This is a collection which is sure to divide opinion.
These photographs of an out-of-focus London are an attempt by the art photographer Simon Roberts to show us very familiar scenes in a new and unnerving light.
They’re designed to help us imagine a future after the climate crisis, where the land is empty of people, and the landmarks take on an eerie quality, a relic of time past.
Or, you could simply say they’re blurry photographs of London landmarks – they’re certainly unusual and original. They won’t be to everybody’s tastes, but there is something quite striking about looking at them – after all, how many perfectly in-focus shots of Tower Bridge and the Shard does the world need, this offers something completely different.
All of them are gathered together in a new book from Hoxton Mini Press. The book itself is a thing of beauty to, with a cloth spine, foiling and the use of fine-art paper.
Simon Roberts is based in Brighton and is an internationally recognised art photographer, known primarily for his large-format tableaux images which examine the socio-political in Britain. He has been exhibited and published many times across the world.
What do you think of the work? Art or mistake? Let us know…
After London by Simon Roberts is published by Hoxton Mini Press and is available to buy now. ISBN: 9781917719100
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