The Austere Beauty of Airports
I travel a lot in my job. The destinations may sound exotic for the non-traveller (Manila, Seoul, Brussels, Bangkok, Delhi) but I encounter very little glamour on my trips. My travel plans mean I fly the lowest cost carrier, have long hours between flights in airports and rarely see more than the hotel (also on the cheap side of the ledger) and a brightly lit meeting room where lunches are chicken wraps and over/under ripe slices of pineapple and watermelon.
As a photographer I have been conscious that there is a story to tell in all this travel but i've struggled to make the images work. Other travellers, my initial subject matter, were impossible : everyone's head is face down staring into their devices, or they are fast asleep. I tried taking pictures of the strange LED lit cabins on long haul flights but mainly succeeded in capturing lots of dark space.
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