Peter Spurgeon

Peter Spurgeons work is said to reveal human stories in the landscape. 

In his series 'Decoy' he explores former decoy locations that were used in WW2 to confuse enemy planes. These decoys were used to represent nearby cities and airfields so that they were attacked rather than the actual places. Surgeon artificially lights his work to create eerie feeling scenes. It animates the landscape and evokes the absent decoys. These images very much have an abandoned feel and give off connotations of the sublime. We know the story behind these photos and the subject is very important in history, although these photos give off quite negative feelings we know how much of a positive impact these sights had.

I have mainly been looking at Spurgeons series called 'Beyond Limits'. These photos combine the ideas of the beauty and the sublime. The photos are of natural places that have been ruined by humans, wether that is through litter or industry. These photos also give off slightly uneasy feelings, because you know that someone has been in these places however you don't know the story behind what has been left behind. So it creates a strange feeling, you're looking at the consequence and outcome of a situation but you are unaware of the story. 



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