Not long after I started this project I came across this scene in one of the closed-up units opposite Brighton pier. The building that houses it is entirely glass-walled, somewhat reminiscent of a fish tank. I photographed it at the time and included it in my contact sheet for that day*.

A year later I’m looking at it again. Originally there were 5 chairs, now there is only one, but the newspaper hasn’t moved a millimetre. It still lies there, considerably more yellowed, and over time has become moulded to the round surface of the table; a fossilised exhibit in a fly-specked museum vitrine.

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* ‘The Dark Side – Mon 16th Feb’ (2015)