I took a photoshoot based in the area of St Clements near a few farms. I colour-coded my best images and edited them in a more detailed way. Some required more than others.

Whilst I was walking I came across an abandoned van that appeared to have been vacant for a long period of time. It had been vandalised quite badly however a thick blanket of greenery remained around it and looked as if it was slowly creeping inside as if it was trying to take over:

My first image is of the exterior of the van submerged in a large growth of weeds in the centre of the field. I wanted to shoot this image as I think that the greyscale look of the van has a high contrast against the greenery and accentuates it to appear more vibrant. I feel that this is a good example of how the abandonment of property and structure causes the natural landscape to grow around and within it, restricting it from truly moving freely and thrive as an ecosystem.

My second image is taken from inside of the van through one of the many smashed windows, looking onto the large mound of thorns. I wanted to shoot this image because I feel that it allows to see from a perspective that areas like this often are taken advantage of and forgotten about when it is right in front of us. I feel as if it symbolises that we should open our eyes more to acknowledge great natural spaces like this and how so much time is spent indoors when areas like this exist just outside the window.

In this image, I chose to position my camera diagonal to the drivers seat of the van in order to capture the entire area of plants behind. In this image, the drivers door is open, allowing the plants to struggle to creep in as there is nowhere else for them to go due to the restriction. I feel like the way the windshield is smashed symbolises how careless and reckless humanity is about the environment, crashing into this field through ignorance.

For this image, I rested my camera on the top of the leant back passengers seat to get a shot through the other smashed window. I chose to capture the high rise flats looking through the window peeking behind the greenery because it shows the urbanisation that takes over these great areas for a higher amount of housing.

This image is adjacent to the headlights of the van, facing towards two abandoned horses carts used for transporting them from farm to farm. I chose to shoot this as I wanted to include different pieces of abandoned property scattered around the greenery, poking out from behind. I like this image as the foreground consists of this bright crowd of plants however the trees in the background are sparse with leaves, bare and dull.

For this image, I used the rule of thirds to shoot 3 urban buildings poking out from behind the weeds and trees. I feel as if this represents the way that urbanisation is taking over, so much so that this natural space most likely won’t exist in a few years due to the forthcoming building plans that will be bound to come.

I wanted to shoot this image as I really liked the composition – the way the poison ivy is creeping down this eroded granite wall as these limestone and granite walls are everywhere to be seen in Jersey, something made from a natural resource that formed around 400 million years ago.