Station.
The metallic south facade runs along Ducie Street. The north facade overlooks the Ashton Canal in Piccadilly Basin. The floor to ceiling glass windows make wonderful reflections, in fact the building appears to float in the water.

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Took photographs as one of the official photographers at In The City 2008

The annual In The City music convention and festival took place from Sunday 5 to Tuesday 7 October.
As in previous years, I was one of the official photographers covering the event. I’ve covered 1998-2000 and 2004-2008. A selection of my photographs is displayed below. To see the full set of images taken by all the […]

Grosvenor Picture Palace drawing by Caroline Johnson

Artist Caroline Johnson has sent me a copy of her drawing which is taken directly from one of my photographs.
I think it’s a sensational image as it makes the building look new and bringing out the bright colours of the tiles as they must have looked nearly 100 years ago.

More information on Caroline Johnson […]