The Edge of Ruin PM0066 distilled through Abbott’s particular way

distilled through Abbott’s particular way of seeing

Daddy G (Massive Attack)

There is a wide alternation between recurring themes

These periods of subtle drama have played out continuously for millennia

each one selected from a cache of five hundred negatives which had previously sat unseen for over 30 years

The Edge of Ruin PM0066 distilled through Abbott’s particular wayWhilst the more obvious signs of our industrial legacy, the edifices of our industrial past, unless purposefully preserved for heritage, crumble into the landscape on which they were set or are erased by us, it is in the physical landscapes themselves that the lasting impression of this past remains. As I walked around these first sites, camera still firmly in my bag, what became immediately apparent to me was that I needed to look past the remaining