'The
Last Office Memo' by MA Photography student Jamie Tilley is a series of constructed photographs, commenting,
overarchingly on the struggle between the rise of a western,
consumerist, capitalist system and the need to protect and sustain the
natural world.
The
photographs present the man-made world as formal, architectural,
backgrounds; often offices of commerce and industry, where order is
king.
Upon
this, the natural element, presented through intentionally placed, chaotic plantlife is central to the photographs.
This
may be seen as a beacon of hope, or a mournful nod to a last remaining piece of the natural world.
As
well as choosing and positioning the physical objects on location, the
scenes are often digitally manipulated to duplicate elements, remove
elements, or replace elements to further create an abstract, ordered and
man-made setting for the plant life, or lack
of it.
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