<p>Understory represents the culmination of an 8-month photographic project undertaken in the now forested post-industrial landscape of the Tamar Valley, formed by the river Tamar, which separates the counties of Devon and Cornwall. This is an environment that has been shaped by human activity for thousands of years, a meeting place for nature and culture, and not just on a physical level. Forests feature heavily in many of our myths, legends and fairy tales. They are culturally constructed places of magic, mystery and enchantment where beauty can become dark and foreboding. Informed by the cultural and industrial heritage of the space, and Freud’s writings on ‘The Uncanny’, the project seeks to explore the liminal space between the physical experience of the landscape, and the feelings and fears within.</p>