I once saw a cloud dissolving

Edward Nurton create a Dantesque path into the subconscious, representing what he defines "a stream of subconsciousness".

In "I Once Saw a Cloud Dissolving", Edward Nurton guides his reader along a pathway into the depths of the human mind, using carefully coordinated imagery to convey different layers of consciousness.

The resulting dream-like journey is one that gradually shifts in and out of focus, pausing for moments of clarity as recognizable subjects come into view — a headless, battle-scarred statue; timid petals of a flower in bloom; the contours of a pierced ear — before dissolving once again into obscurity and abstraction.

The procession of shadowy, black-and-white photographs can be vertiginous and disorienting. But hovering beneath the surface, subtle connections — geometric, tonal, compositional — link the images together like pieces of a puzzle with an infinite number of solutions.

A thread ultimately emerges from Nurton’s delicate interplay of visual elements and subjects, provoking questions on perception, permanence, and the fine line between the tangible and intangible aspects of the human experience.