Entitled "Roadside Britain" and shot over the course of four years, this body of work documents the the culture of roadside Britain though it's inhabitants and locations. This body of work I would say is very appealing to anyone who has a lot of experience of travelling long distances and knows what it's like to spend time in roadside cafes.
"Some of it’s tongue in cheek, some of it’s quite funny, but my main reason for doing it is to document the social changes that have taken place on the road in the UK". - Sam Mellish (1)
Fig One - Inside the Phoenix Building
Inspired by the work of Paul Graham and his early 1980's series "A1 The Great North Road", it is quite easy to see the similarities in how Sam Mellish from a structured point of view, can be compared to Paul Graham's work. In particular the images from Sam Mellish that shows the subjects gazing away from the camera can be compared to some of Paul Graham's portraits. I personally find some of these style of portraits to sometimes be a bit stronger than ones that show the subject gazing into the camera, duly because sometimes they can come across as overly posed.
Fig two - Paul Graham: Portrait from the series A1 The Great North Road
Unfortunately I can't seem to upload a video link to a video on Youtube of Sam Mellish talking about his work. However, you can still find a couple links below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaNhVeNfdhI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts8Xt1iypdg
Sources
http://www.sammellish.co.uk/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=2&p=9
Quote: http://wearelookingsideways.com/events/roadside-britain-book-launch-sam-mellish-interview/
http://www.paulgrahamarchive.com/a1.html#a
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