Description
I’d gone down to the Port Talbot area in South Wales with a view to photographing the area, which had hit hard times as the home-grown steel industry battled against cheap foreign imports. Driving around, I found this wasteland underneath the M4 motorway.
As I studied the cafe, what looks to be an Anderson Shelter, and an old warehouse, I noticed the graffiti: “The Bitch Is Back”. Did the writer know it was an Elton John song? And why here? I have been back to the area since and the buildings have gone.
Who Is Andrew Fox
Andrew began his career as a trainee on the Birmingham Post & Mail newspaper, after completing the National Council for the Training of Journalist’s photojournalism course in Sheffield in 1988.
While still a trainee, Andrew won the Midlands Press Photographer of the Year award.
The broadsheet Birmingham Post always treated its black and white photography seriously and it’s style was close to that of The Independent. In the late ’90’s Andrew decided to turn freelance and took his portfolio to The Independent. The next day, Andrew received his first commission, and for the next 18 years was one of its regular photographers. As his work became known to other picture editors, Andrew started to work for The Guardian, The Observer, The Times, The Sunday Times and The Telegraph.
His work has been shown at Visa Pour L’Image international photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France, and at the House Of Commons. Awards include the Nikon UK Feature Photographer Of The Year and three special awards in the UK Picture Editors Awards.
