A visual essay by Jess Gough
Topographies
Europe
A vision by Jess Gough
These explorations are born out of a desire to engage in the non-human world. I’m drawn to the elemental, to bodies of water, mountains, volcanoes and ice. They embody a sense of the immutability of the physical world; a sense of ‘deep time’ and the infinity of nature. From bubbling mud baths and glaciers, to salt flats and volcanoes, across thunderous coastlines and down into the remote expanses of the desert. There is something about volcanic landscapes, so permanent yet so volatile; hissing, spewing, crackling, shifting. The dynamism of these landscapes visually evokes the passing of time, but on a different temporal register to that which we observe in our everyday lives.
Photography & words by Jess Gough
Edited by Bis Turnor
Traveller/s
Jess Gough
Photographer
Jess Gough (b. 1989) is a self-taught film photographer living and working in London. She was selected for Mother London's 'A selection of the most exciting new and unsigned photographers working in the UK today', 2015. Jess travels across countries and multiple landscapes, capturing the world with an acute eye for light and shadows.
@jess_gough
