Stephen Gill

Buried is a Photographic series created by Stephen Gill, in which he chose to collaborate with the physical place. He not only photographed his locations he then played with the idea of burying his photographic C-Type prints in those places to see what they would add or subtract from the photographs, the final products are both conceptual and earthy.

"The photographs in this book were taken at Hackney Wick and they were later buried there. The amount of time the images were left underground varied depending on the amount of rainfall... Not knowing what an image would look like once it was dug up introduced an element of chance and surprise which I found appealing. This feeling of letting go and collaborating with the place - allowing it also to work in putting the finishing touches to a picture - felt fair. Maybe the spirit of the place can also make its mark".

Information can be found at: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/stephen-gill-buried
Images can be found at: https://www.stephengill.co.uk/portfolio/portfolio/nggallery/album-1-2/buried