About the Book
SICK OF THE SIGHT is an exploration into the captivatingly mundane and banal landscape viewed by photographer Lisa Wilton on her daily 30 mile round trip to work. A trip she has made for five years. Her work highlights the boredom and restraint people feel living the repetitive 9 to 5 lifestyle at a time when Britain is in the grip of a recession, were redundancy and unemployment are at an all time high.
The photographs act as a wake up call, forcing the viewer to confront their lives, their own happiness and ultimately coerce them into making life altering changes.
As a photographer Wilton is on a never ending quest to discover beauty in the banal, something this series of images asks the viewer to recognise. It challenges the viewer to understand how the ordinary can be extraordinary and how a person's life is dictated by how they perceive it.
The photographs act as a wake up call, forcing the viewer to confront their lives, their own happiness and ultimately coerce them into making life altering changes.
As a photographer Wilton is on a never ending quest to discover beauty in the banal, something this series of images asks the viewer to recognise. It challenges the viewer to understand how the ordinary can be extraordinary and how a person's life is dictated by how they perceive it.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Fine Art Photography
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Project Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
# of Pages: 110 - Publish Date: Nov 28, 2011
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About the Creator
Lisa Wilton
Manchester, England
LISA WILTON is an Urban Landscape photographer based in Manchester, England. She graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in 2012, with a 1st Class BA Hons Degree in Photography. As part of her photographic work Lisa studies the urban landscape and is highly influenced by the 1970’s New Topographic photography and photographers such as Stephen Shore, Alec Soth and William Eggleston.