Worker photographs Birmingham Central Library move
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A worker at Birmingham's Central Library has been taking photographs to document the building's closure. Pete James, who is the curator of photographic collections, said it would be a "once in a lifetime event".
About 1,100 crates of books, archives and photographic stills will be taken to the new library, next to the REP theatre, ahead of its official opening to the public on 3 September 2013
Mr James said the quiet, empty spaces, as parts of the library shut down around him, made him nostalgic about the building, where he has worked for more than 20 years
Mr James said he wanted to capture the "small detail of what was being left behind rather than capturing whole floors of the building."
Mr James said: "because it was normally thriving with people there were small details that were revealed when the spaces became empty."
Mr James said he also looked for “patterns, shapes and colours” that would make an interesting image and some of his photos have been published in the New York Times newspaper
The library has also commissioned professional photographers to mark the move to the new building and the photos will be part of its first exhibition when it opens in September
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