By stepping back and taking a more experimental approach to documentary photography, @marktpower, along with his friend and collaborator, @danielcockrillpoet, caught the mood of England on the brink of change. ⁠ ⁠ Their publishing project ‘Destroying the Laboratory for the Sake of the Experiment’ – a quirky mash-up of text and 5x4 film photography – began in a 2006 pre-Brexit time, and the title now seems, in Power’s words, “oddly prophetic”. ⁠ ⁠ Initially looking at the seedlings of growing English nationalism, the pair followed a path through the financial crash of 2008 and the fall-out that would eventually create an atmosphere where Brexit was possible. Uniting poetry and photography – and later the design and branding of Dominic Brookman – they riffed off each other’s work. ⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to read Mark Power and Daniel Cockrill’s discussion on the ways in which this collaborative project enhanced their own practices. ⁠ ⁠ Photos left to right: ⁠ ⁠ (1) Ingoldmells. UK. Lincolnshire. November 2006.⁠ ⁠ (2) Godshill. Isle of Wight. UK. November 2006. ⁠ ⁠ (3) Milton Keynes. Buckinghamshire. UK. December 2007. ⁠ ⁠ (4) Lincolnshire. UK. July 2009.⁠ ⁠ (5) Milton Keynes. Buckinghamshire. UK. December 2007.⁠ ⁠ (6) Kite Festival. New Brighton. Merseyside. UK. June 2008.⁠ ⁠ (7) Sikh New Year. Bradford. West Yorkshire. UK. April 2007. ⁠ ⁠ (8) London. UK. November 2004. ⁠ ⁠ (9) Worksop. Nottinghamshire. UK. April 2007.⁠ ⁠ (10) Brighton. East Sussex. UK. November 2006. ⁠ ⁠ © @marktpower / Magnum Photos