In today’s LANDINGS 25 @falmouthphotographyonline takeover, the artists of the Habitats research cluster respond to a brief entitled ‘Borders’; set recently as a way to cohere us and keep us talking about our practice from our various corners of the globe. Unconcerned with the tools we use, we go with a feeling that triggers an individual response to the brief; the result is a range of imagery that illustrates borders through a collective lens.
Keith Mason
“In Cornwall there are borders: rich and poor, local and tourist, renter and second-home owners, old and new economy. I was out walking yesterday and came across a border between the town and the old agricultural way of living, pointedly separated by a hedge.”
Linda Jarrett
“This photograph represents just one of many borders between concrete and nature. It is itself a product of concrete; a silver gelatin print developed using Kawakawa, concrete dust and limestone dust.”
Gail Ashton
“I dropped my daughter off at the train station, and noticed the sun shining through the protective fencing by the tracks where the grass grows unchecked on one side, but is cut back on the other. It made me think about the borders and barriers we put up for our own purposes, and in doing so, the borders we impose on nature.”
Bhaskar Sitholey
“In the heart of Mumbai, where the Arabian Sea meets the city, a young man sits amidst the monsoon storm. His umbrella, turned inside out, mirrors the chaos around him. This boundary wall is more than just a line between land and sea; it is a border between dreams and reality, between the haves and the have-nots. This is where the spirit of humanity is tested and forged. It is a place where dreams are both born and battered, reminding us that even in the face of life’s storms, our dreams are worth holding onto, for they are the essence of our hope and resilience.”
Jill Richford
“Stop – here we enter a place untouched by human intervention; into a land that is free to do what it wants.”
