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A still lake with patches of green algae and reeds in the foreground. Misty mountains and a dense pine forest rise under a grey, overcast sky.

Harley Weir's collection of eerily quiet natural and industrial landscapes

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Date
2 April 2015

How can Harley Weir take photographs of landscapes and capture a natural or industrial scene as if it were a pubescent teenager? Each one of these photos is vulnerable, oily, undulating, smelly, confused and slightly sad: like a grumpy 15-year-old fumbling about for clues of its existence.

I don’t know what Harley looks like, but I can imagine her in these isolated spots standing on a cliff edge or in a patch of sunlight in an abandoned farm, clicking her camera into place and lowering her eye to a viewfinder. What happens next I can’t imagine or predict, because no one really knows how she creates her images, and what makes them so endlessly chaotic and boring at the same time. Maybe it’s best to leave it, never find out, wander off back to the main road and leave her to it.

A thick plume of white smoke rises from a cluttered scrapyard, partially obscuring a green hillside. In the foreground, rusted machinery and a blue cylindrical tank sit beside a dark industrial building.
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Harley Weir: Landscapes

A dense thicket of bare, spindly trees with brown branches. The tangled limbs fill the frame against a clear blue sky.
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Harley Weir: Landscapes

Dark silhouettes of mountains sit beneath a heavy, purple-grey sky. A faint glow of orange light breaks through a dip in the peaks, while a soft pink hue tints the clouds above.
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Harley Weir: Landscapes

A wide landscape of dark, rolling moorland under a cloudy sunset sky. A curved road cuts across the foreground, while a small lake and a winding stream sit in the valley below.
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Harley Weir: Landscapes

A wide landscape at dusk shows a dark coastline meeting a still body of water. Above, a heavy layer of deep blue clouds is broken by a sliver of yellow light on the horizon.
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Harley Weir: Landscapes

A wide landscape of rolling brown hills and golden grasslands under a pale blue sky. Two still pools of water reflect the light in the foreground, leading towards a large, dark mountain peak.
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Harley Weir: Landscapes

A still lake reflects a cloudy sky at dusk. Dark, rolling hills and a dense forest of pine trees surround the water under a soft, golden light.
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Harley Weir: Landscapes

A still lake with lily pads floating on the surface. In the background, dark hills and a dense forest sit under a heavy, grey sky.
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Harley Weir: Landscapes

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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