British photographer Paul Hart has spent the past thirteen years exploring our relationship with the landscape, in both a humanistic and socio-historical sense. Poetry of Place now on view at The Photographer’s Gallery in London, is Paul Hart’s first exhibition, bringing together his three series to date: Truncated (2005-2008), Farmed (2009-2015) and Drained (2016-2017), all of which feature specific geographical regions photographed intensively over a number of years. In highlighting often-overlooked elements in familiar vistas, Hart’s working method is in the vein of documentary. His narratives are further enhanced by his use of the black and white analogue process and traditional darkroom printing techniques, conveying something of the soulful in particular landscapes rarely considered of aesthetic interest.
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