This project focuses on a symbolic role of birds. Building from themes I have always been exploring of coastal towns during the harsh winter months, I have become more and more fascinated with birds. Birds that are always present and unnoticed by most. With their graceful yet transient nature, they represent to me a complex range of human emotions, escapism, freedom, loss, and isolation. Their behaviour becomes a mirror for our own struggles. Moments of longing, retreat, and the quiet turmoil of being. Through their flight, I explore external heartache, with the birds acting as metaphors for fleeing, for distance, and for the passing of time. My work also touches on the cyclical nature of human experience, always moving, always searching for connection, yet often disconnected and alone.
My work is set against the varied backdrops and coastal landscapes of modern-day Cornwall, with images that evoke an impressionistic narrative, a fluid exploration of loneliness and isolation within the larger context of human resilience.
My approach is one without clear boundaries or structure, reflecting the unpredictable and ever-changing nature of both the land, ocean, skies and within our emotional experiences. It is a journey that embraces emptiness and fragmentation, seeking to illuminate small, unnoticed moments of finding connections within the natural world when the heart says it has nothing left.
Through the medium of fine art photography, I strive to document the pereveraance and vulnerability of all things, exploring the tension between outward beauty and internal conflict.
Rest in peace Clive x