Ross Williams

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Ross Williams follow British, born 1988

Lives in Bristol, United Kingdom

Projects/Portfolios

You can't get lost in Berlin

Introduction

In February 2013, exactly a year previous to this project I had my first encounter with Berlin. Caught off guard by the overwhelming weight of history, bleak landscape and looming grey atmosphere, Berlin had gripped me in a hold that I could not break away from. This irresistible pull demanded that my curiosity needed to be resolved.

Undeniably I had a connection to the contradictory nature of Berlin, a city with an unconventional past and an uncertain future. This goes without saying that Berlin is still struggling to gain a sense of identity 25 years after the fall of the wall. In February 2014 I returned to this intriguing city for a month long stay in order to produce a body of work, made as a direct aesthetic response which would depict the emotional weight I had previously experienced.

Using the Mauerweg trail as my reference point, the scarred strip of land that encircles the city in which the Berlin wall once stood. This project is a result of walking this path that once symbolized the division of Europe. Through this somewhat nomadic journey, I started to uncover a different side of Berlin, a side of Berlin that was quiet and understated, one that I could relate to, like a psychological mirror, I could see elements of my own personality rooted deep within the landscape.

The selection of images showcased in this project are a poetic document of contemporary Berlin as it attempts to shape its future and they are also a portrait of myself. I tried to lose myself within this unfamiliar environment to gain clarity of Berlin and a better understanding of my work.

But you can’t get lost in Berlin; you always end up at a wall.

We'll miss it - Even if we stay

Introduction

With Spain spiraling deeper into financial crisis, this body of work depicts the notion of relocating abroad in search for a better life. Focused specifically on British expats living in Southern Spain, these images are fragments of hardship and turmoil - misery and hope.

Publications

You can't get lost in Berlin, Ross Williams, Self Published, Berlin, 2014
Portrait Salon 2013, Portrait Salon, Carole Evans and James O Jenkins , London, 2013

Statements

Artist Statement
Through previous work, I have explored social anthropological aspects of places, juxtaposed with my own personal responses. It is from this viewpoint that I continue to investigate both the banal and the sublime; not as a documentary study in a purely transcriptive form, but as a way of further understanding my own distinct associations with a site.

Awards:

Magenta Flash Forward 2015 - WINNER
Portrait Salon 2013

Biography

BORN IN BRISTOL, ENGLAND 1988

EDUCATION:

BA (Hons) PHOTOGRAPHY - FIRST CLASS
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND

EXHIBITIONS:

2014 FLUXURE, GRADUATE SHOW, THE BARGEHOUSE (LONDON)
2014 SELF, THE ISLAND (BRISTOL)
2014 ISOLATION, VICTORIA ROOMS (BRISTOL)
2013 PORTRAIT SALON 2013, FOUR CORNERS GALLERY (LONDON)
2013 SAATCHI SCREEN, SAATCHI GALLERY (LONDON)
2013 MISCELLANEOUS, THE ISLAND (BRISTOL)
2013 PHOTOCOPY CLUB x ONE GIANT ARM
‘NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL PHOTOGRAPHY’ DIVING SCHOOL (BRISTOL)
2012 CULTURAL DESCRIPTIONS, F BLOCK GALLERY (BRISTOL)

Website

rosswilliamsphotography.co.uk/

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