A Photographer's Archive Reveals He Was an Involuntary Witness to Hostile Architecture
Your body of work thinks back at you
For years, I photographed benches without a plan. Reviewing my archive, I saw a pattern I never intended: armrests splitting seats, individual units replacing long benches, curves designed to make lying down impossible. I had been documenting hostile architecture one photo at a time, unconsciously. Photography, practised consistently, builds an archive that eventually thinks back at you.
What I realised was that practised consistently over time, photography builds an archive that eventually thinks back at you.