Overview Wet, windy November
Autumn in the Chilterns has quite stunning and has only just been ‘blown-away’ by some pretty disagreeable weather. Pictures are being processed and will appear in the next 2-weeks. With Christmas looming - did you know that it’s in December again this - year and only 4 weeks away, my photography will have to remain local. January and February 2011 will be the months for the coast and I’ll be in Sussex and South Wales working to capture the energy and space of the coast in winter. Why not join me and work off your Christmas pudding?
April 2008
1st April 2008
I was lucky enough to make time to go to 2 exhibitions; the Vanity Fair exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery is quite amazing. In addition to my addiction to Bluebells, I love b&w fashion / portrait photography; this exhibition has it all; the glamour of Hollywood from the 1920’s through to the grittiness of Helmut Newton in the 90’s.
The second exhibition was David Ward & Anna Booth’s Landscape Beyond at the OXO tower. A great opportunity to meet some old friends and make new promises to meet up and make some pictures, and to stand in front of some stunning images. The minimilism of David’s ‘Empty Sea’, ‘Sand Pattern Durness’, and ‘Strangles Cornwall’ are quite breath-taking and infinite. Anna’s graphic ‘Frosted Lamp Nevada’ her perspective defying ‘Sand & Mud Patterns Sossusviei’ and Renaissance-like ‘Invading Sand Kolmanskop’ were equally stunning. A wonderful exhibition which has also challenged my current choice of Ciba/Ilfochrome for my prints. David and Anna’s choice of inkjet prints - some as large as 48” x 60” and that’s 1200mm x 1500mm in new money - was inspired; the quality of the prints was outstanding even at nose-to-the-print distance. If you missed the exhibition, do buy David’s book Landscape Beyond which has several of his exhibition pictures and lots of ideas that make your brain hurt! Landscape Beyond is a book that I strongly recommend.