Signal Loss

Signal Loss documents the hostile urban architecture across Belfast. Motorway, wasteland, barriers, new developments, all of it fits together but feels so disconnected. Flyovers cut the terrain and slice the light to the ground below, creating a blinding contrast.

The work is shot on a 1970's Chinon CS with a 55mm Chinon lens, using Fomapan 400 and Delta 400. Developed aggressively in Rodinal, with tone curve adjustments in Lightroom to finish. No thought through compositions, no second frames. Shot on feeling as I walked through the streets. The optical violence of films like Tetsuo and Pi have been reference points for years.

Analogue was the only honest fit. The grain, the chemistry, the overall feel of it. After a failed attempt with a Holga, this approach finally produced images that match the discomfort of the spaces themselves. Visceral, imbalanced, deliberately imperfect.