Captured on walks during the third lockdown, Cut Of The Land presents a meandering journey around a series of cuts that form the canal system between the rural suburbs of Southall, and Limehouse basin. Alongside the canals this project documents ideas of the man altered landscape. Having cut through twenty-two miles of land, in order to build the Paddington Arm and the Regent’s Canal, they shape the present environment both in the urban and rural areas. While there are hints to its old industrial past, the canals were usurped by the road and rail network, since then they have undergone a transformation into a site for leisure. They act as a green corridor, a boundary line between different boroughs, and in some places even a socio-economic divide. This project explores these different facets of the canals to present a unique perspective on north London and its waterways.
Based between London and the Sussex Coast, Joel Goldstein is a British/French photography student currently studying at the University of Brighton. His personal and academic practice is underpinned by the idea of a 'man altered landscape' through a combination of film and digital media. As well as exploring our changing relationship within the local landscape and marginal spaces, he produces work surrounding the elevation of the everyday banal into a fine art context.