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Endframe – “Wiltshire, October” by Barry Thornton
There are a number of images that represent key moments in my own photographic development. more
Endframe – ‘Stravinsky at the Piano’ by Arnold Newman
Choosing an image for End Frame is a daunting and nigh on impossible undertaking. more
Endframe – “The Markerstone: Harlech to London Road” by Fay Godwin
Fay Godwin (17 February 1931 – 27 May 2005) The Markerstone: Harlech to London Road. Wales 1974 I don’t think I can say I have one all time favourite photograph. I have so many for different reasons and moods. But when faced with such a question to consider your ‘favourite’ photograph from another photographer, my initial recollection were not of what I expected; I suppose upon receiving the question I was reminded of the landscape greats, Adams, Western, Porter, and more
Endframe – “Yellow Sea, Cheju, 1992” by Hiroshi Sugimoto
I have not given much thought to horizon lines for a long time. Indeed, I have not given much thought to straight lines in general for a long time. Living in the heart of the Lakeland fells as we do, or did, straight lines do not feature in the landscape very much and where they do occur they seem an unwelcome intrusion on our sensibilities; inevitably man made and symbolic of our disregard, even fear, of nature’s organic more
Endframe – “Iberia Quarries #3” by Edward Burtynsky
Once Upon a Time, before the internet and Amazon, there were bookshops that specialised in Photo books, and the best of these was Beyond Words in Edinburgh. Neil McIlwraith still runs Beyond Words as an excellent online service; nevertheless, it is hard not to feel a sense of loss for the sheer indulgent pleasure of browsing in a place devoted to the photographic image. On my last visit to (the analogue?) Beyond Words I acquired Edward Burtynsky’s book, more
Endframe – “Low Hows Wood” by Joe Wright
The customary introduction to an End Frame article is to write about how difficult it is to choose a single image that has been inspirational in one’s photographic development. I’ve read those introductions myself and thought: “come on, how hard can it be?” Turns out the answer to that is “very”! My task is maybe somewhat easier by the fact that I’m not a very well read photographer. By which I mean that I don’t have a vast knowledge of more
Endframe – “The Start” by Brian Kerr
I remember the first time that I got up early with a camera to photograph the sun rise over Ullswater. It was the 23rd of February 2010 and I’d bought my first SLR camera, a Pentax K-X, about three weeks before. Up until this point I was firmly a happy snapping hillwalker who had treated himself to an upgrade from his old Canon compact. I went to Aira Point and shot back into the rising sun. The colour was more
Endframe – “Blue Hills” by Emmanuel Coupe
When I was asked by On Landscape's editor Tim Parkin to write an "End Frame" article for the magazine he said the hard part would be selecting the image. The image had to be my favourite photo from another photographer. I knew immediately which image I was drawn to so that part was easy, however to put into words as to the "why" of it all has eluded me a bit. It was just an immediate visceral response, wow. On any more
Endframe – “On Being Aware of Nature” by Mario Giacomelli
It can be of no surprise that Mario Giacomelli is generally regarded as one of Italy's greatest photographers. Born in 1925 he took his first photographs at 25 and won a national photography competition a year later. From then on he moved from subject to subject - a hospice, an abattoir, trainee Catholic priests playing in the snow - and, of course, his landscape. My chosen image is from a series that he worked on from 1977 more
Endframe – “Moencopi Strata, Capitol Reef” by Minor White
Today, nearly five decades later, the same pools and springs, and the blissful comforting vastness of the desert, are what keep me going, too. But, I am not alone. more
Endframe – “Jim Jim Falls” by Peter Jarver
The year was 1988 and I was living in Sydney with my wife and kids enjoying a 2 year overseas assignment to Australia. I was a hardened B&W photographer for all except the natural history work that I did. I had never been especially inspired by colour landscape work. Looking back it is easy to forget that this was before the time when Waite/Cornish/Noton rainmakers changed popular landscape photography in the 90’s. It was largely documentary and quite literal more
Endframe – “Storm Warning” by Vic Attfield
As I sit down to compose this editions End Frame I am listening to the news on the radio, much of which is taken up by the on-going ‘weather bomb’ affecting the Northern parts of the UK. High winds, huge waves, rain, hail and snow! It seems fitting then that my personal choice of image is entitled ‘Storm Warning’. It has not gone unnoticed that previous End Frame authors have also had difficulty in choosing one’s personal, all time, favourite more
End Frame – “Stalking Tiger in the Osaka Zoo” by Shosuke Yamaguchi
The images that appeal most to me now leave something to the imagination. They paint an impression more
End Frame – “Poverty Flats” by David Ward
Like anyone asked to pick an End Frame, I feel a little intimidated by the prospect. How do you pick your favourite ever image? I don’t know that I could do that. The problem is that if I chose a favourite image now, it may well not be my favourite tomorrow, and almost certainly wouldn’t be my favourite in a year. What is more interesting is to find the image that has taught me the most over my photographic career. more
Endframe – Glowing Autumn Forest by Christopher Burkett
For me there was one obvious image, well, one obvious artist anyway. Christopher Burkett is a landscape photographer who was only introduced to me a few years ago but many of his images have had a huge impact as I keep revisiting them. more