Ammil is a Devon term for the thin film of ice that lacquers all leaves, twigs and grass blades when a freeze follows a partial thaw, and that in sunlight can cause a whole landscape to glitter.
This Project explores Dartmoor through landscape photography and the documentary genre. Dartmoor is the oldest mountain range in the world and became a national park in 1951 and so it is now protected by regulations to conserve the wilderness. It is such a fascinating place full of wonder and history, the colour palette is very specific to this location and I have explored how Dartmoor was represented by artists such as Edmund Morrison and Turner before the photographic medium was used to document the landscape, I wanted to see if Dartmoor has changed since these paintings and see how I can represent Dartmoor through photography in its true light.
I have a strong interest and relationship with Dartmoor, it is a beautiful and peaceful place, yet it is also barren and bleak with a thrilling and exciting adventure to it. In my photographs I have shown how isolating the dystopian environment is with the infinite fields surrounding the bleak silent town, home of Dartmoor prison.
Through doing this project I have truly learnt how beautiful Dartmoor is and how it is misinterpreted through literature and it’s wilderness should be appreciated more, it is made up of different pockets or settlements of nature contrasting each other. The dystopian landscape is beautiful and peaceful, yet it’s also barren and isolating with a thrilling adventure to the infinite fields.
