Marc Wilson works both as an artist and commercial photographer.

"All these landscapes (because one is dealing here with landscapes even if they are far from the usual cliches of green meadows) have a story in common - the story of their abandonment by man. What Marc Wilson allows us to see is their survival, revealing their intrinsic beauty." Review from Mondorama (Paris based art periodical)

Working in the genre of documentary landscape photography, Marc Wilson looks at both rural and urban environments often focusing on a particular subject or theme. He is often drawn to locations where there is something absent; perhaps something physical but also often emotions or feelings. He shoots both the interiors and exteriors of these spaces searching out a composition that seems to capture the sense of place, and the sense of loss, associated with it.

His most recent work, Abandoned, portrays places and objects that show the physical remnants of a location that contain social, historical or political significance. Each photograph provokes the viewer to imagine how the landscape and objects were once used. Subjects include a disused atomic weapons research laboratory, a Lido in West London and Dungeness in Kent, as well as locations throughout the U.K. and France. In cataloguing these spaces the work becomes an historical document.

Relevant news

• 07/09/11 Marc Wilson showing at the Brighton Art Fair
• 02/07/08 Collection of works assembled for automotive consultancy, Clifford Thames