Missing Buildings
Thom Atkinson and Beth Atkinson
Hwæt Books
English
Afterword by David Chandler
Hardcover
96 pages
245 x 285 mm
2015
ISBN 9780993350504
Missing Buildings by Thom and Beth Atkinson on Vimeo.
Missing Buildings seeks to answer war artist John Piper’s vision to preserve the ruins of the Second World War in London. This extensive body of work, made over the last five years, studies both the physical and the imaginative landscape of the London Blitz. Over a million of London’s buildings were destroyed or damaged by bombing between 1940 and 1945. From the mysterious gap in a suburban terrace to the incongruous post-war inner city estate, London is a vast archaeological site, bearing the visible scars of its violent wartime past. 70 years after VE Day, Thom and Beth’s photographs search for evidence of the Blitz, both real and mythological, in order that we might memorialise what remains and contemplate its effects upon the British psyche.
About the Artist
Thom and Beth Atkinson are brother and sister.
Thom is a photographer with 20 years of industry experience. Rooted in a documentary tradition, his work centres around people, objects and places. It is characterised by a gentle and observational approach, a natural and honest quality, and a care for the craft of picture making.
thomatkinson.com
(source https://www.thomatkinson.com/about)
Beth Atkinson studied from 2011 – 2013 MA Photography (Distinction), Royal College of Art, London. UK.
bethatkinson.co.uk
About the Publisher
Hwæt Books is a photobook publishing imprint founded in 2014 by Thom Atkinson. Their first publishing project is Missing Buildings by Thom and Beth Atkinson.
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