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Sussex woods inspire Brighton lecturer's award-nominated photography

Stunning after-dark wilderness images by Jasper Goodall are on show in London until 29 May as part of a prestigious photography award shortlist.

12 May 2022

A Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication at University of Brighton, and renowned illustrator, Jasper is exhibiting as one of three finalists for the Fondation Louis Roederer Photography Prize for Sustainability, in collaboration with Lux Magazine and Nobu Hotel London. His work is on show alongside the other shortlisted photographers - Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah and Sahab Zaribaf - at Nobu Hotel's White Box gallery space.

For Jasper, the mysterious atmosphere and strange sights present in nocturnal woods reflect the enchanted world of fairytales, able to prompt both wonder and fright in a world of strange sounds in the darkness and startling unexpected encounters with wildlife.

"BirchWood" from Jasper Goodall's Twilights Path collection

"Emergence" from Jasper Goodall's Twilights Path collection

As places that embody a sense of a less visible world, night woods are places where imagination and the unconscious mind come to the fore. This idea is further explored in Jasper's side project Augury Woods, which visualises an imaginary world based on faked witch sightings. These images further explore themes of wildness, magic, feminine power and contemporary horror tropes.

Though Jasper ventures in search of inspiring woodland to Wales, the Lakes and the Peak District, he mainly finds inspiration for his unique photographs in Sussex. “Ashdown Forest has particular heathland characteristics I enjoy - tall yellow grasses peppered with Scots pine - it has an almost savannah feeling,” Jasper reveals. “Other shots are among the big beeches in the Cowdray Estate woods near Tilgate. Stougton Down near Chichester has some great beech woods too.” 

Jasper Goodall, Senior Lecturer in University of Brighton's School of Art and Media, said: “Continuing to make work in innovative ways and exploring my own artistic practise is essential to my role as a senior lecturer on the BA Visual Communication course. I’m particularly interested in 'non-standard' visual communication — we are well used to clever concepts or visual puns that communicate a message in branding and advertising, but my area of interest is visual communication of a more visceral emotive form: exploring atmosphere, mood and a viewer’s emotional gut response to an image.”

The Louis Roederer Photography Prize for Sustainability was established in 2021 to support contemporary photographers shining a light on sustainability and environmental issues.

See more of Jasper's work at jaspergoodall.com.

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