Nicholas Hughes- In Darkness Visible.
If classification were to be forced upon these images, I’m
not sure what they would fall into. The obvious answer would be Low Light
Landscape Photography. But there seems to be more to Hughes photographs than
there would be if they were forced in a box and labelled.
The colour that is used within the shoot creates an air of
mystery that surrounds the photographs. Perhaps this is just the lighting
that’s been used, but there seems to be a darker side to the images. Something
in the images that you just can’t see. I’d like to just that the images reflect
social satire within the context of relationships and memories. This is how I’m
seeing the images. There like the faded memory of a distant friend, or a face
that you just can’t picture anymore. The mist and fog in these images seem to
hide the true meaning, and the green tint to most of the woodland shots
portrays the mystery even more.
The shots of the water
are really interesting. It reminds me of old stories where monsters
would hide in deep waters. Especially The
lord of the rings and the chapter with the
watcher of the water outside moria.
There’s a lot of empty space within these photographs. I
really feel like its reflecting the loss of something, or the fading of a moment
in life. These spaces entangled with the colour and tone of these images point
to want to reflect this in my response.
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