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We have a small number of these 10 x 10 inch prints left of Callum McNab’s (@calmanalogue) stunning and surreal photograph of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar cooling towers viewed from Redhill Marina. They’re available for a special price with the print edition of the Megawatt Valley newspaper. If you’re interested, act fast as they’re almost gone! Tap the shop link in my bio if you’d like to snap one up.

*The prints come unframed but will fit many off-the-shelf frames, or we’d be happy to recommend custom framing options if you’re in the Nottingham / East Midlands area.

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📮Stencilling some more Megawatt Valley envelopes ready for posting tomorrow

🗞️ Tap “Shop” link in bio to purchase the newspaper

🏭 Tap “Save Britain’s Cooling Towers” link in bio to learn about the @c20society campaign

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🏭 Some more spreads from the Megawatt Valley newspaper, available now at www.davidsevern.bigcartel.com or by following the Shop link in my bio 🔗

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🚨Control room announcement: Megawatt Valley newspapers are now available to purchase online! Head to my shop via the link in my bio 🚨

I know many of you have been waiting for copies to become available — we’ve had some technical difficulties to work through, so apologies for the delay and thank you for bearing with us. We’re really proud of the newspaper and very happy to finally be able to share it with you.

Megawatt Valley brings together photographs by myself and Callum McNab (@calmanalogue) documenting the architecture and infrastructure of power generation in Nottinghamshire, alongside an introductory essay by architectural historian Chris Matthews (@chrismatthews82)

The photographs focus on two of the valley’s former giants: West Burton and Ratcliffe-on-Soar — the UK’s last coal-fired power station, which closed in 2024 and now faces demolition.

Part of the motivation for making the newspaper was to raise awareness of the @c20society campaign to preserve at least one set of cooling towers, in respect of their importance to Britain’s industrial heritage. You can find a link in my bio to learn more about the campaign and sign the petition.

Copies are available individually, or together with a 10 × 10 inch C-Type print of Ratcliffe-on-Soar’s cooling towers by Callum McNab. Printed by @newspaperclub on 80gsm bright recycled newsprint.

Thanks again to everyone who came along to see us at @lensfayre a couple of weeks ago, contributed to the open call exhibition, or has followed and supported the project along the way — we really appreciate the support.

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What a great day it was yesterday! Thanks so much to everyone who braved the rain to come down and support us. Great to meet many of you who contributed to the open call, the variety of different perspectives of the cooling towers was fantastic to see.

Lots of conversations were had about the significance of these impressive structures, and what they mean to people. Thanks to everyone who scanned the QR code to learn about the @c20society campaign to protect cooling towers. If it was a bit too wet and windy for you to manage that yesterday, please visit c20society.org.uk/cooling-towers or follow the link in my bio to learn more and sign the petition.

Special thanks to @lensfayre for hosting us, @doyouneedacoffee for keeping us fuelled, @ryangjheath_ for his spectacular cooling tower incense burner display and @an_orrdinary_journey for these excellent pictures.

Megawatt Valley newspapers will be available to purchase online soon, bear with us! I will post an update here when they’re ready to go.

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Good day! This Saturday we will hold Brother Coffee at @lensfayre in Sneinton Market. We assemble to mark the release of a new photography publication from @davidsevern_photo & @calmanalogue named ‘Megawatt Valley’.

We’ll be there with our Spirit espresso machine pouring some exquisite coffee from @taithcoffee . What better to enjoy alongside your coffee than a slice of cake lovingly made by Suki Banner @sukiroco.

An open call photography exhibition documenting the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station will be installed on the windows of Lens Fayre for you to see. Megawatt Valley will have their own dedicated newspaper stall, where you can grab a copy of the newspaper. The Lens Fayre team will of course be there to talk all things analogue photography! It’s one not to miss!

There’s much to see, power station incense burners from @ryangjheath_ and even a mysterious record player spinning power station sounds…

It’s going to be fun, hope that you can join us!

11am-4pm Saturday 29th August
Lens Fayre, Avenue B, Sneinton Market, NG1 1DU
Taith Coffee
Bakes from Suki Banner
Power station sounds playing on ‘The Sound Burger’

Poster by Joel Scott @lager_or_nada

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Ahead of the Megawatt Valley launch day tomorrow, I thought I’d share a few more images from for publication. Cal McNab’s stunning exterior photographs of cooling towers, pylons, and the architecture of energy sit alongside my interior studies of the machinery that powers it. Together, the two bodies of work trace power from the landscape it shapes to the monumental apparatus that generates it.

