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)NTRODUCTION
!S OUR CITIES AND COAST LINES SEEM TO CHANGE AT AN EVER INCREASING PACE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS PRESENT US WITH A RECORD OF PLACES ON THE CUSP OF DRAMATIC RECONüGURATION -IKE 7HELAN WRITES 4HE CATALYST FOR MY !D 3ITE PROJECT WAS THE INCREASE IN NEW CONSTRUCTION WORKS TAKING PLACE IN ,ONDON 7ALK PAST ONE OF THESE BUILDING SITES AND YOU LL BE GREETED WITH ARTISTS IMPRESSIONS OF MODERN UTOPIAS WHICH PROMISE AN ELEVATED SOCIAL EXISTENCE BY LIVING WORKING OR EVEN JUST VISITING ONE OF THESE LOCATIONS 4HERE IS A RADICAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE UTOPIAN VISION AND THE SOCIAL REALITY WHICH ATTENDS THE UPHEAVALS OF REGENERATION HOWEVER AND THIS REMAINS OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW ) WANT TO DECONSTRUCT THESE PROJECTIONS OF PRISTINE LIVING AND REVEAL GENTRIüCATION S UNSEEN AFFECTS ON THE SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE -ILO .EWMAN WRITES )N THE AUTUMN OF ) BEGAN TRAVELLING TO THE LOW LYING SHORES OF THE "RITISH )SLES SEARCHING FOR THE MANIFESTATIONS OF ANTHROPOGENIC #LIMATE #HANGE THE PREDICTED RISE IN SEA LEVELS THE STORM SURGES THAT PREY UPON OUR COASTAL DEFENCES AND THE INCREASINGLY VIOLENT WEATHER SYSTEMS THAT PASS OVER THEM p IN ORDER TO PORTRAY THEM AND THE REASONS FOR THEM IN A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS 4HE RESULTING IMAGES IN MY SERIES 4ILL THE 3LOW 3EA 2ISE FOLLOW 7ALKER %VANSl PRINCIPLE OF LYRICAL DOCUMENTARY LINKING TOGETHER TO FORM A COHESIVE NARRATIVE 4HEY ARE DIRECT RESPONSES TO THESE LANDSCAPES AS WELL AS TO VERNACULAR OBJECTS FOUND WITHIN THEM SPEAKING OF THE WIDER SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL THEMES INVOLVED IN HOW WE CHOOSE TO REACT TO THE THREAT OF ANTHROPOGENIC #LIMATE #HANGE 4HE MAJORITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE TAKEN IN TWILIGHT AT THE BEGINNINGS AND ENDS OF WINTER DAYS 4HIS STRATEGY ENABLED ME TO MAKE USE OF THE VAGUE GREY LIGHT THAT CAUSES A DELINEATION OF FORM MELTING THE CORPOREAL WORLD THUS SPEAKING OF LOSS AS WELL AS OF CHANGE ALLOWING THE PHOTOGRAPHS TO CONVEY THE FRAGILE BEAUTY OF OUR DETERIORATING WORLD
)NTERVIEW WITH -ILO .EWMAN -. -IKE 7HELAN -7 BY %LOISE $ONNELLY
o 7HAT ATTRACTED YOU TO THE SUBJECT MATTERS -. 0HOTOGRAPHICALLY )lVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT 4RYING TO PHOTOGRAPH THE EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC #LIMATE #HANGE WAS JUST ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS -7 )NITIALLY IT WAS THE GRAPHIC VISUALS THAT EXCITED ME BUT AS THE PROJECT GREW IT BECAME MORE ABOUT THE SUBJECT AND THE COMPOSITIONS o )N WHAT WAYS DID THE PROJECTS EVOLVE -. 4O BEGIN WITH ) WAS TAKING A LOT OF PICTURES GAZING OUT TO SEA FROM A VANTAGE POINT ON THE SHORE BUT THESE IMAGES WERENlT REALLY WORKING 4HEY SAID NOTHING NEW AND LACKED THE FEELINGS OF THREAT AND FRAGILITY THAT ) WAS TRYING TO EVOKE )T WAS ONLY WHEN ) TURNED MY CAMERA TO THE SHORELINE ITSELF FOCUSING CLOSELY ON BOTH THE SEA AND ON THE HUMAN STRUCTURES THAT ) FOUND THERE AND PLACED THEM TOGETHER IN A NARRATIVE STRUCTURE THAT ) BEGAN TO MAKE PICTURES THAT ) WAS HAPPY WITH -7 ) WAS GOING TO STOP AT IMAGES BUT AS ) KEPT GETTING REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK ON THEM S) DECIDED TO SHOOT MORE 4HE CONCEPT DIDN T REALLY EVOLVE BUT THE SPEED IN WHICH ) WAS ABLE TO DO THE POST PRODUCTION DID o (OW DID YOU DECIDE ON THE LOCATIONS -. )F YOU TYPE SEA LEVEL RISE MAPS INTO THE )NTERNET IT COMES UP WITH A 'OOGLE -AP THAT ALLOWS YOU TO INPUT VARIOUS DEGREES OF SEA LEVEL RISE INTO IT ) USED THAT TO INITIALLY üND LOCATIONS AND THEN PROGRESSED TO LARGE SCALE /RDNANCE 3URVEY MAPS AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME WALKING AROUND THE LANDSCAPES LOOKING AT THINGS -7 4HEY WERE ALL SHOT ON VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS ,ONDON ) DIDN T REALLY HAVE MUCH SAY IN THE LOCATIONS IT WAS JUST A CASE OF ME SPOTTING ONE AND GOING BACK TO SHOOT IT o $O YOU PLAN TO REVISIT THE LOCATIONS OF THESE PHOTOGRAPHS TO DOCUMENT FURTHER CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS IN THE LANDSCAPE -. 9ES )lLL BE REVISITING PARTS OF THE .ORFOLK AND 3UFFOLK COASTS THIS WINTER -7 .OT REALLY ITS NOT WHAT THE PROJECT IS ABOUT SO ) D RATHER JUST
