'Natural'
Landscape?
When
landscapes are thought of, an ideal comes to mind. A scene full of
'natural' elements. Trees, grass, rivers, mountains, etc. are the
subject and contents within the frame that make up this landscape
image. A scene with no human interference, a wild environment if you
will.
In
my photographs I want to be able to show that humankind and its
creations are part of this natural landscape, that they are not
something separate, not something different, but one.
The
natural world we live in now has adapted and changed, its not what it
once was. The day has long past when this ideal landscape was an
accurate representation of the land. The natural landscape of the
modern world contains these man-made structures. Cities are as much
part of nature as forests and lakes.
Wildlife
could appear within the frame and the image would still be classed as
a 'natural landscape' photograph. But when something man-made is
depicted with in the scene, such as a telegraph pole, a building,
something as simple as a fence, the image seems to loose its 'wild'
characteristic, it becomes artificial. But people are natural too,
and its within their nature to build and create these structures
within the land, so why are they not natural as well? Why do they
carry this artificial label?
People
are part of the world just as much as any other animal, yet when an
animal such as a bird creates a nest, a structure, a home, it is
deemed natural, but when humans do it, it's artificial, why?
My
'Natural' Landscape project will be a running series of images
following a fine art style. They will have a black and white
minimalist aesthetic and depict a progressive amount of human impact
on the environment as the series goes on, starting off quite subtle
and getting more aggressive and obvious towards the end.
Within
my images I won't be trying to show the ugly, grotesque side of man's
impact on the earth, instead my images will try and illustrate the
beauty within these structures within the land.
Jaimie Golby |
Jaimie Golby |
Jaimie Golby |
Jaimie Golby |
Jaimie Golby |
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