"Local or visitor, London courses through your body as if its
rainbow-coloured system of underground veins is somehow intrinsically
linked to your own." Chris Holmes
Often waking before dawn, photographer Chris Holmes captures rare
moments of solitude and calm as the city of London yawns, stretches and
begins its day. His high-contrast scenes depict the miniature dramas
unfolding all around us, obscured by the hectic pace of metropolitan
life. Moving to London as an adult, Chris fell in love with the city in
tandem with his development as a photographer and shoots his adopted
home as both a romantic insider and an impartial admirer.
Hidden in Chaos pairs Chris's cinematic images with the words of 18
poets of various backgrounds, adding more layers of texture and
meaning to the complex but devoted relationship that London's residents
and visitors have with the city's many faces. London's gray and glow,
its daily ebb and flow, are celebrated, questioned and contemplated in
this visual and poetic tribute.
Includes poems by Elena Ashton, Shez Chung Blake, Troy Cabida, Laura
Corns, Paul Cree, Caroline Druitt, George Duggan, Sam El-Bahja, Tom
Gill, Bizhan Govindji, Imogen Hudson-Clayton, Danny Martin, Louise
McStravick, Aaliyah Orridge, Astra Papachristodoulou, Abdul Patel, Ben
See, and Janay Stephenson.
