PROJECT: amass zine 01 – OBSOLETE
I am drawn to empty noticeboards/advertisements. My favourites are those that appear to have been abandoned for quiet some time, but when I’m just walking past somewhere it’s not always easy to tell if they’ve been given up or are just in-between notices. It doesn’t really matter – at that point in time they are calling my attention to a void.
A foldy zine featuring some of the Obsolete collection is available to buy as part of Amass Zine, a set of three zines documenting collections of things that catch my eye when I’m going about my day.
Colchester, Essex, UK, June 2024
Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, UK, May 2024
Holland-on-Sea, Essex, UK, May 2024
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, UK, May 2024
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, UK, May 2024
London, UK, May 2024
London, UK, May 2024
Colchester, Essex, UK, May 2024
Colchester, Essex, UK, May 2024
Colchester, Essex, UK, May 2024
Colchester, Essex, UK, April 2024
Colchester, Essex, UK, April 2024
Wimbledon Common, London, UK, April 2024
Norwood, London, UK, April 2024
Photograph of a blank white whiteboard with a metal frame, mounted on a white-painted brick wall, with a black post box to the left, with a slither of metal shutter visible to the left and little bits of plant at the bottom of the frame.
Crystal Palace, London, UK, April 2024
Photograph of a large advertising board on the corner of a road – it is empty and black. In front of it a black car is turning onto the main road, on which there is a red London bus. There is a row of houses behind and the foreground is filled with road.
Woolwich, London, UK, April 2024
Photograph of a brick wall with an empty wooden frame towards the top. To the left of it is an alarm casing, with wooden batons to the left of that. To the right is a house-shaped lower brick wall, with a boarded up window. Above is a blue and cloudy sky and below is a pink pavement with double yellow lines on the road.
Chelmsford, Essex, UK, April 2024
Photograph of a large advertising board on a train platform, viewed at angle. It’s empty, with grey in it and a metal frame. Above and to the left is a cloudy sky and to the right is a pole, pipes and brick wall.
Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, UK
Photograph of two empty noticeboards mounted on a strip of cream wall, the top one with a worn white background and the lower just showing the wall behind. To the left is a metal and glass shop door with various signs showing Business Hours and Warning notices and to the right is a more ornate window into a cafe, with an armchair by it.
Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, UK
Photograph of a wide-edged black frame around an empty white noticeboard. Behind is a light sage-green wall, with part of a window visible to the right of the frame.
Shoreditch, London, UK
Photograph of a wide-edged white noticeboard with remnants of a sticker on the glass but empty inside. Behind is a bright green wall with a black strip to the left and a yellow and red pattern painted area to the right.
Kings Cross, London, UK
Photograph of two empty free-standing noticeboards in the entrance of a building, a white one to the left and grey to the right.
Kings Cross, London, UK
Photograph of a free-standing noticeboard with just a blank white board. behind is a black wall, to the right is a grey wall with a display of different blue toned squares, to the left is a folded up white table and in the foreground is a concrete floor and tiled floor closer to the foreground.
Kings Cross, London, UK
Photograph of a free-standing wooden noticeboard with nothing on it. To the right of the frame is another freestanding board with a blank white sheet on it, behind is a glass window into an office and at the bottom of the frame is a paved floor.
Kings Cross, London, UK
Photograph of a free-standing noticeboard with a grey plastic base and a blank white sheet of paper displayed. Behind is a bare wooden wall, to the left is part of a door, to the right are boards stacked for storage and there’s a concrete floor below.
Kings Cross, London, UK
Photograph of a free-standing metal noticeboard with a grey plastic base and nothing displayed on it. Above it, mounted on a bare wooden wall is a display case with objects on display and ‘BA JEWELLERY DESIGN, SHOWCASE One’ written at the bottom. Below that are two fire extinguishers, there’s a concrete floor below and at the left of the frame, in the distance, are grey metal lockers.
Battlesbridge, UK
Photograph of a large empty white board with the Battlesbridge Antiques Centre logo at the top and ‘EVENTS’ below, with only drawing pins and scratches below. The board is behind a metal gate, there are CCTV warning notices below, terracotta pots to the left, trees and plants behind and a traffic cone to the bottom right.
Colchester, UK
Photograph of an empty grey and metal framed noticeboard on a wooden planter with plants visible at the top of the fram and pavement visible in the foreground.
Manningtree, UK
Photograph of a worn wooden notice screwed on to a large tree trunk, with old staples on it and leafy forest visible behind.
Colchester, UK
Photograph of two empty white noticeboards with black frames on a white wall, with small black lights above them, with brick pavement and curb below and towards the bottom of the frame.
Great Tey, UK
Photograph of a wooden A-frame sign that has ‘THE CHEQUERS’ writeen at the top and black chalkboard below. It has a white wooden pole to the right of the frame and people behind a fence further to the right, a road with cars parked along the edge and trees to the left.
Harwich, UK
Photograph of a red brick building with turret style walls, a painted sign saying ‘THE SALVATION ARMY’ to the right, a large, black-painted empty noticeboard towards the centre, a red double door towards the left and windows above and to the left of frame. Pavements and road are visible in the foreground.
Dovercourt, UK
Photograph of a worn, white-painted noticeboard/sign with old staples on it, mounted on white columns against a cream building.
Harwich, UK
Photograph of an empty black noticboard with metal frame attached to a metal railing on a concrete floor, with sandy beach, sea and cranes at Felixstowe visible behind.
Colchester, UK
Photograph of a white painted old building with black door with ‘7’ on it to the right, an empty black-framed noticeboard towards the centre, closed shutters with colourful paining and posters towards the left, a sign saying ‘QUEEN ST. BREW HOUSE, CRAFT BEER AND MORE’ above, pavement and road with double yellow lines in front at the bottom of the frame.
Ipswich, UK
Photograph of an empty grey and metal framed noticeboard with a few circular magnets at the bottom, a reflection of houses and cars visible on the glass, sky with clouds visible behind above it and a metal fence below.
Ipswich, UK
Photograph of a large metal noticeboard that says ‘WELCOME TO IPSWICH’ at the top with a coat of arms above and a faded red board under plastic below, which is reflecting bits of street scene in it. Locked to the right of the frame is a bike, there’s a barrier and church wall behind, and in the distance to the right are people passing a wagamama, which is up some stairs.
Ipswich, UK
Photograph of an empty grey and black framed noticeboard on a light grey wall with black painted strip to the left and white painted windowframe just visible to the right.
Walton-on-the-Naze, UK
Walton-on-the-Naze, UK. Photograph of an empty noticeboard on a wall with a street name ‘MILL LANE’ to the right, ‘…umental Masons, R. GWINNELL & SONS’ on a sign above and windows and brick wall above that, with pavement and double yellow lines at the bottom of the frame.
Colchester, UK
Photograph of an empty noticeboard on the side of a bus shelter, with street paving around it, trees and foliage behind, lampost, posters and a bin towards the left and a utility cover and grey metal utility boxes in the foreground.
Colchester, UK
Photograph of an empty noticeboard in a bus shelter, with street behind and dirty marks and faded graffiti on it.
