Work for my Final Project, BTEC National Diploma, Photography

In this series of photographs I have chosen to portray the idea of absence. These deliberately enigmatic interiors, shot using only available light, show the trace of a human presence which is no longer there – it is left up to the viewer to make their own interpretation.  Linked by mood rather than narrative thread, the images create an atmosphere which is unsettling or mysterious.

I have been influenced largely by the photographer Ralph Gibson who uses light and shadow to create contrast and mood – his striking and minimal compositions are imbued with a sense of mystery and ambiguity.

All photographs shot on b/w film on Mamiya RB67 medium format camera, then scanned.  The pictures are printed on fibre-based paper, selenium toned, 10" x 8", or 8" x 8", and have a depth and richness which it is just not possible to convey on the screen!