Location: Gallery@OXO, OXO Tower, South Bank, London
About this event
The exhibition marks the 30th anniversary of Roadpeace, a campaigning charity that supports the victims of road incidents but also pushes for improved standards and a better understanding of the issue.
Back in 2003, Paul Wenham-Clarke, course leader for MA Photography at AUB, made a major photographic project exploring the subject, called When Lives Collide, which was widely covered in the media. The original work created quite a stir, as the images included re-enactments of real-life road incidents as described by those involved.
The new work, When Lives Collide 2023, is in its own way equally challenging, as Paul has made a series of emotional portraits in which road crash survivors and/or bereaved family members tell their stories whilst under the eye of the lens. Capturing raw emotions in high resolution and under studio lighting, the images serve as a window into the souls of these poor people who've experienced, for real, everyone’s worst nightmare.
About the photographer
PhD, MA, FBIPP, FHEA
