STREETMAX 21
150615-200519

As a street photographer, I take an observational view of how our present circumstances govern our behaviour individually and in crowds. Progressively, we appear to interact with each other only on a synthetic basis. We attempt to mass connect with the aid of modern technology, but in so doing pay less attention to individual connection. I think this is compounded by the increasingly designed environment we inhabit. The codes we see, hear and read within it impact upon our behavioural processes and ultimately isolate us.
I tend to look for sites or places where people pass through without congregating. To begin with, if there is one figure or two or more figures who are positioned apart, I’ll wait until they’re joined by others in the hope that they’ll create a spatial and enigmatic dialogue. The figures often take on the look of stressed automatons acting out prescribed scenes. Their isolation from each other serves to emphasize an unreal and machine-like formality.

Author
Born Dundee, Scotland.
Formerly, architectural and sometime press photographer.
Latterly, small business owner and street photographer.
His work has been shown in various festivals and group shows internationally. He has won several awards including being selected as the Juror’s Pick in the LensCulture Street Photography Awards in 2017. He won the Best Series award at Streetfoto, San Francisco, as well as being the series winner in the 13th Pollux Awards, Street Photography category in 2019. He has shown in a number of galleries in the United Kingdom, United States, Hungary, France, Greece, Italy and Spain.
In 2020, he became a member of the street photography collective iN-PUBLiC, and was included in its first online exhibition “The Square Mile”.

Website
https://streetmax21.com/

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