"丽河从赫特福德郡一直流向东伦敦的泰晤士河。曾经它是繁忙的商业航道，现在是自然保护区和休闲区。从2012年奥运会的宏伟场地开始，它经过工业区，运动中心，新建房屋和议会区。逃离城市；重塑社会空间；水的吸引力；不同文化的汇合点；自然的持久性。

通过共同探索，Polly Braden和David Campany在这里拍摄了十多年，在纪录片和实验性演出之间来回转换。有诗意的快照和奇异的事件，自然主义肖像和虚构的法令。它记录了这个地方的奇特性质，并探讨了摄影的本质。《丽谷历险记》将其主题编织在一起，对这片被遗忘的土地的过去，现在和未来进行了复杂的描述。

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The River Lea runs from Hertfordshire down to the Thames in East London. Once a busy commercial waterway, it is now a nature reserve and leisure area. From the grand site of the 2012 Olympic Games it passes industrial estates, sports centres, new build homes and council estates. Escape from the city; the reinvention of social spaces; the attraction of water; the meeting of different cultures; the persistence of nature.

Exploring together, Polly Braden & David Campany have photographed here for over a decade, moving between straight documentary and experimental staging. There are poetic snapshots and bizarre incidents, naturalistic portraits and fictional enactments. It's a record of the strange nature of the place and reflection upon the nature of photography. Adventures in the Valley weaves together its motifs, building a complex description of the past, present and future of this half-forgotten thread of land.