Bruised Lands brings together five unique, yet interconnected bodies of work, created over twelve years by documentary photographer and filmmaker Alan Gignoux in collaboration with the team at Gignoux Photos: Appalachia: Mountaintops to Moonscapes, Monuments, Oil Sands, Russian Rust Belt, and The Powers That Be.
Bruised Lands documents the relentless harvesting of natural assets and is a graphic and timely testament to the serious impact that industrial processes are having on the global environmental crisis.
Alan Gignoux is an award-winning documentary photographer and filmmaker. He specialises in long form documentary projects that explore an issue and its impact on communities over a long period of time, sometimes several years. He is the founder of Gignouxphotos, which produces documentary projects focussing on socio-political and environmental issues around the world. Gignouxphotos combines photography, video, interviews, research, and writing in creative and innovative ways to create layered projects offering multiple perspectives. Combining the skills of a team of freelance arts specialists, Gignouxphotos operates as a studio, producing exhibitions, photographer’s books, newspapers and zines, exhibitions, and documentaries.