Thursday 27 November 2008

Fake suicide spots

I'll post the full intro text for these shots once I've got the last of the images.
I'm mesmerised walking around these places as to the thoughts going through the minds of the people carefully laying down premeditated clues before they attempt to disappear as sucides.
For the suicide the place they commit is just part of the means to their chosen end - with the faker, the scene is as important as what they leave behind to be found: it is all part of an intricate fabricated plan. Regardless of whether they convince and for how long, the dedication and desperation needed is something to be admired.

All are being shot on the Mamiya with the 50mm and all on Ilford FP4.

Harris Open 2008

Two photographs entered into the exhibition, both accepted. They will be on show until late December 2008 within the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Lancashire.
I'm looking forward to seeing what else is on show.

The first image is part of an ongoing series looking at the surroundings where people have faked their own suicide. Instead of a place that signifies the end and death - these places were meticulously selected as the area to restart their lives and begin again. The next post will have a couple more of these fake suicide spots.

The picture below is of a cigarette lighter complete with instructions. I don't know who the manufacturer thinks its target market is ( smokers I guess... ) but if you need instructions in order to fire up your smoke, I think it's probably time to quit.

Monday 10 November 2008

Dead roads

Roads that have been laid but go nowhere, streetlamps that have been pushed in and never turned on, pavements flagged and don't reach any doorsteps.
Byways and highways where plans have been submitted and permitted but nothing has been built except for a slither of tarmac and strips of kerbstones to divide the wasteland from the wasted land.