LUSAD-Scenes of the Unexpected

Ali Lomas :
The photographs relate to the theme, 'scenes of the unexpected ', as they involve images of unforeseen happenings within Loughborough, things that are occurring in hidden spaces within the town centre.
The photographs provoke the viewer to question the unusual aspects within the photographs, and recognise familiar yet negative occurrences that happen however are rarely recognised.
The photographs were taken in the surrounds of a secreted derelict property, where secrets and memories are preserved in the walls of the building.
The building immediately evoked a sense of discomfort in me, as I sensed a sinister and unusual atmosphere within the setting.
There are children's clothes scattered by the doorways, and a single child's shoe lying on the doorstep.
The photographs are intended to create a sense of unease within the viewer, an agitation because of the peculiar and disturbing location.
The abandoned house with its transient interior appears as thought it has been broken into, the door has been destroyed, making it obvious that any entry has been forced to create an entrance for an intruder, this contests the accepted ideal of a 'home' as a space of intimacy and comfort, a place of safety, there is an opposing feeling of unease captured in the photographs, what is this place being used for? Why are there children's clothes on the floor? Why is the door damaged? The photographs reject the ideals of routine and everyday life, and prompt a feeling of the unanticipated; the unexpected things in life that happen in unseen places, from these photographs the viewer can generate their own assumptions as to what has taken place here.