Abstruse Entity
Publication Look Book
Collaboration
Abstruse Entity is a collaborative publication by photographer Sam Buwer and designer Daniel Brooks, exploring the impact of the High Speed 2 (HS2) train route on the communities it disrupts. The project documents the towns and villages that will be affected by the construction, focusing on the specific locations where the train tracks will be laid—graves, playgrounds, homes, and other intimate spaces.**
The photography highlights the tension between progress and loss, with particular emotional weight given to Sam Buwer’s own hometown, making the documentation deeply personal. This lookbook serves as a cathartic response to the destruction of these spaces, offering a poignant representation of what will be lost in the pursuit of faster travel times.
The photography highlights the tension between progress and loss, with particular emotional weight given to Sam Buwer’s own hometown, making the documentation deeply personal. This lookbook serves as a cathartic response to the destruction of these spaces, offering a poignant representation of what will be lost in the pursuit of faster travel times.