THE Broadway shopping centre, Sunbridge Wells, and City Park appear in a glossy new book of photographs of Bradford.

Bradford in Photographs, by Telegraph & Argus Camera Club member Dave Zdanowicz, features more than 100 atmospheric images of locations in the city centre and across the district.

Some images were taken during the first lockdown last year. In Bradford city centre Dave photographed empty streets, shops, theatres and civic buildings at a time when they were shrouded in eerie silence, with people confined to their homes in the spring of 2020. Places usually bustling with people and traffic, such as Ivegate, Tyrrel Street, Hall Ings and Godwin Street are bathed in sunlight, immortalising a time when the city has never been so quiet.

Dave took the city centre photographs in just one hour. “I saw more people in the woods during my daily walk than I did in the city centre that day,” he said. “It was a strange time, it felt eerie being there with no cars on the roads, or shoppers out and about.

"The book came about after a discussion with the publishers. I’ve already done three books about Yorkshire but wanted to focus on my home city. It has so many amazing buildings viewpoints and landmarks. I'm very proud to be from Bradford and wanted to show the best of what the city has to offer and hopefully inspire people from further a field to visit and inspire those local to explore some new places they might not have heard about. 

"My favourite pictures in the book is probably City Hall. The building is awesome. 

Photographing the Bradford City stadium was also an honour. 

My favourite spot is Harold Park in Low Moor. It’s my local park and is one of the greatest places in Yorkshire to witness a sunrise." 

Other urban locations featured include Bridge Street and Hustlergate, the Mirror Pool, the railway arches at Forster Square station and a view of mill chimneys in the mist from Clayton.

The book celebrates Bradford’s Victorian heritage in striking images of City Hall, its clock tower and council chambers, Waterstones in the Wool Exchange building, the Yorkshire Penny Bank and the architectural gems of Little Germany. And it captures post-industrial landscapes such as cobbles and old mill buildings on Albion Street, the former Marlboro cinema on Carlisle Road, and the words ‘Hope’ and ‘Believe’ graffiti sprayed onto shop shutters in Buttershaw.

Dave, of Low Moor, also photographed beauty spots such as Baildon Moor, the Cow and Calf rocks, St David’s Folly in Harden, Bingley's Five Rise Locks and Heaton Woods, as well as Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford City football ground, the Boathouse pub at Saltaire, Cliffe Castle, Bolling Hall and St James’s Church in Baildon.

Dave got into photography posting snaps on Instagram, and he went on to buy a second-hand camera. His images have appeared on TV networks and in international newspapers and magazines, and he has won several competitions. In 2019 he and his dad, Paul, had a book of their Yorkshire photographs published.

“There are some amazing locations that I never knew existed until I got into photography,” said Dave. “It can be tough, getting up at 3am and heading out in the dark, but when the sun rises it’s worth it.”

* Bradford in Photographs is published by Amberley, £17.99. Visit 

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