SHOOT NEW ONES TO KEEP THE PROJECT GOING
o !SIDE FROM 7ALKER %VANS WERE YOU INČUENCED BY THE WORK OF ANY OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR THESE PROJECTS -. )lM A BIG FAN OF $ANA ,IXENBERGlS RECENT BOOK 4HE ,AST $AYS OF 3HISHMAREF )TlS A POIGNANT AND ULTIMATELY SAD PORTRAIT OF A COMMUNITY SITUATED JUST BELOW THE !RCTIC #IRCLE SLOWLY LOSING GROUND TO THE #HUKCHI 3EA ) ALSO RECENTLY BROUGHT A BOOK BY 4HOMAS *OSHUA #OOPER CALLED 4RUE )TlS PART OF A HUGE BODY OF WORK PHOTOGRAPHING THE EDGES OF THE !TLANTIC "ASIN (IS PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SEA ICE IN THE !RCTIC ARE BOTH HAUNTING AND ELEGIAC -7 4HERE S NO MISTAKING "RYAN !DAMS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL TALENT AND HAS INČUENCED MANY PEOPLE ) M NOT A BIG FAN OF HIS PHOTOGRAPHY BUT ) LOVE 3UMMER OF TOP TUNE o 4O WHAT EXTENT DO YOU THINK PHOTOGRAPHY CAN AFFECT PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE -. !M ) ALLOWED TO QUOTE 2OBERT !DAMS ) COULD ONLY SAY IT WORSE m0HOTOGRAPHY AS ART DOES ADDRESS EVIL BUT IT DOES SO BROADLY AS IT WORKS TO CONVINCE US OF LIFE S VALUE THE DARKNESS THAT ART COMBATS IS THE ULTIMATE ONE THE CONCLUSION THAT LIFE IS WITHOUT WORTH AND üNALLY BETTER OFF ENDED n o $ID YOUR OWN ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE SUBJECTS ALTER AS THE PROJECTS PROGRESSED -. ) DONlT THINK SO )TlS ONLY SERVED TO CONSOLIDATE THE VAGUE SENSE OF LOSS THAT LED ME TO UNDERTAKE THE PROJECT IN THE üRST PLACE )TlS THE CLASH BETWEEN THE BREVITY AND TRANSIENCE OF HUMAN THINGS WITH THE VIOLENCE AND VASTNESS OF THE CHANGE THAT FACES US THAT ) üND SO TERRIFYING 4HAT AND THE UNCERTAINTY OVER OUR FUTURE AS A SPECIES !LL OTHER THOUGHTS JUST FALL AWAY INTO SUPERČUITY AFTER THAT ) DO TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT ALL IN AN OVERLY PESSIMISTIC WAY BUT ITlS VERY HARD -7 )T CHANGED IN A WAY THAT ) ALLOWED MYSELF TO BECOME MORE PLAYFUL WITH THE FOREGROUND HOARDINGS SUBJECT MATTER o $OCUMENTATION OF THE IMPACT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ON OUR ENVIRONMENTS IS OFTEN UNRESERVEDLY PESSIMISTIC AND CRITICAL DID ANY SENSE OF POSITIVITY OR OPTIMISM EMERGE FROM YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE SUBJECTS -. .OT REALLY ) HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF THAT DESPITE THE RAVAGES WElVE INČICTED ON THE WORLD ITlS STILL A BEAUTIFUL PLACE -7 (UMOUR IN PHOTOGRAPHY IS VERY DIFüCULT TO ACHIEVE AS WE ASSOCIATE IT MOST OFTEN WITH COMEDY SKETCHES ) REALLY WANTED TO TRY AND BRING SOME HUMOUR AND WIT INTO THIS SUBJECT MATTER )T S VERY SUBTLE IN SOME OF THE IMAGES BUT THEN IT S OFTEN BETTER THAT WAY
o $ID THE SUBJECT MATTER AFFECT YOUR CHOICE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE -. .O -7 -OST DEüNITELY ) WANTED TO SPLIT THE IMAGE COMPOSITION INTO TWO MAIN SECTIONS WITH THE HOARDINGS TAKING UP A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE IMAGE AND THE BACKGROUND TAKING UP THE REST THEN CARRY THIS LAYOUT ACROSS ALL THE IMAGES IN THE SERIES FOR CONTINUITY 4HIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AS MOST OF MY LANDSCAPE WORK IS GEOMETRIC IN ITS COMPOSITION o 7HAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS -. /VER THE AUTUMN AND WINTER )lM GOING TO BEGIN A BODY OF WORK IN 3HETLAND THAT LOOKS AT WINTER DARKNESS )lLL PROBABLY TAKE SOME TIME WHILE )lM THERE TO CONTINUE MY #LIMATE #HANGE WORK LOOKING PARTICULARLY AT THE INCREASING INCIDENTS OF VIOLENT WEATHER )lVE READ THAT THE SEA CLOSE TO SHORE THERE CAN BECOME SO AGITATED IN STORMS THAT IT THROWS LARGE SLABS OF ROCK QUITE A DISTANCE INLAND )lD QUITE LIKE TO GO AND SEE THE RESIDUE OF THAT -7 )T S ALL ABOUT PORTRAITS FOR A BIT NOW ) M CURRENTLY WORKING ON AN AIR HOSTESS PROJECT AND ABOUT TO START SOMETHING ELSE INVOLVING PEOPLE IN WORK UNIFORMS
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