"My practice resonates around the themes of space, time, anxiety and displacement. In photographing discarded plastic carrier bags found in the canals of East London, I looked to find some solace for the exiled soul of the plastic bag. After short, useful lives, discarded plastic bags enter into a perpetual state of retirement, their spent utility a metaphor for our own mortal anxiety, whereas the demise of plastic is a distant, uncertain prospect. The moment of disclosure (cognition) is delayed to induce a sense of disorientation allowing the viewer to disassociate themselves from the dogma of optical faith."
I've always been interested in space, I'm fascinated by how it looks, works and what it is. These photos look magical and beautiful and look like space even though all as what they are, are photos of abandoned plastic carrier bags in water. Something so generic and ugly can be used in a way to make it look like a beautiful, magnificent thing, this is what has been done with these images. From the start of my project I've wanted to show how microbes are dangerous, and sometimes deadly things yet can look wonderful, enlightening and amazing if portrayed in the correct way.
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