Imagined Landscapes
Imagined Landscapes
In Imagined Landscapes, I have incorporated both digital and analogue photography to create a landscape that does not exist, and yet which we may feel that we “know” or have visited, or that we think we recognise.
Imagined Landscapes has been inspired partly by reading the post apocalyptic novel “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy - a testament to the indestructibility of the human spirit. His vivid descriptions of abandoned buildings and burnt-out landscapes, encouraged me to continue with my search for beauty within devastation as a way of making sense of the world in some way.
Abandoned houses, mines and shops that I have found throughout my research, reminiscent of McCarthy’s journey, showed touching remnants of human intervention, of industry or of family within their crumbling edifices.
My work is neither narrative nor documentary, it endeavours to evoke feelings of unease and uncertainty. As Zarina Bhimji says “My images are not about actual facts, but the echoes they create – the marks, the gestures, the sounds.”
This series of images is the beginning of a new project (from my collection of abandoned buildings, landscape and iconic media images) that are harsh yet tender, distasteful yet aesthetic, familiar yet unfamiliar and which invite the audience to create its own narrative.
Kay Goodridge November 2014
www.kaygoodridgephotographics.com
In Imagined Landscapes, I have incorporated both digital and analogue photography to create a landscape that does not exist, and yet which we may feel that we “know” or have visited, or that we think we recognise.
Imagined Landscapes has been inspired partly by reading the post apocalyptic novel “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy - a testament to the indestructibility of the human spirit. His vivid descriptions of abandoned buildings and burnt-out landscapes, encouraged me to continue with my search for beauty within devastation as a way of making sense of the world in some way.
Abandoned houses, mines and shops that I have found throughout my research, reminiscent of McCarthy’s journey, showed touching remnants of human intervention, of industry or of family within their crumbling edifices.
My work is neither narrative nor documentary, it endeavours to evoke feelings of unease and uncertainty. As Zarina Bhimji says “My images are not about actual facts, but the echoes they create – the marks, the gestures, the sounds.”
This series of images is the beginning of a new project (from my collection of abandoned buildings, landscape and iconic media images) that are harsh yet tender, distasteful yet aesthetic, familiar yet unfamiliar and which invite the audience to create its own narrative.
Kay Goodridge November 2014
www.kaygoodridgephotographics.com
