• Cover of the zine "Urban Surfaces" by Claire Wray. The cover features a textured wall with a street art image of a man's face, partially peeled. The zine title "Urban Surfaces" is prominently displayed at the top, with "Claire Wray" and "Alley Cat Books, Manchester" printed on the bottom right. The edition is noted as "/100"
  • Two-page spread from the zine "Urban Surfaces" by Claire Wray. The left page features a close-up of a textured wall with colorful abstract graffiti, including shapes in blue, yellow, pink, orange, and purple. The right page shows a detailed street art image of a man's face on a distressed, peeling wall, with a mix of colors and textures including yellow, red, and gray
  • Two-page spread from the zine "Urban Surfaces" by Claire Wray. The left page features a close-up of a wall with graffiti including bold blue, black, and red lines, and the text "Black Lives Matter" written in white. The right page shows a textured wall with various colorful patches and graffiti, including phrases and characters in different languages, with a prominent "HK" and other markings in blue, yellow, pink, and purple.
  • Two-page spread from the zine "Urban Surfaces" by Claire Wray. The left page features a colorful street art image of a smiling yellow figure with a pink face on a textured, rusty metal surface. The right page shows a graffiti-decorated dumpster with a painted face, complete with green eyes and a red nose, against a backdrop of a brick wall with additional blue and black graffiti.
  • Two-page spread from the zine "Urban Surfaces" by Claire Wray. The left page features a close-up of a textured, rusted metal surface with colorful abstract graffiti, including streaks of blue, pink, yellow, and red. The right page shows a black wall with various graffiti, including a white spray-painted heart, musical notes, a saxophone, and an eye symbol, along with red and white tags and scribbles.
  • Two-page spread from the zine "Urban Surfaces" by Claire Wray. The left page features a close-up of a wall with peeling paint, revealing layers of blue and gold underneath, along with strips of decaying material hanging down. The right page shows an abstract composition on a wall, with a large black rectangular section on top of a white background, intersected by a blue line and thin, black, dripping streaks.
  • Two-page spread from the zine "Urban Surfaces" by Claire Wray. The left page features a close-up of a distressed, rusty metal surface with layered graffiti and stenciled text, including the word "QUALITY" partially visible amidst the chaotic markings. The right page shows a blurred, nighttime urban scene viewed through a foggy, graffiti-covered window, with colorful lights and vague outlines of figures and buildings visible through the grime and scribbles.

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Urban Surfaces - Claire Wray

Discover the hidden beauty of an empty city through Claire Wray's limited edition zine. "The photographs in this zine were taken during Lockdown in Manchester. As the city emptied, I noticed my gaze shifting. I was drawn to detail. Instead of streets, I found pleasing compositions in textures. Instead of people, I photographed the walls on which they left their legacies."

Size: 148x210mm
Pages: 32
Images: 34
Printed in the UK
Edition of 100
Published by: Alley Cat Books
Edited by: Claire Wray

About Claire Wray:
“Quite often, street photography pays attention to extraordinary occurrences within a city. In contrast to the unusual and sometimes fantastical, Claire Wray manages to capture the more realistic, everyday perspective of the daily life of Manchester. Wray’s ever-changing ‘Manc’ characters and backdrops show Manchester for its true self. The delightful personalities to be found on public transport, the caffeine-addicts through steamy café windows, and the rushing feet of business along rainy pavements. We are not only given a taste of Manchester, but a rushing, blurry reflection of Britain as a grumpy, ageing, multicultural nation.”

Experience Manchester like never before, captured in 34 stunning photographs by Claire Wray.