Anne, curator of Nothing To See Here, describes the destinations featured on the website..

“Places that still have a certain charm, a bit of je-ne-sais-quoi about them. They’re a little bit special. No Been There, Done That, Bought The T-Shirt kind of places here. They won’t cost much (if anything) to get in and you’ll come away feeling a little bit richer”

I often come away from somewhere thinking “this would be perfect for Nothing to See Here”. This is the first time I have submitted a post. Red Rock Cinema, Reykjavík is certainly a special place and worthy of a mention.

I’m really happy to have one of my website designs featured in the new book The Web Designer’s Idea Book. Put together by Patrick McNeil the creator of the ever handy designmeltdown.com. It features the website I made for photographer Peter Byrne.

I took a two day screenprinting class at Northern Print in Newcastle. Although slightly disappointed with the final prints it was really nice to be designing something for myself and using ideas that had been stored away for some time.

Birds 1. Inspired by a trip to The Stewarty Museum, Kirkcudbright. View in full.

Igloo Chistmas Cards

These pre-fab homes in York may soon be up for demolition to make way for modern housing. Built in 1975/76 the 100 buildings are known as ‘Discus Bungalows’. The wide structures are hard to photograph but I wanted to capture the unusual buildings before they are gone. I think they are lovely and particularly like the individual colours and open communal gardens.

• Discus Bungalow redevelopment takes a step closer from City of York Council
• Richard Heep’s Pre-fab Photos
• PREFABS: Factory homes for post-War England from English Heritage
• Palaces for the People: Prefabs in Post-war Britain the book that appears to be very hard to get hold of – I’m still trying.

I’ve just got back from working in Portugal. There wasn’t much time for sightseeing but, where I could, I photographed the tiles (Azulejo) that adorn the exteriors of many buildings. Azulejo was introduced to Portugal, via Spain, by the Moors in the 15th century. This tradition has continued and I was pleased to find modern tiles around the area of Tavira in the Algarve.

• Full set of images in my Portuguese Tiles set on Flickr
• Azulejos de Portugal group photos on Flickr
• The history of Azulejo from Wikipedia

The paper mill looked as though it hadn’t been touched since the last bell went. I had never appreciated how much work went into making paper, this was a huge operation. I really enjoyed the areas that gave you a glimpse of the people that worked there such as offices, lockers, mess rooms and canteens.

• Full set of images in my Abandoned Paper Mill set on Flickr

mmm… belhaven best

• Vancouver Flickr set