Thursday, December 14, 2023

Faded glory


Watching paint dry is idiomatically tedious, but what about watching it peel? Pembrokeshire-based photographer David Wilson has been doing just that, and implies otherwise.

Peeling Paint And Rust might have the ring of a guest publication on Have I Got News For You, but the book is a visual feast - and indeed something that's poignant rather than ruin porn. As he says, "I felt that I was documenting a dislocation in the rural communities of Wales - a dying way of life".

Buzz review here.

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