OPEN ECO: Richard Chivers, Llanberis Wales UK (2024)

A lone tree sits in stark contrast to the grey backdrop of the Dinorwic quarry in Wales. The landscape in this area has been permanently changed from hundreds of years of slate mining. Today, the quarries remain as monumental traces of this industrial past. Their presence raises questions about what happens to a landscape once the forces that transformed it have receded, and how nature, memory and new forms of human activity begin to occupy what remains. 

Richard Chivers is a documentary photographer based in Brighton, England. His work examines the British landscape and how it is shaped and re-shaped over time. Examining rural, industrial and urban spaces through history, geography and social themes that convey the complex nature of the landscape we inhabit. His work has been exhibited across the UK and Internationally including the Brighton Photo Fringe, Format International Festival, Arles, the MK Gallery and the Royal Academy amongst other places. He is also a member of the photographic collective MAP6, who have produced work and exhibited in Wales, Finland, Italy and England. 

United Kingdom
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