RHYL_NOIR_

These images represent several passions of mine; namely street photography, monochrome photography, film noir and my hometown of Rhyl. Rhyl is a seaside town and most of the images that people take of Rhyl are of the beach and sunsets over the sea. I decided I wanted to look closer into the heart of the town, not shy away from it. For me Rhyl has a cinematic quality that is often overlooked. I have always believed that it would make a great backdrop for strong films. Because of this I wanted all the images to be black and white. Subsequently I looked closely into the film noir genre which uses chiaroscuro lighting, unusual angles, strong compositions, shadows and reflections. I wanted to create images which look as if they could be cinematic stills taken from a film noir motion picture. The images were taken over a period of 5 years.