The web of light by the water

Lightwaves has become a regular at Salford Quays in the run up to Christmas and is as much part of our Christmas preparations as writing cards and remembering where we have stored the lights.  Over the years we have had huge white rabbits, Dr Who and tiny boats bobbing on the quay.  As has become traditional, we walked down to Salford Quays on the opening night and joined the throng on a bitterly cold but fine night to see the art works for the first time.

The 100 photograph light boxes with images from across Greater Manchester came first.  I had expected these to be landscapes and was surprised how many were portraits, some showing real Mancunian character but I had looked forward to having to guess the views and would have enjoyed more scenes from the ten boroughs.  After reminiscing about the…