Join us tomorrow outside @lensfayre on Sneinton Market, Nottingham, 11am - 4pm.

The forecast looks a little on the stormy side, so perhaps gear up for rain! We have a gazebo and @doyouneedacoffee will be there serving hot coffees to help us battle the weather.

The open call exhibition will be in the covered area along the side of the unit to protect the prints from the rain.

Hope to see you there!

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Woohoo! Today was a good post day 🗞️

Just over a week to go until the Megawatt Valley newspaper launches at @lensfayre on Saturday 29th August, 11am - 4pm.

Thanks for all the brilliant cooling tower pictures submitted so far to the open call! Another reminder that the deadline for that is Sunday 23rd August, 23:59.

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I thought I’d share a selection of photographs from the upcoming Megawatt Valley newspaper. Cal McNab’s stunning exterior photographs of cooling towers, pylons, and the architecture of energy sit alongside my interior studies of the machinery that powers it. Together, the two bodies of work trace power from the landscape it shapes to the monumental apparatus that generates it.

Megawatt Valley is out 29th August. Join us for a publication launch day celebration at @lensfayre on Saturday 29th August, 11am - 4pm — featuring damn fine coffee by @doyouneedacoffee and a special cooling tower incense burner display by @ryangjheath_ 🏭 ⚡️

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A sample copy of the Megawatt Valley newspaper arrived this afternoon from @newspaperclub! A few minor tweaks I need to make before printing the full run, but I’m very pleased with how it’s looking.

Sneak peek of the opening spread here featuring @calmanalogue’s golden hour Ratcliffe-on-Soar and @chrismatthews82’s brilliant introductory text 👀

Hope to see you at the launch day: 29th August, @lensfayre 11am - 4pm 🏭 ⚡️

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🚨 Call for work! — To mark the launch of the Megawatt Valley newspaper and celebrate the architecture of power generation, on Saturday 29th August we’re filling the windows of @LensFayre with photographs of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar cooling towers. These iconic structures have been photographed by thousands of people over the years, and we want to get a sense of the many different perspectives in our display. If you have an image you’d like to submit, we’d love to see it! Please read the submission guidelines and exhibition terms to learn how to get involved. The deadline for submitting work is Sunday 23rd August, 23:59 BST.

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Sound the klaxon — this is an all stations announcement from the control room! 📢🏭

My friend Cal McNab (@calmanalogue) and I are collaborating on a new photo newspaper bringing together our photographs documenting the architecture and infrastructure of power generation in Nottinghamshire. Megawatt Valley is the name given to the stretch of the River Trent that once hosted one of the highest concentrations of power stations in Europe. At its peak, the region generated up to a quarter of the power demand for England and Wales. Our photographs focus on two of its former giants: West Burton, soon to be the site of Britain’s first prototype nuclear fusion reactor, and Ratcliffe-on-Soar, the UK’s last coal-fired power station, which closed in 2024.

We’re thrilled to have a brilliant introduction written by architectural historian Chris Matthews (@chrismatthews82), who makes the case for Ratcliffe’s design pedigree and explores the hinterland it dominates.

To celebrate the publication of the newspaper, we’re holding a launch day on Saturday 29th August, hosted by our friends at LensFayre (@lensfayre). We’ll have copies of the newspaper hot off the press, a display of cooling tower incense burners by artist Ryan Heath (@ryangjheath_) — arranged to mirror the formation of Ratcliffe-on-Soar’s own towers! — a record player spinning power station sounds, and fresh coffee brewed up by Brother Coffee (@doyouneedacoffee). The windows of LensFayre will also be given over to an open call exhibition of Ratcliffe-on-Soar photographs — more details on that soon!

Chris Matthews (@chrismatthews82) will be joining us for part of the day to talk about the Twentieth Century Society’s (@c20society) campaign to save cooling towers, and we’ll have some very cool “Towers of Power” stickers to take away to show your support.

Finally, if you’re interested in analogue photography, it’s a great chance to chat to the LensFayre team about all things film and cameras.

Drop by anytime between 11am–4pm!

Please share this post and spread the word to friends and family. We’d really appreciate any help getting the word out.

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