The series Gable Ends began when I started to photograph the estate that I live on. Having photographed around there fairly often, I wanted to try and find a new approach, so it came to mind that it could be interesting to photograph the sides of the houses, with the intention to process and arrange them in a typology. I live on an estate of new build houses, where there are only five or six different designs of houses; arranging them in such a way would allow me to notice the subtle differences between them, as well as highlighting the seemingly little effort made by developers when designing the back and sides of the houses.
What started as a quick exercise continued as I began to notice the sides of more and more houses and other buildings wherever I travelled. They are simple images, yet when put together I feel they are an insight into an aspect of our built world which is often overlooked.
Ryan is a photographer based in Somerset. A recent graduate from Ravensbourne University London, his work focused on the built environment, drawing inspiration from the New Topographic movement of the early 1970s. He has made many small scale projects, but has found that the work which draws the most interest are his long-form images from the places he has lived, or holds close.