The Boyle family are based in London; they are Mark Boyle & Joan Hills & their children Sebastian & Georgia.
“Their best known work, however, continues to be their Journey to the Surface of the Earth. Begun in 1964, each of these series has involved various random selection techniques to isolate a rectangle of the Earth's surface. The random selection serves several purposes: nothing is excluded as a potential subject; the particular is chosen as a representative of the whole & it reduces their subjective role as artists & creators to that of "presenters". To present a slice of reality as objectively & truthfully as possible. They call this "motiveless appraisal".
From what I understand about the Boyle families work, using a map they pinpoint a specific location. They then go that that one location and the photograph the floor, directly showing what they see at the location pinpointed on the map. I feel this quite an interesting and effective way of working, as they are not specifically looking for a certain thing to photography, they are simply using a map to choose where they are going to go, no knowing what they are going to see when they get there, and they make the most of what they find by using interesting and effective compositions.
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