Jill Edwards        

 "RED EARTH"

I linger and walk with my camera in this country I have grown to love.

I don't think I could live there: the climate is far too hot for this cool climate abider. But I appreciate its aesthetics, red earth, long roads and big skies.

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Stone cottages, in ruins now, their crumbling walls hold so much history. Their stories I capture in image. Through doorways and windows and by chimneys still standing, I feel the presence of early settlers, for it lingers in these once stone havens. A remote and harsh existence indeed, but one tinged with hope and adventure, I would imagine.

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The rail lines and  abandoned freight carriers are always an attraction to me. They stand so still on rusted tracks. I can walk right up to them, view them from all angles, marvel at their construction and the role they played in this red earth country.

I always look to return.

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My interpretative process.

From my albums of photography I select and alter, convert to black and white, edit through filters.

I produce a collection of gel prints in a limited color range, that of red earth, yellow oxide, red oxide and umber. I mono print foliage in black.

I deconstruct all of this, and layer up a collage of imagery which  I then draw into intensively, making connections.

When all is looking harmonious and intriguing, with the very essence of Red Earth, I critically select the parts I finally present.​​

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