Hannah Reynolds has created a series of images based in the Merrion Market in Leeds city centre. The indoor market is largely empty, with only a few shops remaining on the outskirts. It is a reminder of a different type of shopping, when people would visit individually owned, specialist shops to buy products, instead of getting everything from one big superstore or chain store as it customary in today's society. By depicting the empty spaces, the photographs show the effects of globalization from a different angle- an example of the places that are left behind, abandoned in the rush for profit.
The series was shot on Kodachrome; a film that, since December 2010, can no longer be processed anywhere in the world. Like the market, it is defunct, replaced by constantly evolving technology and the desire to have images, as well as everything else, immediately.
The series was displayed as a zine; a form of self-publication that carries connotations of underground cultures, anti-consumerism and a DIY aesthetic. It reflects the quirky atmosphere of the market, an atmosphere that is lacking in most chain stores and supermarkets.
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