Gayle Chong Kwan documents the flotsam of the Thames and online, collaging this into analogue photographs echoing the 'archival' patina of Instagram
'In these times of ours', 2012
'When the spring evenings are too long', 2012
'Like the tides on which it had been borne', 2012
'Divided in purpose between being visible and invisible', 2012
'One morning long afterwards to be remembered', 2012
'A scholar in dust', 2012
Blue and white plastic bag in river in the Isle of Sheppey
Brown glass beer bottle on the banks of the Thames
Lolly stick and shellfish on Sheerness beach
Three bottle tops triangulation and tiger
Tyre thrown into river near Queenborough
Chewing gum wrapper on flats of Birchington
Black rubber band almost tied in a bow found in Birchington on Sea
Children's scooter left in river near Queenborough
Foam cushion thrown in inlet near Queenborough
Plastic loop, bag and bottle in inlet in the isle of Sheppey
Trolley floating in river in Rochester
Bicycle wheel part submerged in inlet near Queenborough
Bottle, bag and wood in river near Queenborough, Isle of Sheppey
Pink beaker top on beach at Sheerness
Straw left in beach on Birchington on Sea
Traffic cone with seaweed grown round found in inlet near Rochester
Banana and lolly sticks in Margate sands
Ear bud near beach at Sheerness
Foam square and plastic in river on the Isle of Sheppey
Three bottle tops triangulating on bank at Birchington
Upended table found in river near Queenborough
Beer bottle top and plastic along the shore at Birchington on Sea
Cocaine wrapper along tide in Birchington on Sea
Hair band rusting in Birchington on Sea
Like the tides on which it had been borne to Margate sands
White bag with blue tie carried along by the tide in Birchington on sea
Colonel Sanders brown paper bag left on Margate beach
Effluence always seems to appear in Margate beach
Bowl, cigarette buts and bud in Margate sands
Golden Spoon on Margate beach
In these times of ours, feather of a pen in Margate beach
