ScumSTREETscuM

3.0 Mpx iPhoneography.


Scum Street Scum is an ongoing photo series I commenced earlier this year. It abstracts the dropped, spilled, and discarded products of waste I see in gutters and backstreets from day to day, into biomorphic compositions of space and form. I am interested in these overlooked, abject forms because of the transient space they occupy. When something becomes rubbish because it has been used, broken or accidentally dropped it becomes an object of pure potential, it's purpose ambiguous, and its meaning uncertain.

I will continue with this series and explore within the limitations of the camera-phone. Given the opportunity I would like to carry this series further by working with a higher resolution camera to produce images that capture more of the fine detail I see in these myriad forms.

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