The Landscape

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Seeking to convey the mysterious and mystical quality of the light in this part of the world, this evocative series presents us simultaneously with overwhelming beauty and reminds us of the fragility of our natural environment.

In the past, he has described the poverty he photographed in England as a ‘social war’, and to him the war is ongoing.Realizada con la EOS 5D Mark III de Canon con un objetivo EF 24 mm f/2,8 IS USM, la exposición fue de 1/4. His photography engages the energy of the land—its history, character and expression—documenting it on film and paper. Subscribe to our newsletter to get the breaking news, eye-opening interviews, and incisive critical takes that drive the conversation forward. I never had a bath in months up there, and they used to lock me out at night in the winter, because they wouldn’t have us in the house until 10 o’clock, when we’d sleep on the floor on a mattress.

He is adamant, however, that he is only a ‘trespasser’ in the art world, and would rather be known simply as a photographer. This countryside gave him refuge during World War II, when he and other children were evacuated there from London during the Blitz. With a yellow filter on his camera to accentuate the contrasts, and careful choice of paper in the darkroom, the rural English landscape, which occupies such a sentimental place in the national imagination, becomes mysterious and threatening. In part, he thinks, it’s because his body is starting to break down – he is strong for his age but becoming frail nonetheless: he suffers from arthritis, the darkroom chemicals are starting to make his chest wheeze – but it’s also an after-effect of the major retrospective he staged at Tate Britain last year. His experience as a traveller reinforces the sense of a man on the edge of civilisation under siege.On the way, he describes how he’s planting trees – poplars, chestnuts, walnuts and limes – in the valley beneath his house. id=GTM-PWMWG4" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden">