Armley: You can go there at night, if you will
Armley Power Station: Bombarded with dangerous EMFs
I used to live near the Armley Power Station, a small ways from the canal in Leeds. I rarely walked past it at night since darkness mixed in with dangerous bodies of water on both sides is, in essence, the stuff of nightmares. Plus, it leaves you no where else to run. But I like that electric hum, even if it’s doing stuff to me while I’m near it. Unrelated, I heard they’re going to replace all the old orange streetlights at some point. I’ll be sad about that. I don’t much care for the processed, cold white-blue lights.
It was a always quieter brand of hum, unlike like standing near one of those gargantuan electricity pylons, where the buzz runs through you. You could hear it if you held your breath.
We decided to wander down at some stupid hour, on Valentine's day no less, to capture the lines. It's ugly and hypnotic. The soon-to-be obsolete orange light, with the mist and overcast sky, made everything all the more survival horror.
There are tons of railway bridges nearby that sound amazing when you catch a train going overhead further down the canal. We decided to stick around, watch for trains, and play around with light painting. I had a mini tripod, a DSLR, and an iPhone torch. The middle shot is where I caught one of the trains rushing past. And then it was getting on for about 3am, so we called it.
