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© John Riddy | Blakeney 2021
Blakeney
John Riddy
From a single viewpoint, his Blakeney series captures a familiar path along the remote Norfolk coast.
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John Riddy
I shot this series of photographs from a single viewpoint, looking toward Blakeney Point and the North Sea along the Norfolk Coast Path. Though seemingly remote, the subject of the Blakeney series is not only a place I have visited for over 30 years, but a familiar walking path and an everyday experience for thousands of people.
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The horizon, which carefully bisects the composition in each picture, indicates a shingle ridge that protects the marsh from the North Sea. The ridge is disrupted by a single building known as the Watch House, originally built in the nineteenth century as a lookout for smugglers. This particular viewpoint and its description in this series of photographs are informed by an accumulation of impressions and my deep familiarity with the setting.
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About
John Riddy was born in the United Kingdom in 1959. He has been making and exhibiting photographic documentary projects for over forty years. His work is recognised for his attention to the atmosphere and ambience of specific places and the formal precision with which he describes them. Choices about format, materials and technique are intrinsic to each series, and the qualities of the final print of paramount importance. His work is held in numerous permanent collections including Tate, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Stedelijk, The Art Institute of Chicago, De Pont, and The Museum of London.
www.frithstreetgallery.com/exhibitions/215-john-riddy-horizon/
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