Throughout the Poplar Baths project, we commissioned Chris Renton to take photographs of the refurbishment. He has now put together a superb collection of shots, which you can see on his website: http://chrisrentonphotography.co.uk/poplar-baths-london?

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I was commissioned by the developer to photograph the interior and exterior before opening.

The listed building is a former public bath house that closed to the public in 1988 and has been redeveloped as a  contemporary leisure centre with new homes to the rear.

I spent the entire day photographing Poplar Baths as it’s a big project and I wanted to shoot the exterior at dusk. The building had to be carefully restored in order to keep original features such as the grand arches over the indoor courts, tiling and windows. All of these features needed to be captured along with the new areas. I shot the project using a Sony A7RII, which is an extremely high resolution camera with excellent dynamic range – if you’re not a photography nerd feel free to skip this bit! I used my metabones adapter to allow use of my Canon lenses, in particular my 17mm tilt shift lens.

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