Playground
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Photographer
Mark Purdom
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Prize
Honorable Mention
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Date of Photograph
2020
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Socials
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Website
“I am convinced that standardised play equipment is dangerous. When the distance between all the rungs on the climbing net or the ladder is exactly the same, the child has no need to concentrate on where he puts his feet. This lesson cannot be carried over into all the knobbly and asymmetrical forms with which one is confronted throughout life.”
Helle Nebelong Danish landscape architect quoted in Growing Adventure; Final Report to the Forestry Commission UK. Tim Gill, March 2006.
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Biography
Mark Purdom’s photographic work, while a commentary on people’s influence on the environment, also plays with our concept or arguably our preconceptions of the picturesque. Mark is originally from England and since moving to New Zealand, he has participated in various group and solo exhibitions at home and internationally.
Purdom has exhibited at the Month of Photography (MOPLA) - Los Angeles USA, Athens Photography Festival - Greece, I Book Show - Taiga Gallery, St Petersburg, Russia, J Book Show - Cork Photo Festival, Ireland, Singapore and Auckland International Festival of Photography.
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Awards
New Zealand National Contemporary Art Awards, Renaissance Photography Prize, Association of Photographers UK, Royal Photographic Society, International Photography Awards, New Zealand Photobook of the Year and the Portrait Salon Awards UK
