Habitat
Dublin Core
Title
Habitat
Shelfmark - 276.SP/DOC.MAROHN
Description
Habitat is a series of photographs taken between 2016 and 2020. Marohn captured these photographs of homelessness whilst walking through Central London. During 2016 Marohn became acutely aware of an increase in tents outside London Underground Stations. It was then she decided to document the looming epidemic of homelessness.
Marohn was drawn to the subject by the stark contrast between the misery of homelessness and the wealth of the city. With their meagre belongings, they invariably made a very distinct ‘habitat’ out of their environment even in the most extreme circumstances. They made out of what little they possessed or could find a kind of identifiable ‘home’. It became routinely obvious that many passers-by were oblivious and lacked care due to desensitisation.
The project was approached counter-intuitively. Marohn documented the subject matter by removing all human presence from the frame to avoid an invasion of privacy. This had an effect of heightening a sense of desolation, isolation and destitution. Simultaneously, the eccentric and highly individualised ‘order within disorder’ was brought into sharp relief.
Marohn states: “I was conflicted as I found a certain aesthetic beauty in the arrangement of the material objects in the frame, yet it was difficult witnessing scenes of deprivation in this wretched social condition.”
Marohn was drawn to the subject by the stark contrast between the misery of homelessness and the wealth of the city. With their meagre belongings, they invariably made a very distinct ‘habitat’ out of their environment even in the most extreme circumstances. They made out of what little they possessed or could find a kind of identifiable ‘home’. It became routinely obvious that many passers-by were oblivious and lacked care due to desensitisation.
The project was approached counter-intuitively. Marohn documented the subject matter by removing all human presence from the frame to avoid an invasion of privacy. This had an effect of heightening a sense of desolation, isolation and destitution. Simultaneously, the eccentric and highly individualised ‘order within disorder’ was brought into sharp relief.
Marohn states: “I was conflicted as I found a certain aesthetic beauty in the arrangement of the material objects in the frame, yet it was difficult witnessing scenes of deprivation in this wretched social condition.”
Creator
Daleya Marohn
Publisher
Dirtyillness
Date
2020
Format
Softcover
Matt 170gsm
Sewn Perfect Bound
Matt 170gsm
Sewn Perfect Bound
Book Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
150mm × 210mm
Number of Pages
118
Number of images
54
Edition Size
250
Place of Publication
London,UK
Designer
Dirtyillness
Editor
Dirtyillness
Printer
Dirtyillness
ISBN
ISBN: 978-1-9162765-1-2
URL Link to project
https://www.dirtyillness.com
Where to buy
https://www.dirtyillness.com
https://www.waterstones.com/book/habitat/daleya-marohn/9781916276512
https://www.waterstones.com/book/habitat/daleya-marohn/9781916276512
Collection
Citation
Daleyamarohn, “Habitat,” Photo Book Cafe Archive, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/276.