MonumentsOriginal Photo Series

Monuments is Benjamin Hay’s ongoing project documenting industrial flues across the United Kingdom. Working quietly and deliberately, Benjamin frames these chimney-like structures as unexpected landmarks - functional remnants of industry that read like modern monuments on the landscape.

This photo series explores scale, texture and the human imprint on industrial sites. The images - simple, direct, and meticulously composed - reveal how everyday infrastructure becomes a subject for industrial photography, offering new perspectives on otherwise overlooked architecture. Each original photo in the collection invites the viewer to consider the moods and histories embedded in Britain’s working landscapes.

Part documentary, part visual study, Monuments sits at the intersection of British photography and contemporary photo series practice, documenting industrial form with restraint and curiosity.