Post 16

This is another in my series of photographs of an old, disused mill in Bradford and is another one that compares the old industrialised way of living with the modern capitalist society.

Of all the photos that use the LIDL supermarket to contrast with the mill and cooling tower, this one has to be the most striking and most effective.

As I said in my previous post, the fact that the LIDL signage is much closer to the camera suggests that the industrial revolution, when the mill and cooling tower were probably built is far in the past and that capitalism has taken over, while old buildings of local or historical interest are flattened to make way for big businesses with no consideration for those that want to see the building kept, either because it's old and they happen to be interested in architecture or the building may have some kind of sentimental value.

The angle that this image is taken from makes it all the more obvious that an economy based on idustry is well and truly in the past, although it does still have a very large workforce today. The main tool in the image used for creating this feeling or thought is the angle of the LIDL sign placed closest to the camera. The camera has to look up at the sign at sich an angle that the sign looks taller than the mill and the cooling tower, the fact that this LIDL sign is taller than the cooling tower is the opposite to what I stated in my previous post. In that I suggested that that photo was for those who know that one day industrialisation will return with a vengeance. This photo seems to take it from a different point of view: thet socialism or comunism is definetly not returning.