Hyenas and Hippopotami

by Simon Kennedy

The remains of hyenas, hippopotami, elephants, bison and giant deer have all been found at Brentford, as well as evidence suggesting it has been populated since the stone age. The site of historic estates and battles, Brentford has been a centre of farming and boat building, but is now home to high-tech companies such as Dell and GSK. Shot with a variety of pictorialist soft-focus lenses and filters, including a meniscus lens from a 1920s Kodak camera, these images capture locations along the Thames and the River Brent where these histories are simultaneously evident, and where the struggle with modernisation is revealed.

Words by Diane Smyth

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