The work you see in the video above and the photographs below represent many years of gathering images. It’s a pleasant surprise to see them come together and develop thematic connections. This is a turning point in my communication of them to the world, to you. So welcome along to a world first!
The high hill country of South Dakota could be the North Pennines, scaled back. (Soggy, open, undulating and boggy, with planted tree-lines and natural wooded valleys.)
The undeveloped Jersey shore could be Druridge Bay. (Pounding seas, vast swathes of sand, marram grass dunes and big skies.)
The industrial North Atlantic shore could be Dunegeness, or Lynemouth.
Asbury Park, Seaside Heights and Rockaway Beach could be Cullercotes to Whitley Bay, Scarborough or Blackpool. (Beaches, Boardwalks, Ice Cream, Amusement Parks, Lighthouses and Slot Machines.)
New England could be Old England.
There are synergies, but there are stark discrepancies. England has no desert, no badlands, no untamed wilderness, few apex predators, no 4,000 ft deep canyons, or mile wide rivers.
America has no 400 year old pubs to warm-up in. We have diamond geezers, but no geysers. England is charming, America is disarming.
We love them both for different reasons.
(One is my Granny, one is my big Bro.)
I’ve trod many miles in both countries.
So let’s set off on an alternating transatlantic ride between the two …
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