Photography in Land Relations
Three Scotland-based photographers – Iryna Zamuruieva, Zoe Hamill and Haneen Hadiy – discuss their work in relation to the politics, connection and (re)production within land relations.
Iryna Zamuruieva shares her analogue photography and writing experiences emerging out of a residency at Street Level Photoworks, where she worked with Geranium to study the making of militarised landscapes and feminist approaches to landscape photography across Ukraine and Scotland.
Zoe Hamill speaks about her photographic work in progress investigating the oil-shale bings of West Lothian. Created as a by-product of Scotland's first oil manufacturing processes in the 19th Century, the heaps of industrial waste have now become a haven for biodiversity in the UK.
Haneen Hadiy reflects on how her longing attachment to the date palms of Iraq took her on a self-directed residency to live with the beloved date palms of the land of Mesopotamia, learning to understand the emotional and physical language of the palms.