Your letter will be included in an artist book for the Festival of the North East by Newcastle based artist and writer Stevie Ronnie
This artwork is open to all contributions.
Colin Davison
Photographer Colin Davison, draws on over 30 years working as a commercial cultural photographer to create a new body of digital images exploring the Angel of the North sculpture. Through close and patient observation, he exposes the activity that surrounds the sculpture, using long exposure shots to reflect upon on the stark dynamic between the longevity and permanence of steel against the fleeting transience of life.
Taking one of the most photographed and recognisable cultural landmarks in the region as a subject, only someone with Davison’s expert skill with the lens could capture and present a different view to what we have seen before. Far from the welcoming messages of a North East brand, here, the Angel is exposed as a raw reality; an imposing, immovable, impenetrable steel object, located on an isolated piece of land by the side of a motorway in Gateshead.