With this series of pictures I’m dipping my toes into a possible larger project looking at former industrial landscapes and how they have been softened and reclaimed by nature. They were all taken in Pembrey Country Park.
The park was once a Royal Ordnance Factory. Sand dunes and artificial mounds were used as camouflage and protection for underground bunkers. It manufactured munitions for two world wars with production reaching its peak in 1942. The factory was closed in 1965 and the transformation of the area into parkland began in 1970.
Many of the buildings, bunkers and tunnels remain and a few are photographed here.
I don't profess to be any great shakes at photography. I am not a professional photographer, neither am I a dilettante. Photography is primarily for my satisfaction, it is not intended to court critics or win awards; for me taking pictures is as cathartic as it is artistic. I am always thinking pictures and occasionally I am taking pictures.
photos : copyright Paul Hurlow
The park was once a Royal Ordnance Factory. Sand dunes and artificial mounds were used as camouflage and protection for underground bunkers. It manufactured munitions for two world wars with production reaching its peak in 1942. The factory was closed in 1965 and the transformation of the area into parkland began in 1970.
Many of the buildings, bunkers and tunnels remain and a few are photographed here.
I don't profess to be any great shakes at photography. I am not a professional photographer, neither am I a dilettante. Photography is primarily for my satisfaction, it is not intended to court critics or win awards; for me taking pictures is as cathartic as it is artistic. I am always thinking pictures and occasionally I am taking pictures.
photos : copyright Paul Hurlow
