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End frame: ‘Iona Sun’ by Paul Kenny
Mike Curry chooses one of his favourite images
The Perimeter
Walking the Coast of Mainland Britain
Subscribers 4×4 Portfolios
Barry Rosof, Benjamin Stevens, John Higgs & Sanjeev Kumar Yadav
Nature Without and Within
Losing myself to the experience
A Summons to Seriousness
Engaging in Desirable Difficulties
ATLANTIC
Some calm during the storm
Stuart Williams
Featured Photographer
Huibo Hou
How a Witch’s Finger becomes Fine Art
Why Photography is Important
The catalyst for change
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Photographing Autumn colour in Scotland is a race against the elements. There is an inevitability that at some point the storms that work there way up the East coast of the US will make their way across the Atlantic and eventually batter themselves against all of those delicately attached and beautifully coloured leaves.
The later the storms come, the better the conditions can get, but also the more delicate the attachment those leaves have. A late storm can remove nearly all of the Autumn colour in a day. Quite often though, an early set of storms can strip the leaves just as they’re turning, leaving the birch denuded with all but a little crown of yellow. This year has been pretty good so far and although the weather has been rainy, the winds have been gentle and we’ve had a chance to get out to do some photography and even a couple of days out with our co-founder Joe Cornish, making the most of the colour above Kinlochleven. Autumn isn’t over until the last leaves fall though and there are usually remnants around until mid-December so it’s far from over yet. For now though, I’ll be hiding inside with a good book watching the storms batter the windows.
Tim Parkin
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End frame: ‘Iona Sun’ by Paul Kenny
When asked to write for the End Frame section of On Landscape, one artist that sprung to mind among many of my favourites was Paul Kenny and especially the image ‘Iona Sun’. more
The Perimeter
Quintin Lake has featured in a couple of articles about his adventures in "From Greenland to the Sahara" and a walking project on the Thames Waters in previous On Landscape issues more
Subscribers 4×4 Portfolios
This issue our 4x4 landscape photography portfolio features are from subscribers: Barry Rosof, Benjamin Stevens, John Higgs & Sanjeev Kumar Yadav. more
Nature Without and Within
I have come to think of my photographic approach as that of losing myself to the experience of seeing, where seeing includes other senses, as well as that of the eyes. more
A Summons to Seriousness
Although we may differ in our preference of where and how we feel most at ease and most motivated to photograph, we all have the choice to consider such situations as “summons to seriousness.” more
ATLANTIC
These images form part of an ongoing study of the Atlantic coast of Ireland. This exhibition presents seven photographs. more
Stuart Williams
With the exception of my tertiary education, I have spent my life in Africa, having grown up in Kenya. I grew up under big skies and the equatorial sun. more
Huibo Hou
Huibo’s image of the Witch’s Finger (Trølkonufingur) in the Faroe Islands is a great example of emotive feeling exploding out of an image. To say it’s got drama is to do it a disservice. The view here is epic, monumental, awesome in the Burkian sense of the sublime. more
Why Photography is Important
I knew that taking photographs was going to be my route to introducing some sort of balance into my life. Given that I didn't have a Plan B this was a bit of a relief. more