Photojournalism

My chosen subject is focused on the demise of Southport, which is a seaside town within the Metropolitan Borough of Southport, Merseyside.
Southport was founded in 1792, when a hotel was built at the end of Lord Street.
In the 19th century, Napoleon III of France lived here, and later fashioned the streets of Paris on the Southport Lord Street model of tree lined boulevards and shops in straight lines.
During Queen Victoria's reign Southport became a hugely popular tourist destination, with trains and trams and later buses ferrying thousand of holidaymakers to the resort.
In the image (right), I used the technique of taking the image through another subject to create the feeling that the subject is closed and behind bars. It adds to the sense of dereliction and detritus, and the central graffiti is framed thus drawing the eye.
Although, photojournalism may be images directly as they are captured, adjusting the contrast and desaturating to black and white work for this type of story in terms of journalistic effect.