oliver STEPHENS

“Stone and Water"

 "A photographic response to the post-industrial towns within the World Heritage Site"

"Before this project I’d only ever passed through the area, either by car or train, and only ever caught a glimpse of the canal and its aqueducts in passing. Participating gave me a chance to wander through this environment to learn its history and document the sense of place I get from it.  

The communities are forever marked by their history, with each new part built upon memories of its past. The people and purpose may have changed, but that history is still there under the surface, and this work is a snapshot of those hundreds of years.”