We have been looking at Joel Sternfeld's work, I can take a number of things from his work such as the details he seeked out when capturing 'Walking the highline' featuring an abandoned rail line, loosing life to the elements after years of being degraded by humans. I too, can show nature here as a harsh and destructive element, forcing Gloucester City away from their home Meadow Park in 2007 due to floods, still standing to this day however with mother nature taking over it's foundations.
There are features in these images that I find interesting, that they are clearly situated in highly populated areas, however they are completely devoid of life and shown evidence of being neglected for a number of years. To re assure this point of view, he has shot on a cloudy day so that not a lot of colour tones can be captured, and that adds to the dull appearance. I think that in terms of composition he has used the larger format well, with defining details of the images predominately placed towards the centre of the frame.
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