https://www.marcwilson.co.uk
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Wilson’s new and most recent work, felt most relevant to the discussion held as the project of a wounded landscape, bearing witness to the holocaust shares connotations of war and history that juxtapose today’s world yet emphasise the atrocities currently occurring within Ukraine.
Marc started in the Southeast of France, and planned on photographing locations from a distance, set within the landscape around him. Large and medium format and a 35mm digital camera was taken with him to create a visual language that observes, considers, and allowed him to immerse within the space. Prior to his travels, his family members suggested Wilson reconsidered making the work as it may affect him and the people he meets emotionally, however this did not put him off and Wilson photographed and educated himself on the work created. Unsure as to what he’d find within internal camps, he looked for Barrack K12, where children were held and provided with paint to keep entertained. A crack from his boot, against the tile created a surreal atmosphere that represented the screams of children, and therefore Wilson had to remove himself from the situation, giving up on the shoot. Creating visual metaphors for the narrative was a creative and innovative way that did not exploit the history.
This work developed quickly after his cousin from Switzerland offered to put him in touch with Survivor’s, but was unsure on how to approach this aspect, therefore declined and photographed places connected with the landscape’s history. Dance studio’s, which once were gas chambers and fragments of bones still present. Wilson spent six months travelling and bearing witness, before he felt comfortable and confident enough to start meeting survivors.
The final photobook consists of 22 chapters in total, each chapter a story from those who experienced the Second War.
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