After speaking with Niall he kindly gave me his blessing to embark on my own project based on the deconstructed landscape concept. Instead of photographing rural locations and focusing on the natural world it is my intention to photograph villages. By photographing the various aspects in this way I hope to reveal the history, traditions and culture of each village.
After careful consideration I decided upon Poynton as my first village for the project. Located in Cheshire, Poynton has a rich history for such a small area having once been a thriving coal mining community with important industrial transport links. The centre of Poynton is being renovated which provides further scope for my photography and makes it a perfect candidate for my project. You can see my first panel of photographs below.
You can follow Niall Benvie's work on the Images From The Edge blog.
I really like this concept - I've read about this on Images from the edge and was taken with the whole concept. I note that he says in his blog post that it's not an original idea of his, but one that has been around for some time. I think you have captured the spirit of Poynton perfectly, and you may have inspired me to have a try myself.
ReplyDeleteWell done Mike, very creative.