JONATHAN CHERRY: What did you have for breakfast this morning? PAUL WALKER: For breakfast this morning I had two crumpets, with real butter and a strong cup of coffee JC: What got you started with photography? PW: I started taking pictures at a very young age, probably seven or eight. My older brother used to be into steam trains and my father would take us to various railways of a weekend. I wasn’t into trains so I would take my fathers 110 camera and go and find things that interested me. I really got the “bug” after the first time I used an SLR for the first time. My pictures actually looked like what I was through the viewfinder and I loved the extra control. JC: Any emerging artists inspiring you at the mo? PW: I think the artist who is inspiring me the most at the moment is George Shaw. I recently took a trip to the Baltic in Gateshead to view the turner prize nominees and got to see some of Shaws work in person. I love the way he makes the mundane and banal look simplistically beautiful with photographic qualities. JC: What is your project documenting the decline of pubs all about? PW: With approximately fifty-two pubs a week shutting in the UK taking with them a way of life and a social environment like no other. These buildings have witnessed everything from a father taking his eighteen-year-old son for his first pint, births, deaths and marriages. The weekend spent in the pub has made way for cheap supermarket booze and a night sat in front of the Xbox. With my series Last Orders I am attempting to give these buildings a voice once again and I hope to photograph as many as I can before they are lost forever. JC: Where are you currently living and how is it shaping you? PW: I currently live in Sale in south Manchester, which is approximately seven miles from the center. It is far enough away from the manic pace of city life but close enough not to feel cut off. JC: Any big plans for 2012? PW: My plans for 2012 are to continue the Last Orders project, photographing any pubs that I may have missed and expanding the area I am working to include more parts of greater Manchester. I am also going to go back and re-photograph some of my favorite buildings using a 5X4 camera. JC: Favorite tree? PW: My favourite tree has to be Joshua Tree by U2.

JONATHAN CHERRY: What did you have for breakfast this morning?

PAUL WALKER: For breakfast this morning I had two crumpets, with real butter and a strong cup of coffee

JC: What got you started with photography?

PW: I started taking pictures at a very young age, probably seven or eight. My older brother used to be into steam trains and my father would take us to various railways of a weekend. I wasn’t into trains so I would take my fathers 110 camera and go and find things that interested me. I really got the “bug” after the first time I used an SLR for the first time. My pictures actually looked like what I was through the viewfinder and I loved the extra control.

JC: Any emerging artists inspiring you at the mo?

PW: I think the artist who is inspiring me the most at the moment is George Shaw. I recently took a trip to the Baltic in Gateshead to view the turner prize nominees and got to see some of Shaws work in person. I love the way he makes the mundane and banal look simplistically beautiful with photographic qualities.

JC: What is your project documenting the decline of pubs all about?

PW: With approximately fifty-two pubs a week shutting in the UK taking with them a way of life and a social environment like no other. These buildings have witnessed everything from a father taking his eighteen-year-old son for his first pint, births, deaths and marriages. The weekend spent in the pub has made way for cheap supermarket booze and a night sat in front of the Xbox. With my series Last Orders I am attempting to give these buildings a voice once again and I hope to photograph as many as I can before they are lost forever.

JC: Where are you currently living and how is it shaping you?

PW: I currently live in Sale in south Manchester, which is approximately seven miles from the center. It is far enough away from the manic pace of city life but close enough not to feel cut off.

JC: Any big plans for 2012?

PW: My plans for 2012 are to continue the Last Orders project, photographing any pubs that I may have missed and expanding the area I am working to include more parts of greater Manchester. I am also going to go back and re-photograph some of my favorite buildings using a 5X4 camera.

JC: Favorite tree?

PW: My favourite tree has to be Joshua Tree by U2.

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