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Blackpool is a town often a victim of negative stereotyping, reinforced photographically and in tabloids. The issues of alcohol and drug abuse, along with the popular hen nights and stag dos, have plighted the seaside town for many years. However, for the residents of the town, it's not the whole truth. Everyone knows the Blackpool Tower and the Promenade and whilst the town has undergone many modern regenerations - there are areas that have been neglected.
The work aims to show the contrasts between the attractive and not-so-attractive areas of Blackpool town from a long term residents point of view.
The following photographs are all taken around and on Central Pier.
Blackpool and the Fylde
Rather than focusing on the town centre of Blackpool which most people know, the town is actually made up of several towns, villages and areas. The body of work is an exploration of four of these settlements, highlighting what the community is like and how change affects these areas too, in correspondence with new stories specific to that area.
Layton
Bispham
Cleveleys
Fleetwood