Two photographers with different styles and working in different genres, living in two different cities in the UK paired up to create this project.  The connection happened through posting of two quotes that immediately revealed a similar vision or outlook on life.

Photographer 1 – Dean Belcher

Quote:  “Life is just a bowl of All-Bran. You wake up every morning and it’s there.  So live as only you can.  It’s all about enjoy it ‘cause ever since you saw it there ain’t no one can take it away.” – Lyrics from Happy Days Toytown, by the Small Faces. 

Photographer2 – Juanita McKenzie

Quote:  “To me, photography is an art of observation.  It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place…I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” – Elliott Erwitt

Organic in its Evolution is a project named after the process of collaboration as it unfolded but also describes the essence of our urban environments and their relationship to nature.  It reflects our human responses to this constant dance of cycles between the apparent opposites and it speaks of our human desires to have spaces of our own and mark them in some way to defy the transience and isolation of modern and urban life. 

Note: Journal reflection on this project can be read here.