John Garghan
John Garghan’s photography aims to capture the disturbance to surfaces created by acts of joyriding and arson. His subjects are abandoned and burnt out cars. He takes images of scorched, disfigured vehicle parts that are occupied in the lifecycle of corrosion, the natural process that tries to reclaim human made objects to an elemental state more in line with the energy of the molecules the objects are made of. Torching accelerates this journey of returning to the earth and he looks to capture, investigate and at times distort results of the advancement of the lifecycle. Using results of the explosion: scorched metal, molten glass, fabrics, and plastics, the rust and the gallons of water from the firemen’s hose he turns a negative blot on the landscape using technology, photography and oil paint to transform the textual image into a positive, beautiful landscape. John has exhibited at Ernst & Young, City Inn Birmingham and Westminster and Aston Business School.