JO UNDERHILL / STRUCTURALEYE

During the pause of lockdown these last few months I have been selling prints as part of the artist support pledge set up by Matthew Burrow Studio to help creatives through these difficult times. The pledge was once £1000 worth of prints were sold I would buy another artists work for £200. I want to say a big thank you to all who have bought prints and I purchased artwork from another artist, it was great to be able to share the support. I have wanted to set up a print sale page for over a year and after the success of selling prints through my Instagram account I have been working on a more permanent print sale page which is now live and can be found on my website structuraleye . I will be changing and updating this page a few times a year but if you see an image on my website that isn't featured on the print sale page you would like to purchase, please don't hesitate to get in touch for more information.

I have wanted to visit and add some brutalist playgrounds to my Beautiful Brutalism project for a long time. I remember playing on a concrete tube we called 'the saddle' at my old primary school and loved it. So have fond memories of these concrete playgrounds. Unfortunately not many have survived but last November I researched and visited a playground that was still standing down in South Clapham beneath Belgravia House tower block. This was a fantastic playground with a spiral slide and tunnels to run through the hill that housed the slide. It was great to see the playground was well maintained and looked like it was still used. I couldn't resist and have to say the slide was fantastic! The whole project can be seen here. Then earlier this year I visited the Aintree Estate playground in Fulham. The two tower blocks, Hartopp Point and Lannoy Point are due to be demolished this year so wanted to visit before access was difficult and the area the playground is sit...

Lovely to see my National Theatre photographs from my ongoing Beautiful Brutalism project featured on Divisare's January 17th journal and also featured in their Concrete Expressions collection . Divisare is a wonderful collection of architecture from all over the world with a focus on architectural photography and well worth checking out. The whole project on Divisare can be seen here.