AN INTERVIEW WITH TIM BOWDITCH & NICK ROCHOWSKI
INTERVIEW BY ANDREA ALLAN
Could you tell us who some of your earliest influences in photography were?
Tim Bowditch: When I was studying a few years ago, Paul Graham, Paul Seawright and Melanie Manchot were my main sources of inspiration. I am now more likely to say Miskha Henner, Dan Holdsworth, Seba Kurtis and Rinko Kawauchi.
Nick Rochowski: Josef Kudelka, Peter Bialobrzeski, John Gossage. Dan and Rinko are definites for me too!
Motorway pedestrian underpasses are spaces pushed to the periphery of our social consciousnesses. What inspired you to take a closer look?
NR: I used to pass underneath this one a lot on the Metropolitan line from Amersham to London, and I also like concrete. I’m interested in architecture and its relationship with the natural environment, how this forms and changes over time. Around 2005 I was interested in the intersection between a local woodland and an M25 viaduct. The idea evolved into a different project altogether and it wasn’t until meeting Tim that we decided to pick it up and take it in a new direction that interested us both.
TB: Like Nick, I also like concrete. I met Nick at Roof Unit, a studio space in Bethnal Green for photographers I used to run alongside Toby Smith and Alexa Montgomery. With the focus on London this year the photographers at Roof Unit set the very open brief of ‘London’ to encourage each other to make a body of work. Nick approached me to see whether I would be keen on working together.
http://www.rochowski.net/#Hind-Land
http://timbowditch.com/projects/hind-land-in-colloboration-with-nick-rochowski/#PHOTO_1
Tim Bowditch: When I was studying a few years ago, Paul Graham, Paul Seawright and Melanie Manchot were my main sources of inspiration. I am now more likely to say Miskha Henner, Dan Holdsworth, Seba Kurtis and Rinko Kawauchi.
Nick Rochowski: Josef Kudelka, Peter Bialobrzeski, John Gossage. Dan and Rinko are definites for me too!
Motorway pedestrian underpasses are spaces pushed to the periphery of our social consciousnesses. What inspired you to take a closer look?
NR: I used to pass underneath this one a lot on the Metropolitan line from Amersham to London, and I also like concrete. I’m interested in architecture and its relationship with the natural environment, how this forms and changes over time. Around 2005 I was interested in the intersection between a local woodland and an M25 viaduct. The idea evolved into a different project altogether and it wasn’t until meeting Tim that we decided to pick it up and take it in a new direction that interested us both.
TB: Like Nick, I also like concrete. I met Nick at Roof Unit, a studio space in Bethnal Green for photographers I used to run alongside Toby Smith and Alexa Montgomery. With the focus on London this year the photographers at Roof Unit set the very open brief of ‘London’ to encourage each other to make a body of work. Nick approached me to see whether I would be keen on working together.
http://www.rochowski.net/#Hind-Land
http://timbowditch.com/projects/hind-land-in-colloboration-with-nick-rochowski/#PHOTO_1
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