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A black and white photograph of a concrete structure over still water. The brutalist lines of the ceiling and wall are mirrored perfectly in the dark reflection below.

Hind Land takes you underneath motorways with results that look out of this world

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Date
15 May 2013

Photographers Tim Bowditch and Nick Rochowski have recently completed an unusual project, taking it upon themselves to visit every single underpass on the M25 and document them at night – some feature streams running underneath, others are footpaths or tunnels just big enough to let tractors through. By using a camera that specialises in taking photographs in total darkness, the black and white images pick up tiny details of these desolate environments and transform them into “lunar-like” landscapes. Tim and Nick also noticed the noise created above them on the motorway itself and decided to record the sounds they heard as an accompaniment to the work, adding to the uncanny atmosphere of a place whose aesthetics you usually wouldn’t look at twice.

‘Hind Land’ will be exhibited at The Front Room Gallery, London from June 5

A close-up of a dark, textured stone surface with horizontal veins and grain. A single vertical seam divides the frame into two sections.
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Tim Bowditch and Nick Rochowski: ‘Hind Land’

A black and white photograph of a concrete underpass. A dark, still pool of water sits in the foreground against a textured concrete wall.
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Tim Bowditch and Nick Rochowski: ‘Hind Land’

A black and white photograph of a concrete pillar angled across the frame. It is set against a background of heavy, horizontal concrete beams and deep shadows.
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Tim Bowditch and Nick Rochowski: ‘Hind Land’

A black and white photograph of a curved metal grate. Parallel horizontal bars are held together by vertical supports, creating a rhythmic, industrial pattern.
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Tim Bowditch and Nick Rochowski: ‘Hind Land’

A black and white photograph of a narrow, triangular gap between two heavy concrete walls. Through the opening, a concrete ceiling with parallel slats is visible.
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Tim Bowditch and Nick Rochowski: ‘Hind Land’

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