Wasted
I have always been fascinated with the way people dispose of their waste whilst walking the streets. Given the lack of waste bins and the unwillingness among some people to recycle their waste, organic urban landfill sites spring up which have their own conceptual messages. Here are a couple.
Litter, Spitalfields 2005
Sample Sale. Spitalfields 2005
Hands On
Painted hands, Near Hastings 2007
Hand. Sir John Cass School. London 2007
Hand. Hastings 2007
Hand. Sir John Cass School. London 2007
Hand. Sir John Cass School. London 2007
Hands at the lightbox gallery. Woking 2005
Four Cranes
This photomontage combines a photograph taken from the balcony of my flat of Canary Wharf (2007) with a photograph taken in Cambodia in 2009. The slanted roof of the Cambodian home resonates with the design of the top of the Canary Wharf tower; this emphasises the gap between the rich and the poor but the similarity in architecture also suggests a common bond between humanity.
Four Cranes. Photomontage 2010
The four cranes represent a barrier seperating the two worlds. They also secure the wealth for the rich world acting like stock brokers determined to maintain an economic status quo. The moon is a kind of arbiter which suggests the absurdity of the way resources have been devisively acrued by the rich world; both places are touched by the magnificence of the moon yet it appears it is only the foreground that appreciates the worlds natural beauty and the resources that abound.
New York & Dhaka
New York & Dhaka. Photomontage 2012
Underground Movement
Movement on the Underground. London 1992
