FIELDWORK
How many ways can you look at the same thing and see something different? How many times can you visit the same place and find something new?
“Fieldwork is the result of twelve years spent collecting different versions of the same thing. It’s a scrapbook of shapes, patterns, colours and light which define the South Downs. My approach is not about finding a singular ‘decisive moment’ but instead deciding to be there for as many moments as possible. This is a place that speaks to me more deeply than anywhere else, and this is my attempt to compile a kind of visual dialect to describe it.”
The book features more than 100 photographs of the South Downs, accompanied by a selection of words from the ancient Sussex dialect which evolved to describe some of the subtleties of this unique landscape.
”These pictures are not a definitive collection of iconic locations, or a compendium of must-see spots. Instead, my hope is that others who know the Downs will recognise something of their own experience, and those who are yet to visit may feel somewhat intrigued by the prospect.”
