A Reflection of 48Sheet

Between the 2nd and 29th April 2012, the city of Birmingham was turned into an open air urban gallery as the 48Sheet project descended on the city. The concept was to transform up to 100 billboards into platforms for creative expression by 29 local, national and international artists.

In collaboration with 48Sheet and Birmingham Loves Photographers, the photography project I also run – Birmingham {Viewpoint} – put together a photography project / competition where those visiting 48Sheet were asked to submit one photo to the project. The results can be seen here.

As 48Sheet draws to an end, I realised that I hadn’t actually been out and taken any photos of it – mainly due to me cutting my hand opening a beer bottle and not being able to function properly for the last 5 weeks! So I decided to head out in the rain / sun, armed with my camera, literally in one hand, and took the following photos.

I was a bit frustrated at how the weather wasn’t great for the photos, but after I’d shot the first couple of billboards an idea came to mind to utilise the heavy rain we’d just had – hence a lot of the billboards being shot reflected in puddles…