Blank Media Collective

Biography / Personal Statement

Adam Booth wants to unearth the hidden beauty in the most banal and mundane objects and
landscapes. Shape, space and symmetry are all elements of the artistic image which have always been
considered important in the construction of the aesthetically beautiful image, however Booth challenges more traditional imagery and style by finding this beauty in the most unlikely of places - a deserted supermarket, an empty car park and a midnight industrial estate.

Mostly working with long exposure photography he studies the fall and the feeling of unnatural, man made lighting, and how this affects the way we view these landscapes, and the feeling that light can evoke within us. He uses night to demonstrate man’s impact on our world, both in terms of light and architecture, but without positive or negative comment - he simply shows us what we have created, devoid of natural light or wild nature.

The landscapes he captures are usually bustling with human activity, centres of commerce, business and pleasure, but he shows them in a way we have not seen before; lonely, empty, bare. He does not comment on whether our impact on the world is good or bad, he simply shows us what is around us, but in a way we may not have considered our habitat before - stark, eerie, isolated, but also clean, geometric and beautiful.
 
Adam Booth is a photographer living and working in the North West of England. He has recently completed a degree at Leeds Metropolitan University in Photography and Digital Imaging.