I’ve been rummaging through my archives and came across a photographic project I worked on back in 1997. Looking at a lot of my early work, it’s clear how much of an influence Dartmoor was - especially the period from ‘97 to 2000. I tramped many a mile with my trusty film cameras and these images have their roots in a walk around the Princetown area in October ‘97…
These photographs are 100% analogue - no digital manipulation was used. All images were shot on Black and White film (Ilford FP4), processed and contact sheeted. The contact sheets were then photocopied onto acetate, cut into strips and then used as “negatives” to print from. The results are an abstract, textured, dreamscape - the essence of Dartmoor seen through the fogged windowpane of time.
J12 - B3212 Postbridge to Warren House Inn
O8 - Track from South Hessary to Nun’s Cross Farm
P9 - Nun’s Cross Farmhouse and Tree
P9 - Looking east over Nun’s Cross Farm and Foxtor Mires
P9/Q9 - Track to Higher Hartor from Nun’s Cross Farm
Q9 - Higher Hartor