Marsh Street, Leeds, 1986

Scarecrow 17. Scarecrows photographs were taken from 1974 – 2015. 'Scarecrows have always been a feature of my childhood...I've purposefully chosen ones that have no face on them because I didn't want people to laugh at them but imagine them as people...'

Potternewton Park, Leeds, 2000s

Compton Place, Leeds, 1970s

Scarecrow 03. The scarecrows date from 1974-2015 and are essentially Yorkshire. Blank scarecrow faces in empty landscapes with muted skies connect to a bleak pastoral sensibility.

Hay Dealers, Leeds Canal, 1974. On the Leeds canal this is the main entrance to a many-tiered warehouse.

'Vote Labour', Upper Wortley Road, 1970s

Hunslet Engine Company, Jack Lane, 1980s

Scarecrow 53. Scarecrows photographs were taken from 1974 – 2015. 'Scarecrows have always been a feature of my childhood...I've purposefully chosen ones that have no face on them because I didn't want people to laugh at them but imagine them as people...'

Spicers Paper Markers, York Place, Leeds, 1970s. York Place, viewed from Britannia Street.

Francis Gavan, Ghost Train Man, Woodhouse Moor, Leeds, 1977. Another week, another town. I like these traveling images of mortality. Francis built this apparition himself but if late was having trouble with its arms … the pulleys had given out.

Scarecrow 26. Scarecrows photographs were taken from 1974 – 2015. 'Scarecrows have always been a feature of my childhood...I've purposefully chosen ones that have no face on them because I didn't want people to laugh at them but imagine them as people...'

Scarecrow 42. The scarecrows date from 1974-2015 and are essentially Yorkshire. They could be Walter de la Mare's 'host of phantom listeners stood thronging the moonlit air, listening to the world of men' or the various tribes of farmers or anybody. But to me they're friends.

The General Cemetary, Sheffield, 1978. Rich men’s graves.

The Garden of Rest, Quarry Hill Flats, Leeds, 1978

Oastler House, Quarry Hill Flats, Leeds, 1978

Kirkstall Road, Leeds, 1970s

Scarecrow 15. The scarecrows date from 1974-2015 and are essentially Yorkshire. Blank scarecrow faces in empty landscapes with muted skies connect to a bleak pastoral sensibility.

Scarecrow 20. The scarecrows date from 1974-2015 and are essentially Yorkshire. They could be Walter de la Mare's 'host of phantom listeners stood thronging the moonlit air, listening to the world of men' or the various tribes of farmers or anybody. But to me they're friends.

Roxholme Terrace, Leeds, 1970s

Tetley Malthouse, Mill Street, junction of Cross Mill Street. Junction with Marsh Lane out of shot to the left.

Grosvenor Terrace, Leeds, 1980s

Lisbon Street, Leeds, 1970s. Top of Cliffdale Road, just off Meanwood Road.

John Dyson & Sons, Clockmakers, Lower Briggate, Leeds, Winter 1973

Mrs. Collins & Mrs. Clayton, Beck Road, Leeds, 1974. A fish ‘n’ chip shop with butchers’ tiles and cathedral windows. Only somebody heaved that length of coping through them last week.

Waste Disposal Block, Quarry Hill Flats, Leeds, 1978

Fireplace, Quarry Hill Flats, Leeds, 1978

Scarecrow 37. The scarecrows date from 1974-2015 and are essentially Yorkshire. Blank scarecrow faces in empty landscapes with muted skies connect to a bleak pastoral sensibility.

Thoresby House, Quarry Hill Flats, Leeds, 1978

Burley Road, Leeds, 1970s. Dunhills Transport Café.