2nd place
silver star award
James Kerwin
united kingdom
title
Fora Dos Limites
In 2016 Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that Portugal's largest bank, Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD), a banking institution that holds nearly one-third of all deposits in the country, is on the brink of destruction following a horrendous start to the year.
The bank was thought to need a cash injection of as much as €4 billion to rescue it from serious difficulties but this is possibly just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the economy in Portugal.
Everywhere you go there are abandoned houses, hotels and apartments with many of the buildings also looking like they were going to fall apart. I fast found out that it was because of the finance crisis and because of this, a high unemployment rate, which in turn leads to dereliction.
This is a series of images that I started shooting in late 2016 over in Portugal that will continue into 2017, entitled "Fora Dos Limites", or in English "Out of bounds".
It was in 2014 that I began shooting my first abandoned building series entitled “Decadence” and 3 years on I have built up an impressive portfolio of both interior and location photography taken in some of the most unique photography spots in the world.
With a primary focus of capturing rich colour palettes and straight lines in the camera, I then like to take the raw photograph and use modern post processing techniques on it to produce each completed image that you see displayed here on my website. Throughout the last 3 years comments are always made by viewers of my work in relation to my composition, which is ace as it is something that I take great pride over.
Travel plays a huge part in my image making, having visited ten countries in the last twelve months alone and it is this passion for travel combined with my love for photography that keeps me motivated and passionate about the work that I create.
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entry description
A selection of images from my forth abandoned architecture series, which was this time with a twist as I based it all in one country, Portugal and shot it in 2016.In 2016 Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that Portugal's largest bank, Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD), a banking institution that holds nearly one-third of all deposits in the country, is on the brink of destruction following a horrendous start to the year.
The bank was thought to need a cash injection of as much as €4 billion to rescue it from serious difficulties but this is possibly just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the economy in Portugal.
Everywhere you go there are abandoned houses, hotels and apartments with many of the buildings also looking like they were going to fall apart. I fast found out that it was because of the finance crisis and because of this, a high unemployment rate, which in turn leads to dereliction.
This is a series of images that I started shooting in late 2016 over in Portugal that will continue into 2017, entitled "Fora Dos Limites", or in English "Out of bounds".
about the photographer
I am James, an outgoing fine art photographer from a small city called Norwich in the United Kingdom. After 6 years behind the camera shooting in a variety of genres, I somehow fell into architecture and location photography.It was in 2014 that I began shooting my first abandoned building series entitled “Decadence” and 3 years on I have built up an impressive portfolio of both interior and location photography taken in some of the most unique photography spots in the world.
With a primary focus of capturing rich colour palettes and straight lines in the camera, I then like to take the raw photograph and use modern post processing techniques on it to produce each completed image that you see displayed here on my website. Throughout the last 3 years comments are always made by viewers of my work in relation to my composition, which is ace as it is something that I take great pride over.
Travel plays a huge part in my image making, having visited ten countries in the last twelve months alone and it is this passion for travel combined with my love for photography that keeps me motivated and passionate about the work that I create.
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