‘In short, by means of our hands, we create a second nature within the natural world’ (Cicero)
For some time I have been focusing my attention on the ways in which humans interact with the environment and exploit the natural world for their benefit. I have recorded landscapes that have been drastically transformed by industrial activities, such as mining and quarrying, ruined and polluted by man’s carelessness and that are kept under control by traditional land management techniques such as grazing and swailing.
This visual exploration has led me to a better understanding of the dichotomy between man and the natural world.
The boundaries between these two realms are even more blurred than I believed them to be.
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