Photographer with an eye for the Black Country's hidden charms celebrates book launch
A photographer with a passion for snapping the urban environments of the Black Country is celebrating the launch of his book compiling his photos from around the area.
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Tom Hicks, 50, from Kingswinford, has now released a book called 'Black Country Type', made up of photos of locations from all across the region, which he took whilst out cycling.
Tom said: "It all started around five years ago where I began taking photos of signs and graffiti around the Black Country.
"I do a lot of cycling and I noticed that I have a lot of photos that I had taken whilst out cycling and I didn't know what to do with them.
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"So I started an Instagram page called Black Country Type and it stuck. The page grew and very early on I got offered an exhibition, and it has grown through word of mouth and people love it.
"All the photos in the book, they're taken randomly when I go cycling, and it feels good because sometimes I'll feel lost but I see some really good stuff to capture.