I may of mentioned this in an earlier post but the reason why i'm choosing to photograph gravel pits is a sort of natural progression, in my earlier projects i have found myself in endangered landscapes such as Redgrave and Lopham fen and the Brecklands. These are two stories about ancient landscapes so i wanted to look further into the history of landscape. Thats when i came across the natural landscape as an inspiration, the truth is its hard to find. Nearly everything around us owes its current existence to man, we are the ones who shape the current world it is no longer the slow process of glaciers and rising sea levels. This is the main focus of the project. These pits are another phase in norfolk's (and others) landscape. whether they know it or not the wetlands are making a comeback.
Once the gravel has been extracted and the site hits water (or near to) the site is abandoned and left to fill, handing the land back to nature giving the wildlife control once again. nature flocks to this piece of water to claim a place like home, the once prominent wetlands of this country that have been almost eradicated by human development. in turn people come to these sites to observe the majestic beauty of nature or perhaps to fish the lakes or use the water as a site of leisure and relaxation sold to them by the propaganda of this site of "natural beauty" that was once a hole in the ground used for gravel extraction.