This project was one of the final one's along with The Chasing Shadows project for the National Diploma Photography & Related Studies course I did at Hull College. I was researching and looking into both man-made and natural barriers within the urban environment. These obviously can take many forms from the purely physical to those that we perceive mentally.
There are many barriers once you step out of your front door (not just physical one's) I suppose each and everyone of us perceives things very differently from the next person. Some barriers are more obvious than others. A road is a barrier to a pedestrian but perhaps not to a motorist. A natural barrier can perhaps be crossed, but a man-made barrier is an obstacle.
A bridge across water might in it's self be a barrier if someone has a phobia of water and/or perhaps the bridge opening whilst you are crossing it.
It is a very complex and far reaching subject when you think about it. I know that I got a far greater response from when I took my work for a portfolio session at the Impressions Gallery in York than I did off my main course tutor (but the less said about that the better).
As such I actually put away all my Canons, and used a Mamiya 645 camera for this project.
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