"The origin of this work was formed in my series ‘In Darkness Visible’ during which I constructed a forest built from accumulated memory and the ghosts of trees. Created during a period of two winters visiting public spaces in central London with the aim of recreating the sense of a primordial forest within the city. Although it has taken time to complete it has proved significant in honing my now established practice of working on foot within a refined space. Brought to life in the guise of my current practice it represents for me an extension of the potential. Built from layered exposures made within a 5x4” film camera until results resembled those envisioned - the production of these works opened a synthesis between reality and abstraction - a distillation through darkness. In the eighteen years since the origin of this series the symbolism of the forest has grown ever more significant." - Nicholas Hughes

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