Chloe Dewe Matthews @ Martin Parr Foundation

In the exhibition Thames Log, Chloe Dewe Mathews examines the ever-changing nature of our relationship to water.  From the source of the river Thames to its mouth, Chloe photographed people enacting a range of rituals and routines at the water’s edge.

Over the course of five years she observed traditional, collective ceremonies as well as privately improvised acts; from ship spotting, mud larking and ceremonial boat burning, to Pentecostal baptisms, coracle missions and teenage rites of passage.