Due to simply not having the passion for low light landscape photography, I have decided to go in the direction of benches. I believe they are a very strong and important part of our surroundings as everybody uses benches in their everyday lives. And as you can see here, I was drawn to photographing benches on what were supposed to be low light landscape shoots.
I have chosen to explore the topic of memorial benches and by doing so I came across the works of Anthony Hopewell: Memento Mori.
This is a collection of photographs based on the topic of memorial benches. He focuses on the absence, memories and loss of loved ones and friends that are no longer with us."The bench’s location is often symbolically important, either to the deceased, or to their family or friends, but ultimately the location is dictated by permission from the local authority. This inevitably results in a variety of settings, some more appropriate than others."
His main focus was on the benches location which is something that I need to take into consideration if I were to make the focus of my coursework on memorial benches. This was also a landscape project as the view from the becnch was just as important as the bench itself. The location is supposed to portray an individual identity and history about the person that the bench is dedicated to.
His work really does seem as though it is focusing on phantoms and of the absence of people that once lived. This collection in a way does the same job as the benches themselves as it is displaying the memory of certain people.
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