Orania. This 3000 person strong community in a remote part of South Africa's Karoo desert is the last outpost of the Afrikaner nation state (Volkstaat) vision; an ethnostate of "true Afrikaners", or "Boerevolk".
Pitcairn is often portrayed as an island idyll, romanticised as a paradise in adaptations of the Bounty story, but that image is far from the reality. In 2004 the island was rocked by a string of sexual abuse charges which lead to eight men – a third of the island’s male population and including the then-mayor – to be convicted for 51 sex attacks against girls as young as 10.
For Fractured Stories, a British Journal of Photography commission supported by Ecotricity, Rhiannon Adam spent four months immersed in the fracking debate.
Dreamlands / Wastelands documents Rhiannon’s fascination with ‘Britishness’ and takes its title from T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, and Margate’s Dreamland amusement park.
In the midst of the desert, a few hours drive from LA, sits the barren landscape of the Salton ‘Sea’, California’s largest lake, measuring roughly 15 x 35 miles, 220ft below sea level.
'Today Carli called her friend Virgin Xtravaganzah, practiced her drag makeup and defended the country against Covid-19, all at the same time'
I remember the queer scene of my late teens and early 20s, snogging the gay boys on podiums, and sniffing poppers on the rides at Brighton Pride.
The Caribbean of the 90s seems almost like a figment from the distant past, but it does still exist.
As I nodded in agreement, I realised that things were not going to change themselves. Perhaps it was time to revisit the familiar, to get back on the road, to chase that elusive thrill of a stranger-meeting.
Fancy visiting California, Boston and Moscow without setting foot on a plane?
Rhiannon Adam is one of the lucky few selected to join the week-long civilian lunar orbital mission aboard SpaceX’s Starship.
Rhiannon Adam's portraits beautifully reflect her deep nostalgia for Notting Hill Carnival, an event that symbolises the end of summer, where people come together to dance in the streets and savour good food. To celebrate everyone and the sense of belonging it brings.
Rhiannon Adam’s portraits represent the charisma of humans in all their uniqueness.
There is wonder everywhere. A natural adventurer, Rhiannon Adams approaches each place she photographs with awe.
Rhiannon Adam’s work takes her to the far reaches of our planet. She documents the beauty and wonder of breath-taking landscapes, from deep canyons to remote islands, capturing the spirit and the energy of the people and places that make them unique and unforgettable.