The Landscape of Murder
Dublin Core
Title
The Landscape of Murder
Shelfmark - 206.DOC.OLMOS
Subject
Documentary
Description
The Landscape of Murder is a photographic series documenting all the sites where murders have occurred in London, United Kingdom between January 1st, 2011 and December 31st, 2012. I have photographed 210 sites where a murder has occurred. All the murders sites photographed were within the M25 Motorway.
My aim is to give memory to what are mostly forgotten events, unseen places, landscapes where great violence has occurred. A violence that is mostly silent, private and unseen to the wider public. Most murders that take place rarely make the news and if they do occupy the news for a fleeting time. The Landscape reverts back to normality quickly after the forensic teams leave. Yet the scar is there, sometimes subtle, sometimes very open, whether it’s a single solitary flower or grieving family and friends. Sometimes there is nothing to show that a life has ended violently on the spot. The project has taken me to parts of London I knew little or nothing about. In the process of documenting these murder sites the project has created an alternative portrait of London, one shaped by violence and inequality.
My aim is to give memory to what are mostly forgotten events, unseen places, landscapes where great violence has occurred. A violence that is mostly silent, private and unseen to the wider public. Most murders that take place rarely make the news and if they do occupy the news for a fleeting time. The Landscape reverts back to normality quickly after the forensic teams leave. Yet the scar is there, sometimes subtle, sometimes very open, whether it’s a single solitary flower or grieving family and friends. Sometimes there is nothing to show that a life has ended violently on the spot. The project has taken me to parts of London I knew little or nothing about. In the process of documenting these murder sites the project has created an alternative portrait of London, one shaped by violence and inequality.
Creator
Antonio Zazueta Olmos
Publisher
Dewi Lewis
Date
2015
Book Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
24.8x30.5x1.9 cm
Number of Pages
146 pages
Number of images
79
Edition Size
800
Place of Publication
London, UK
Designer
Dewi Lewis
Editor
Dewi Lewis
Printer
EBS, Verona
ISBN
ISBC 978-1-907893-42-1
Website
www.antonioolmos.com
URL Link to project
https://www.antonioolmos.com/index/G0000RyMluvTHfQg
Where to buy
https://www.dewilewis.com/products/the-landscape-of-murder?_pos=1&_sid=c071fade1&_ss=r
Links to reviews
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/nov/17/landscape-murder-antonio-olmos-photography-london-murder-sites
Collection
Citation
Antonio Olmos, “The Landscape of Murder,” Photo Book Cafe Archive, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/206.