Title: Return to The Public

Exercise: Choose an event or situation that involves people, preferably outdoors. Keep the viewfinder to your eye and record a series of images as you go. Do not wait for the single ‘composed’ image but record all the moments that are almost right.

Approach: I was really interested in undertaking this photo narrative but became increasingly frustrated by the incessant rain that meant a number of events I had in mind were either cancelled or scaled down. In the end I chose to record my journey to The Public in West Bromwich from the centre of Birmingham. As part of my professional work I had been involved with The Public but this was the first time I had visited it since the building was fully up and running. It was therefore a journey that had a personal resonance for me.