We Would Rather Be Ruined Than Changed is an ongoing project trying to counter the slow decay of substantive content. I’m particularly interested in photography that slowly reveals itself to the viewer and the temporary nature of things, including civilisations.
The work builds in layers with a truth being revealed through interconnectedness, repetition and metaphor. The images are intentionally melancholy, seeking to question the ‘spectacle’ of photography whilst remaining true to documentary principles.
Captions play a big part in my practice and they point the viewer in a specific direction, expanding the meaning of each photograph while contributing to the whole. In this work I’m interrogating a perceived lack of serious engagement with contemporary issues and a seeming resignation to the notion that real, systemic change is impossible.
I often come back to Mark Fisher’s apocalyptic statement “It is easier to imagine the end of the world than it is the end of capitalism.”
Before The Eruption
Temporary Measures
My Empire Of Dirt
Ruin Value
The Cuckoo’s Nest
Signal To Noise
Constantly Monitored
Entombed
A House Full Of Mud
Too Little, Too Late
Exit Strategies
Scrap Value
The Soft Edges Of Memory
Carbon
Halo
Untitled
My Own Research
There Really Isn’t a Single Person on Earth Who Knows What Happens Next
The Marvels Of The World Are Commonplace
Looking For Patterns
This Is Not An Exit
Structures Of Feeling
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