The magazine of the photo-essay
Jan 2018 back issue
Border Country
by James Clancy
“A free, really high quality photo-essay magazine. Fabulous!”
Stephen Fry. British actor, writer and film maker
Border Country is not a real place, but »depicts« instead an inner
landscape in the mind of photographer James Clancy. He searches the
outdoors for images that correspond with his own emotional states,
otherwise impossible for others to grasp. In sometimes mystical-looking
black-and-white photographs, Clancy shows secluded forest clearings,
dilapidated dwellings that still harbor the remains of human habitation,
paths leading to an unknown destination. Strange plant structures, traces
of dirt, rust and dust, and the play of light and shadow create captivating
invented worlds, fusing real and imagined imagery.
A Shoe.
An Overgrown Lake.
An Ancient Tree.
A Broken Chair.
Forest Path.
House in the Woods.
Into the Woods.
Ivy on the Wall.
Teapot in the Window.
The Doorway Out.
The Entrance.
The Machinery Shed.
The River Walk.
The Sitting Room.
The Tree.
Tree Roots.
The Window.
