Jasper Goodall

Twilight\'s Path

I think of my photographs as being more akin to fairytale than documentary. They transport the viewer into a netherworld - a version of reality, but not as we are used to experiencing it. The night landscape is a liminal place, a wilderness in both a physical and psychological sense; physical because humans are asleep and the world is left alone until dawn breaks, psychological because, after all - the night is when we dream, when the shackles of concrete form are loosened and our imagination becomes energised. In the dark landscape one steps beyond the familiarity of daily life and experiences a powerful re-activation of childhood fears and wild flights of fancy, for out there in the darkness between the trees there is a world unknown. We spend our lives surrounded by the security of possessions, relationships and roles, but our futures hold nothing so substantial; one day we must all enter into true not-knowing - into a dark, unconscious place. The black void between the trees in these photographs act as a metaphor for this unconsciousness; the images are as much about this absence of knowing as they are about the lit forms themselves, for in the dark space there resides an implicit question; what lies out there, beyond the light?

Photographer

Jasper Goodall

Jasper Goodall was born in Birmingham, UK in 1973. He moved south to study illustration at the University of Brighton, returning some years later to teach and shape the present BA Visual Communication course.
Goodall is perhaps best known in the world of graphic design and illustration for his bold pop imagery that was popularised by his work for the seminal fashion and culture magazine The Face in the late 90’s early 2000’s. After a successful and highly influential career, working in music fashion and publishing, Goodall took a step back from the world of commercial illustration to direct his energies into training as a Psychosynthesis counsellor.
This Hiatus gave Goodall the space to re-imagine his creative output and to move his energies into photography which he had always been excited by but had not given the space. Now he shares his time between arts education and his growing photographic practice.

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