Source: Graduate Photography Online - 2014 - University of South Wales, Newport

Genius Loci

"The ruinous landscape can demonstrate something of the other, a different moment in time, lacunae, here and there strewn with ruins, can in a fragmentary way stir up something of the past, as a support to the memory of a city." -Jan De Graaf. Wastelands are often looked at as inane eyesores. I have always been intrigued and enchanted by the museum like qualities they hold, every barren landscape has a history to tell. In wastelands across Britain, this work tells a story of these spaces before they were left to ruin. The most profound photograph for the previous function of each desolate place is found, and projected back into the landscape, creating a juxtaposition of the past and present.

‘Boots Pharmaceuticals Factory Nottingham’ - Suzanna Davison - University of South Wales, Newport ‘Dagenham Ford’ - Suzanna Davison - University of South Wales, Newport ‘Huddersfield Textile Mill’ - Suzanna Davison - University of South Wales, Newport ‘Royal Albert Dock London’ - Suzanna Davison - University of South Wales, Newport ‘Royal Ordnance Factory Newport’ - Suzanna Davison - University of South Wales, Newport