ROB WALKER PHOTOGRAPHS
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White out Through the Open Door iTunes Festival 2010 Forest
White Out The snowy suburbs of Saint Albans
For one long week snow brought chaos
In the peak of a blizzard I decided to go
to the nation. For me it was the peace
photograph the silent chaos rampaging
and serenity that it brought that helped
outside. What resulted is a series of
make taking photos after not using a
photos which range from full of detail to
camera for 3 months since graduating.
very obscure images.
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Through the Open Door Belgravia Squaters
‘Through the Open Door’ follows a
The Idea of this project comes from
The Thatcher House was the first
group of London based squatters
my third year university project,
squat the came to my attention in the
known to the media as the Belgravia
Multiple Roles. I wanted to look a
media and the reason why I chose to
Squatters. I followed the group for
group of people seen as outcast but
photograph them in the first place.
nearly three months building up
who were trying to break this “role” in
With the newspapers giving the basic
relationships and with them to allow
society. I decided to hunt down some
road and house information I decided
me in and photograph them. With the
squatters to photograph however I
to just stride up to the house, camera
help of documentary film maker Mark
did not expect to have such a great
in hand and ask I could document
Guard I have had the chance to follow
group to follow. My intention was to
them and surprisingly enough after a
them in several houses including
photograph squatters to break the
cautious start the agreed and I started
living six doors down from Baroness
negative stereotypes that come with
shooting the next day.
Thatcher. Several of the group weren’t
the name Squatter, and this is exactly
happy with the idea of photos, for
what this group do, they squatted for
privacy reasons but others were happy
two reasons. One was too live and
to sit in for photos.
sleep, the second was the bring to the attention of the public these giant houses empty in central London.
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iTunes Festival 2010 Foals & 2 Door Cinema Club
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Forest Into the trees
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