KIM THUE: LODE RECONSTRUCTION “They need to understand that

“They need to understand that I am not watching my sitters—it’s as if I’m part of the picture… A picture should not be beautiful

Nestor’s work re-connects us with those faint traces of the past still present - just before we forget - as they are condemned to obscurity

the social and the personal

and a gaze full of quiet dignity

I’m as close as I can focus

KIM THUE: LODE RECONSTRUCTION “They need to understand thatABOUT: During the 2020 pandemic imposed lockdown and subsequent loss of his job bordering a paralysed music industry, Kim Thue grabbed the rarely presented opportunity away from everyday distractions to re engage with his otherwise neglected photography. Drawers full of previously unseen negatives and contact sheets generated from extensive travels from his home in London to far flung corners of China, Iceland, Spain and Sierra Leone had become an