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Introduction
The Battlefields project is about landscape and land use.
It developed over a number of years and was initially shown in five parts.
The Battlefields project is about landscape and land use.
It developed over a number of years and was initially shown in five parts.
1. Battlefields
The Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 was one of the bloodiest in English history. The use of massed archers was said to have turned the sky "black with arrows". In some ways the battle could be seen as an early form of industrialised warfare in the cause of power and control over the land.
In the 21st century, areas such as Shrewsbury's more recent Battlefields Enterprise Park and those elsewhere in Europe, suggest that issues of control and rebellion continue to shape the territories around towns.
(First exhibited during Shrewsbury Open Studios 2009.)
The Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 was one of the bloodiest in English history. The use of massed archers was said to have turned the sky "black with arrows". In some ways the battle could be seen as an early form of industrialised warfare in the cause of power and control over the land.
In the 21st century, areas such as Shrewsbury's more recent Battlefields Enterprise Park and those elsewhere in Europe, suggest that issues of control and rebellion continue to shape the territories around towns.
(First exhibited during Shrewsbury Open Studios 2009.)
2. Battlefields - Spain
Shot in southern Spain.
(First exhibited at The Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 2009.)
Shot in southern Spain.
(First exhibited at The Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 2009.)
3. Dividing Lines
The territorial boundaries of human enterprise. Photos taken on East Anglian Coast.
(First exhibited at The Edge, Much Wenlock and The Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 2012)
The territorial boundaries of human enterprise. Photos taken on East Anglian Coast.
(First exhibited at The Edge, Much Wenlock and The Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 2012)
4. The Earth Moved
Shot in southern Spain.
(First exhibited during Shrewsbury Open Studios 2012.)
Shot in southern Spain.
(First exhibited during Shrewsbury Open Studios 2012.)
5. Hole in the Ground
Shot in Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury
(First exhibited during Shrewsbury Open Studios 2013.)
Shot in Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury
(First exhibited during Shrewsbury Open Studios 2013.)