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This is the third and final instalment of my “journey into world of exhibitions” article. If you’d like to catch up with the previous two articles you can find at the following links - Part One:- https://www.onlandscape.co.uk/2014/02/exhibition-planning/ Part Two:- https://www.onlandscape.co.uk/2014/02/exhibition-planning-part-2/ We left you in part two having just hung the exhibition and finished arranging the card spinners and sample of...
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...future. This new series will be shown alongside prints from many of her earlier bodies of work created over the past 10 years in UK woodlands, exploring the complex interrelationships between the landscape and the individual. Throughout her practice, small acts of engagement respond to the landscape. Using the forest as her studio, fires or pools of light hint at...
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...completely or accurately.~ Gerald G. Marten When it comes to interpreting thoughts. Traditions and tried-and-tested formulas, I believe is important to let go and trust yourself. Ideas are self-contained by their very nature, as everyone has an independent opinion on a subject. However, as a photographer describing a subject, it is more valuable to create work that does not compromise...
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...as "becoming" happy? If so, what is the cost of such a goal? Most importantly, perhaps: why is it that we, as a society, grow to find ourselves unhappy, despite it seeming as though, as children, we are always happy? (https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/emotions/kids-happier-than-adults.htm) Lastly, I wonder, what does one's state of happiness have to do with art and the creation therefore? As...
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...able to miss most tripod legs and people standing where the images waited for us. So, we composed and waited. We used small apertures that allowed the cameras to adjust for capture time. During the short time, we were allowed inside the canyons the major challenge was moving through the circuitous ways, finding another compelling composition, and moving to another...
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...he was a child and has got to know the land intimately. If I’m guessing correctly, Fieldmarks is a project that started even before Finn knew about it. You can’t help but collect images of places you love and visit often and this intimacy comes through in his work. Later, I imagine Finn returning to revisit ideas and places, adding...
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...long, the forces in motion are so huge. One day, the sea will win, and this wall will eventually fall, but until that day, I will continue to enjoy the endurance of this kingdom of rust and man's attempt at constraining nature. The Kingdom of Rust is a limited edition 32 page zine, signed and numbered and available from gillmoon.com...
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...place in 2022 and 2023. The project arose spontaneously after many years of photographing man-made objects that are either abandoned or have lost their original function and which are placed in the natural environment. In the beginning, I photographed such objects at the locations where I happened to be. Eventually, I got the idea to combine them into a photobook...
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In the middle of our walk of life, I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost.~Dante, The Divine Comedy Since the early days of storytelling, the forest has provided a fitting metaphor for a variety of topics. It's an environment over which we have limited control. It's a place that can be obscure and...
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...that I set out to make specifically for Terra Silva. I came to the conclusion that this was an acceptable compromise if wanted to present the best images of trees that I could possibly make. The first image in the book, as every project should end with a book or at least some printed form, is a good example of...
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