River Lea
This is an ongoing project, a series of confined landscapes recorded along a stretch of the River Lea in East London, adjacent to the 2012 Olympic site. I have focused down onto the riverbank highlighting the sculptural formations that litter the area; the tidal debris caught in the branches of willow trees as well as the direct interventions, the paths and felled trees that scar the route. Shot in the same area on repeated visits the work is a poetic record of the seasonal changes and more importantly is a record of a rivers natural evolution against the odds. The current Olympic development has gradually transformed this lost wilderness. As such I see this series as a pertinent comment on the current environmental interplay between man and nature.
This is an edited selection from the final series