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Marginal space

2020-09-07

Empty, unoccupied or peripheral urban spaces.

Terminology

Naming turns space into place (Wells, 2011, p. 3).

• Edgelands - indeterminate interfacial between urban and rural.
• Urban Wildscape - urban spaces under the agency of nature.
• Third landscape - spaces left to natural evolution.
• Non-place - contemporary urban spaces without history.
• Terrain vague - imprecise spaces.

Avoiding the predetermined

As a " " landscape photographer " " I constantly need reminding, that despite the above definitions, landscape is a “highly differentiated discourse on representing space” (Bate, 2009, p. 93).

Following a unique interpretation of a site whether that is through geography, autobiography, or metaphor, will create original work and avoid cliche.

Bibliography

Bate, D. (2009) Photography: The Key Concepts. Berg.

Wells, L. (2011) Land Matters: Landscape Photography, Culture and Identity. Bloomsbury Publishing.