A Look Around Laganside – A Photographic Essay by John Baucher

Description

Over the past 18 months I have been mooching and meandering around

Laganside looking at the built environment with a particular emphasis on how people as individuals and/or groups use the spaces. This book is not intended as a definitive record of Belfast; rather it is my own view of the city at a time of change and flux. I have not tried to produce an estate agent’s brochure and as such, the images here reflect my own likes and interests.

It’s an exciting time for Belfast with new buildings and spaces developing at a pace previously unimaginable. It will be interesting to revisit some of the scenes in the months and years to come to record the evolution of the spaces.

If there is one thing to be taken from this book, it is that the skills of the Parkour/free runners and skateboarders can be deployed by all. Namely; dialogue, stamina, strength (physical and mental) and the ability to face fears and overcome them.