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This Month
Now experimenting with the square 6X6 frame.
A study into the effects of immigration…
Rough sketch of a road trip from London to Barcelona made during the summer of 2009 in 35mm. 200 Images scanned another 200+ to go…
A video of the demonstration I documented in April 2009. The demonstration was peaceful. However I was still tear gassed and shot in the leg with a rubber bullet.
The Lady with the Flag is Luisa Morgantini the Vice President of the European parliament.
The Green Line
In 1947 during the British Mandate in Palestine the Green Line was first established to form the international boundaries of the newly created state of Israel. Since the withdrawal of the British in 1948 these international boundaries have been continually violated by war resulting in the continuing expansion of the Israeli state.
With the expansion comes increased security and movement restrictions within disputed areas. In 2002 the Israeli government began the construction of an 8-meter concrete high security wall in response to increasing terrorist attacks. The wall annexes the Palestinian controlled West Bank from the rest of the country.
The Israeli wall runs across agricultural lands restricting access for farming and trade. In 2004 the international court of Justice determined that the wall was violation of international law and must be removed, so far Israel has failed to comply and construction work continues.
Shadows crawl across the cracked concrete paths and roadways where a generation of children once played. The developers still not come and for some the estate serves as a reminder of days better spent and a community torn apart. Ghosts still linger in the windows of these blocks, they patiently watch the encroaching developments as they seed a path towards Penarth from the bay.
Early this summer I travelled across Europe making pictures of the journey using 35mm film and a pocket digital camera. The images I created during the journey are of the people and place’s which I encountered along the road. I am currently waiting for the University to reopen so I can have access to a digital scanner. Only then will I be able to share the story of Danni, Marie and I as we hitch and hop rag-tag onto unknown destinations.
On my return to Cardiff I took up residence in a poetic district of the City know as Pen-y-lan. I started by reading Kerouac and onto Strauss and Dyer. I feel that now I’m finally on my way to developing a deeper understanding of visual language and photography.
