Though void of the human figure, the images I take are full of humanity and the stories of individuals through time. Where some photograph man-made and natural disasters, or landscapes that are manufactured, I capture light through the decay of time and neglect. Here is a beauty, a stillness, a timelessness in what many see as derelict and dirt. Forgotten and passed by, these edifices are a testament to the social past. In these capsules of brick and marble are encased the struggles of workers and industrialisation; the transformation of traditional ideologies and the stagnation of those institutions; where wealth and class are manifest and tangible. This is a process of Photographic Anthropology and compliments my work as a Visual Sociologist.

A similar sensibility is informing the work I do in other areas. In daily lives traveling through the city we are often oblivious to the environment we have become so familiar with. Yet, art is everywhere and we just have to be open to these experiences. The everyday, common place, taken-for-granted can often be fascinating and even beautiful. Newer works tend to explore the urban landscapes, taking that which is familiar and bring it to our attention.

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