Andy McDonald is a UK-based photographer whose work explores how the built environment reflects processes of urban change, with a particular focus on post-industrial landscapes and regeneration. He is interested in how contemporary architecture, infrastructure, and civic design emerge in dialogue with traces of past industry, and how these layered histories remain visible within the modern city.
Working exclusively in black and white, he uses structure, tonal contrast, and spatial relationships to move between description and abstraction. His photographs focus on locations where architecture carries symbolic and civic weight — including river corridors, cultural buildings, transport structures, and public spaces — examining both their sculptural presence and their role in shaping identity and place.
His projects are developed over extended periods and conceived as cohesive bodies of work rather than isolated images. Sequencing plays a central role in his practice, allowing individual photographs to function as autonomous prints while also contributing to a broader visual narrative about how cities redefine themselves through architecture.
Working exclusively in black and white, he uses structure, tonal contrast, and spatial relationships to move between description and abstraction. His photographs focus on locations where architecture carries symbolic and civic weight — including river corridors, cultural buildings, transport structures, and public spaces — examining both their sculptural presence and their role in shaping identity and place.
His projects are developed over extended periods and conceived as cohesive bodies of work rather than isolated images. Sequencing plays a central role in his practice, allowing individual photographs to function as autonomous prints while also contributing to a broader visual narrative about how cities redefine themselves through architecture.
