It’s not often I get to visit, let alone photograph, a World Heritage site so when I had the opportunity to visit Saltaire last year I knew a pinhole camera would create the sort of atmospheric images I was after.
Using a tripod inside historic buildings like Salts Mill is often frowned upon, so I took the path of ‘shoot first, seek forgiveness later’ when taking some slow photos into the shop area. In the end I received some strange looks, but no one told me I couldn’t use my tripod.
Some of the best views were to be found looking across the rooftops. Here I got my camera as close as possible to the glass and hoped I wouldn’t get too many reflections - fortunately this strategy worked!
Heading up another floor or two I found some wonderful rooms in the roof spaces which were tremendously atmospheric. They were being used for art installations (one of which included music piped from an old fashioned gramophone horn spinning around a post) which only added to my compositions.
The final space I found was my favourite, with its exposed oak beams and some beautiful contrasts of light when the sun came out.
Photos taken 30 May 2025