À travers sa série Construct, le photographe australien Tim Allen illustre une facette encore inconnue des chantiers de construction, de la symphonie des camions au rangement minutieux des tubes de métal. Par son travail, il parvient à déceler une certaine poésie inattendue dans un environnement que l’on imaginait pour le moins… brut.
by Mehdi Karam
Read MoreTim Allen (b.1989, Australië) neemt deze week onze Instagram over! Met zijn passie voor de "New Topographics" brengt Allen zijn omzwervingen door natuurlijke en urbane landschappen in beeld. Zijn documentatie van die omgevingen toont een etherisch perspectief die de wereld en zijn dwangmatige esthetiek via een sterke narrativiteit communiceert naar een progressief publiek.
Read MoreA site just off the Western Ring Road, Melbourne, Australia. Image by Tim Allen
For photographer Tim Allen, the view from 1500 feet up was as beautiful as it was alarming.
From his bird’s-eye view, four-metre logs morphed into rusty nails while trucks looked small enough to fit into a child’s hand.
Allen had been commissioned to photograph commercial properties up for sale in Melbourne’s west from a helicopter last year when he decided to capture some of the arresting scenery he was routinely flying over.
Read MoreConstruct by Tim Allen is currently exhibited on Smash during the upload of your content (photos, videos, audio and documents).
To learn more about the project: www.timallenphoto.net/2017-construct
Construct, is a series of photographs that explore the effect of industrialisation on the earth. These images take a look at construction and roadwork sites, and other industrial environments in and around Melbourne, Australia from a height of between 1500ft and 3000ft. They present industrialisation with a certain grandeur, and yet successfully highlight the more destructive effects of human activity.
Read MoreAs I looked down from above, I began to focus on the repetition, patterns, form, structure and organisation of different industries. From the air, there is always something to see, learn and understand. I’ve always been interested in what creates employment opportunities, particularly in the building, shipping and automotive industries.
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