{"id":4329,"date":"2012-01-09T12:42:03","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T12:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=4329"},"modified":"2012-01-09T13:27:31","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T13:27:31","slug":"wonderkind-william-eckersleys-dark-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/01\/09\/wonderkind-william-eckersleys-dark-city\/","title":{"rendered":"WONDERKIND: William Eckersley’s Dark City"},"content":{"rendered":"

For such a closed sardine tin of a city, London has an uncanny knack of looking lonely, especially at night: its cobbled passageways uninhabited, acidic and po-faced. That is, according to William Eckersley’s newest volume of photographic portraiture, Dark City<\/a>. For a number of years, Eckersley roamed the area’s streets in search of naturally-occurring scenes that capture this sense of isolation best, and came away with a collection so immersive and evocative you can’t help but wonder whether it’s the subject of a staged – if elaborate – joke. Quick to deny charges, Eckersley offered Wonderland<\/em> a first hand look at the compositions. \ufeff<\/p>\n