Old Deb Site Demolition Photography...

Historic Belper firm Deb Ltd, famous for making skincare products including Swarfega, has recently moved to a new £18.5million premises at Denby Hall. The old site on Spencer Road in Belper, which had been the firm's home since 1941, is currently undergoing demolition.

As we work on projects with Wheeldon, the company currently redeveloping the old industrial site, Hill Langdell were given the opportunity to take a little post-apocalyptic style photography. Once kitted out with hard hat and boots, we were given permission to spend a morning wandering around the derelict Deb factory buildings with a camera.

The demolition was already underway, revealing pipe-work, tanks, wiring and exposing the dilapidated interior of the factory buildings. The whole area had a grimy, dark, grunge feel to it with so much detail to capture.

The resulting photographs are now being used by Deb, Wheeldon and Cawarden.