In this series of 20 artworks, artist Sheona Beaumont has produced photographic interpretations of the Bristol landscape.  Each image is made up of more than one photograph taken at different times of day/year/view, revealing the dimensions of time and space in new and unseen ways. The work explores the landscape as a changing, animated scene, bringing life to landmarks such as Cabot Tower, Queen Square and the Clifton Suspension Bridge.  In an accompanying essay, Sheona writes about the story-telling and space-stretching capacity of photographs, and the ways in which other photographers have explored techniques that produce this effect, including Bristol’s Andy Clifford and pinhole photographer Justin Quinnell.  From the foreword, David Trigg writes, ‘Sheona Beaumont not only recognizes photography’s inherent tension between objective truth and subjective expression, but also its potential to transcend literal representation.’

Sheona Beaumont is a visual artist and writer based in the South West of the UK.  Her work looks at the way photographs can communicate more than just a snapshot, often incorporating questions about faith and perception.  Since graduating from the University for the Creative Arts in 2001, she has exhibited widely and regularly, engaging with subjects such as the heritage of monastic faith on Dartmoor (2004), stations of the cross (2006), the abolition of the slave trade (2007), and the spiritual nature of hope (2008).  Alongside her practice, she is currently completing her doctorate on biblical themes in contemporary art at the University of Gloucestershire.  She was born in Bristol, and has lived in various parts of the city for more than 15 years.  www.shospace.co.uk