Some Olympic Images and the Final Semester

I’m just about to start the final semester of the degree so I am looking forward to finally completing it. This semester will include an ‘Imaging Techniques’ module and the ‘final project’ which will involve an exhibition. I have an idea for my final project but I’ll talk about that another time - it still needs some tweeking - I will begin taking images for it this week so I will hopefully have some working images to show very soon.

I will leave you with a few images I took last Saturday (30th January) around the surrounding areas of the 2012 Olympics site. From when I first started visiting the area over a year ago, so much progress has been made. Over the next year or so, I will be going there whenever I can to capture some of the buildings and places that will no longer be there by 2012 and to also capture the new places that are currently being created.

These images below were taken using Fujichrome Velvia medium format slide film:




Some interesting facts and figures about the London 2012 Olympics:

1. The five host boroughs are Newham, Hackney, Waltham Forest, Tower Hamlets and Greenwich

2. East London will see a massive upgrade in facilities. As many as 5,000 new homes could be available there after the Olympics.

3. The London Olympics will generate £10bn in revenue for the British economy as a whole.

4. Revenue from tourists attracted by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are forecast to add up to an additional £2.1bn.

5. An estimated global audience of 4bn people are expected to watch the opening ceremony on July 27, 2012.