Project Development

As I was on move thinking about what I was doing and what I wanted to achieve, the project evolved into something a little different from what was first pitched.

The Rhine region of Germany I was in at the time is very industrial, not much spoken English and the sheer speed of constant relocation made for an interesting experience. Initially the project was started in relation to the spaces between people and the relationships between them; being alienated by not being able to communicate well whilst constantly on the move meant not being able to form any real relationships to landscape or people, this really helped the thought process along. A character started to develop through me, what I was doing there and my interpretation of surroundings.

What was always going to hold the environments and the unknown acquaintances together in my project was a central character in the author, the relationship to me and the camera but displayed in a different context; I started emphasising this element rather than hiding it away and created a new author.

I like to think of him as a middle aged Daniel Johnston / Werner Herzogesque character, creating new reflections, new fictions with a bizarre enthusiasm as he ages, which relate back to a personal experience as a young man; harmless, endearing whilst a also a little disconcerting with potentially dark undertones.

The photograph in the blog title that I found relates quite nicely and will perhaps give you some kind of visual reference point.