chrisowenrichards says:
This series takes a mundane location and produces something really quite ghostly. I find the individual images compelling - in a slightly unsettling way. Together their differences invite close attention.
The literal location - a liminal space - becomes the basis for wider reflection on more mysterious forms liminality (not least life/death).
chrisowenrichards says:
I really like the choice of black and white for these three shots. I've read quite a lot of William Trevor in the past couple of years and, inescapably, I see these characters somewhat in the baleful light of his elegant but painful stories. See The Story of Lucy Gault, for example. But even without the Trevor reference they work as an evocation of place.
chrisowenrichards says:
I don't know this beach but I know those just to the west of Bournemouth - Shell Beach, Studland - and have similarly long term memories associated with them. I found the accompanying text very powerful and, of course, it's difficult to look at these images without the framing family history coming into play. But the three work together for me because they are simple, almost minimal, representations of the place. They have a lonely and melancholy feel at odds with the more crowded and euphoric images of beaches we're used to.
chrisowenrichards says:
It's more than forty years since I travelled around Morocco. I thought this set was a clever and satisfying response to the circumstances - Moroccans really do not like being photographed. They're quirky and elusive images, each one worth some careful contemplation, and just about hang together as set.
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