Read the 15 page interview by Tim Parkin in On Landscape magazine here (PDF 3.7MB) where I talk about the practicalities and artistic considerations when photographing in the arctic and desert environments.
Archives for category: Fine Art Photography
An image from my photoshoot of Richard Wentworth’s sculpture at the Venice Biennale, 2009 had been featured on the Walk on Exhibition Catalogue.
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An image from my photo series Sweet Thames, Run Softly has been featured on the cover of Landscape Magazine Autumn issue.
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Ridgeway I, Uffington White Horse
Ridgeway II, Wiltshire
Ridgeway III, Oxfordshire
Ridgeway IV, The Manger, Vale of White Horse
Ridgeway V, Buckinghamshire
Ridgeway VI. Chilterns
Ridgeway VII
Wiltshire
Ridgeway VIII
Wiltshire
Ridgeway IX
Wiltshire
Ridgeway X, Wiltshire
Ridgeway XI, Wiltshire
Ridgeway XII, Chilterns
Ridgeway XIII, Oxfordshire
Ridgeway XIV, Oxfordshire
Ridgeway XV, Oxfordshire
Ridgeway XVI, Wiltshire
Ridgeway XVII, Buckinghamshire
Ridgeway XVIII, Chilterns
Ridgeway XIX, Chilterns
Ridgeway XX, Chilterns
“Momently clinging to the things we knew — Friends , footpaths, hedges, house and animals. Till bourne along like twigs and bits of straw we sink below the sliding stream of time.”
John Betjeman, On leaving Wantage, 1972
A photo series made along the Ridgeway, England’s oldest road, during a 6 day walk in September 2013 backpacking and wild camping where possible along the 87 miles from Avebury to Ivinghoe Beacon. Most of the photos were taken with a 400mm telephoto lens more commonly used for sports and wildlife photography in order to isolate graphic elements in the distant landscape.
For at least 5000 years travellers have used the Ridgeway. Originally connected to the Dorset coast, the Ridgeway provided a reliable trading route to The Wash in Norfolk. The high dry ground made travel easy and provided a measure of protection by giving traders a commanding view, warning against potential attacks.
This photo series was conceived of as a follow-on project from my walk along the Thames last year Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song.
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Norfolk Horizon (Homage to Gursky)
Holkham Beach, Norfolk, England
90x60cm, Edition of 7
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Demeter
Heracles
Ephiatles
Themis
Theia
Gorgons
Moirae
Ares
Inspired by the gaps in the Pergamon Altar frieze, Berlin and my previous project Faceless Icons, Bulgaria
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Infinite Forest. Kemble, England. 40x40cm view larger
Signed prints available at £195 each (Edition of 25).
To purchase please contact me. Larger sizes also available
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Parachute Store. Building 92
Unknown Structure
Station Offices. Building 147
Type “A” Hangar. Building 137
Station Offices. Building 147
Main Stores. Building 90
FFMT Shed. Building 119
Main Workshop. Building 99
Bomb Store. Building 216
Guard House. Building 89
Main Workshop. Building 99
Type “A” Hangar. Building 137
Power House. Building 82
Operations Block. Building 146
Air Raid Shelter
Operations Block. Building 146
Power House (Backup). Building 93
Type “C” Hangar. Building 108
Station Offices. Building 147
Petrol tanker shed. Building 105
Fire Party Hut. Building 88
Type “A” Hangar. Building 79
Station Offices. Building 147
Switchboard, Operations Block.. Building 146
Motor Transport Shed. Building 129
Station Offices. Building 147
Fire Tender & Hucks Starter Shelter. Building 121
Station Offices. Building 147
Walking into the buildings at RAF Bicester in 2013 is like entering a time capsule back to the second world war. RAF Bicester was part of Bomber Command in WW2 being used mainly for training. The RAF left in 1976 and most of the buildings have been left untouched since. The site is of architectural and historical importance being the most complete and untouched example of such a collection of buildings most having being built in the 1920’s. The site contains a number of listed buildings and scheduled monuments.
What I found fascinating about the site as a photographic subject is that the decay and abandonment have added new layers of meaning to the utilitarian buildings so the impression today is an intriguing mix of the evocative and the impenetrable.
In May 2013 the site was sold to Bicester Heritage who kindly gave me permission to photograph the site before they start renovation. My particular thanks to Daniel Geoghegan and Charles Morgan.
Geometry & Silence 