Through this series of images of the water splashing onto the stairs of the embankment, I'm investigating the relationship between the City of London and the river Thames. The River Thames was heavily used for trade since the Romans founded Londinium in 43AD, which aided London to become a world financial centre. Peter Ackroyd's book Thames: Sacred River explores the river's historical, geographical, economic and cultural importance but also looks at the way the river is associated with religion and spirituality, tragedy and suicide, but also its influences on art and literature. Peter Ackroyd presents the River Thames as a living entity heavily embedded with the lives of the people who lived and died along its banks.

The City Corporation manages five bridges on the river Thames: Tower Bridge, London, Millenium, Blackfriars, and Southwark Bridge. Through the act of walking along both sides of the River Thames, between the Tower and Southwark Bridge, I'm recording a visual diary of the responses I notice. The act of making these images is performative and ritualic. After walking down the stairs on the embankment, sometimes having to jump over protection fences, I am setting up my tripod, mounting my camera, and seeking sensorial synchronisation with the river Thames. The images produced are ambiguous and peculiar landscapes of concrete and water.