Before lock-down 2020 I visited Venice to photograph its splendor but was taken with its more intimate side. The small canal alleys of flaking brickwork compare starkly with the decadent shops and tourist traps of San Marco. On my return to my home village of Shardlow, coincidentally also founded on canals, we were soon isolated in lock-down. Exploring my neighbourhood as I'd never before, I found a similar pattern of beauty and decay. These images reflect this period and of my image making in an extraordinary time