Picture This : Utopia by Hannah Abel-Hirsch

https://www.bjp-online.com/2020/04/picture-this-utopia/

I read this article on the British Journal of Photography website. The article was about utopia and how certain photographers feel about utopia and what they think it is. How they would perceive it now in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. It was interesting to read about other artists view points and to learn that a utopia can 'never exist' by definition. This relates to my work because the landscapes I make can never exists, they are my perfect utopias.















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