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After a lot of hard work from everyone involved, the Take to the Streets Legacy project book ‘Perspectives’ is finally here.

Perspectives presents photographs taken in the commercial heart of Birmingham. Working with world renowned Magnum photographer, Chris Steele-Perkins, students, graduates and staff from the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham City University, created a series of work offering a unique and inquisitive reflection of the people, businesses, spaces and events in Birmingham’s Colmore Business District.

This impressive book, designed by Empty, is a 100 page limited edition hardback. At 250mm square, the book was designed to present the images at their best and teamed with lithographic print, a foil blocked hard casing and dust jacket, the quality of the overall book was paramount to the project.

Creative Director at Empty, Mark Townsend said, “These types of jobs don’t come along very often and we feel privileged to have worked on such an amazing and prestigious design project.  We are thrilled with the final result and hope that everyone who purchases the book really enjoys it.”

The book was launched to much acclaim at Hotel Du Vin, Birmingham with many contributing photographers, supporters and business leaders in attendance. The evening gave people the opportunity to purchase the book as well as bid on limited-edition framed prints of some of the more iconic images used for the project.

All proceeds from book sales and the auction will be going direct to The Prince’s Trust. The book, priced at £60 can be bought by emailing Colmore Business District at kirsten-h@colmorebusinessdistrict.com or at selected retail outlets soon.

You can see some of the launch night images here. Images by Jas Sansi.