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Donovan Wylie

Vision as Power


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Donovan Wylie, one of Britain's leading contemporary photographers, explores the effects of modern-day military surveillance.

Straddling the lines between documentary and art photography, he presents a new perspective on how we view conflict and architecture. From British Watchtowers in Northern Ireland, to Outposts in Afghanistan and a Radar Station in the Canadian Arctic, Wylie reveals the impact of surveillance structures on landscapes, the environment, the observer and the observed.

Born in Belfast in 1971, in the midst of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Wylie found himself drawn to photography from an early age. In 1989 he completed his first major photographic project published as a book, 32 Counties, based on a three month tour of Ireland documenting the contrasting landscapes of his homeland.

Vision as Power brings together five separate projects of work: The Maze, British Watchtowers, Green Zone, Outposts and Arctic, demonstrating Wylie's interest in the subject of surveillance, points of change and the ways in which conflict shapes environments and lives.

As an artist, Wylie explores the concept of vision as power in the architecture of contemporary conflict, revealing striking and unexpected similarities in different conflicts and contrasting landscapes. Wylie's photographs are a testimony to the enduring impact of modern military observational structures, which continues even when the structures themselves have been removed.

Where

Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ
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Daily 10am-6pm

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