A photographic escape for those in self-isolation
all spent time exploring and photographing that 100-mile coastal stretch of the UK, each producing their own response to the stories, landscapes and people they encountered.
For Kiely, whose series is shown in part here, this meant exploring and photographing the industrial towns on the coastline, and uncovering what she now sees as “hidden gems”. “I went to university in Manchester so I was so close – I think it’s about two hours on the train,” she says. “If I’d known about the area I would have loved to see it, but when I was at uni and felt I needed water I would go to New Brighton, because of the history of Martin Parr and Tom Wood working there.
Kiely found herself drawn to water – be it the sublime and expansive Lake District or the river running underneath a bridge in the coastal village of Ravenglass. “I didn’t know what I was going to photograph, to be honest, but when I got there, I felt like it would be too invasive to take pictures of people,” she explains. “I walked a lot to cover a lot of ground. I always feel like I want to go back to water and the ocean – water plays a huge part in the series.
Kiely felt a connection to the area – “each time I left, there was a sadness,” she says – and was moved by its rich history. She looked to the photographic legacy of Cumbria, and artists like Raymond Moore, but ultimately has created a quietly beautiful series that is very much her own, each image printed by hand. “I’m grateful to be hopefully adding to that legacy of Cumbria,” she says.
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