Hinterland

Dover lies seventy seven miles from London on the south east fringe of Kent, between the heart of London and the furthest reaches of The Strait of Dover, Britain's narrowest part of the English Channel. The Port of Dover serves as one of the country's key linkages for people entering and leaving Britain. The predominatly white, largely de-industrialised community, Dover was among 62% leave voting regions in the country from the EU Referendum back in 2016. The town is now facing massive redundancies for residents who come from a wide range of social backgrounds, voicing opinions on current political affairs whilst others totally unconcerned with the matter of cultural and industrial borders. Hinterland features a variety of landscapes and people, but it is mostly about the border between the UK and mainland Europe through the study of inland trade leaving one of the busiest ferry ports in the world. I documented The Port of Dover to investigate the physical infrastructure between the UK and mainland Europe, hence the P&O port barrier. What struck me most from my encounters was how trade and residents have coped within this coastal town. This is a work in progress. View more from the project at: www.felixhallclose.com