Territory

Set in the aftermath of the first mass evacuation from anthropogenic wildfire, these pictures begin unravel the complexity of expansion and future cost. The series sketches out a dialectic with fire in the centre. Observed with large format camera, hovering over the pictures is the moral position and legal ground of Industrialism with the preconditions that Colonialism set up to make land claims, spreading new and different technology that became virtuous.

*Prints are 152.5cm x 187cm including rebate. Framed gallery image on the Work index page is a concept of a 250cm x 312cm framed print.

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The full project contains 160 colour photographs, a 3,000-word essay, a journal entry, a 20-page dossier, contaminated human hair samples and sound recordings.

All photographs were taken between 15 October and 15 November 2016; and between 14 and 28 February 2017.

Acknowledgements:

To the people of Fort McMurray past, present and future.

The Royal Photographic Society and The Photographic Angle Environmental Awareness Bursary

For further information on this project please contact the Studio