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Marc Wilson - The Last Stand
First published in 2014, this 4th edition is now available.
Between 2010 and 2014, Marc Wilson photographed the images comprising The Last Stand, a body of work aimed at encapsulating the narratives and memories of military conflicts embedded within the landscape. This series comprises 91 photographs documenting the enduring relics of the Second World War along the coastlines of the United Kingdom and northern Europe. Focusing on the military defense structures and their integration into the evolving landscape, Wilson sheds light on their significance. Many of these sites have disappeared, either engulfed by shifting sands and waters or altered by human activities. Simultaneously, others have resurfaced from obscurity, unveiling their historical significance.
Over those four years Marc travelled 23,000 miles to 143 locations to capture these images along the coastlines of the UK, The Channel Islands, northern & western France, Denmark, Belgium and Norway.
BIO
I work on long term documentary projects, including ‘The Last Stand’ (2010-2014), ‘A Wounded Landscape - bearing witness to the Holocaust’ (2015-2021) and my recently completed work ‘The Land is Yellow, the Sky is Blue’ (2021-2023).
My aim is to tell stories through my photography, focusing at times on the landscape itself, and the objects found within, and sometimes combining landscape, documentary, portrait and still life to portray the mass sprawling web of the histories and stories I am hoping to tell.
Solo exhibitions include those at Impressions Gallery, Bradford, Side Gallery, Newcastle in the UK.
Group shows include those at The Photographers Gallery and the Association of Photographers gallery, London, and internationally at The Athens PhotoFestival and Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
My work has been published in journals and magazines ranging from National Geographic, FT Weekend and The British Journal of Photography and Raw Magazine to Wired and Dezeen.
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