Darren Sylvester - Compass Point Erm Books in the process

in the process

Cohen's vernacular photography collection

a window into lives conditioned by violence and uncertainty

lifelike images

retro television sets and portraits of a the book's young protagonist lend the series an ethereal quality that drifts between personal history and the fallibility of memory

Darren Sylvester - Compass Point Erm Books in the processDarren Sylvester's Compass Point is a dreamy, colour washed collection of nondescript, slightly unnerving tropical land and seascapes from supposedly decadent Bahama, where Sylvester travelled to record an album at the famous Compass Point Studios (a space that has hosted anyone from Grace Jones and Talking Heads to Mick Jagger and Roxy Music). It proves a stunning and surprisingly personal volume of photographs that examines the disparity between