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End frame: On the Nature of Things 2012 by Dr Les Walkling
Robert Adams, in his 1996 essay “Truth in Landscape”, opined that “landscape pictures can offer us three verities - geography, autobiography, and metaphor.” I find this is a useful framework through which to consider why an image remains in my thoughts. A photograph in which an artist succeeds in posing a question is uncommon. An image in which the viewer is left pondering a moral response to the posed quandary is memorable. The skill more
End frame: Skyfall by Valda Bailey
n the face of it, it’s a little ominous and there could even be a storm brewing. There is something very dark in the background – a cliff? an approaching storm? The palette is subdued, mainly shades of blue, white and black, with some touches of warmer browns in the foreground more
End frame: Image #1 from ‘Behind the Day’ Series by Lars van den Brink
This emotionally charged image, like all photography, allows one to ponder our feelings, our thoughts, to connect with the world we frequently rush through. more
End frame: Sierra Nevada Morning by Albert Bierstadt
What’s a painting doing featured in an end frame article? I hear you protest. Well, for me, it is one of the most impactful images that I’ve experienced - either painted or photographed. more
End frame: Lights of New York City 1972 by Ernst Haas
Photographers that, for me, encompass not only a creative vision but also a philosophy and approach to photography that I aspire to. more
End frame: Wonder Valley, CA 2019 by Joan Myers
The hero has become overwhelmed and is nowhere to be found. Perhaps the hero has left his superhero outfit for someone else to try to take on his burden. Only time will tell if someone will don the outfit again. more
End frame: Friston Forest by Edd Allen
With this superb photograph, Edd has captured the mood I felt so many years ago – and for any photograph to conjure up any strong feelings in the viewer is remarkable. more
End frame: After the Storm, Climbers on the Doldenhorn, Switzerland by Henry Bradford Washburn Jr.
"After the Storm" has that graphic quality in spades. But this image has extra “life" to it because of the climbers on the ridge. They give it scale and drama, and this is what really thrilled me when I first saw it. more
End frame: Rùm Sunrise, Inner Hebrides by Joe Cornish
Rùm’s soaring profile catching the warm light just after sunrise was crying out to be photographed, and I assume Joe knew about this particular wave-cut platform on the Isle of Eigg and that it would one day make a useful foreground. more
End frame: Rain and Cliff, Milford Sound by Craig Potton
It is a testament to Craig’s simplified working practice in which he doesn’t use filters, is limited to two or three prime lenses and makes compositions on instinct, preferring not to have to think too much. more
End frame: Dungeon Canyon, Glen Canyon by Eliot Porter
A collection of 80 images was first published in 1963 under the title “The Place No One Knew - Glen Canyon on the Colorado” as part of the Sierra Club’s Exhibit Format Series. more
End Frame – Ostrava Blast Furnace Slag by Fedor Gabčan
The photo was taken in 1966 on an analog Pentacon six with Flektogon 50mm f4 lens and it captures the hot slag dump from nearby ironworks Karolina. Even the city centre was used for heavy industry and coal mining at that time. more
End frame: Seasonal Papyrophilia by Krista McCuish
I started this article by saying that I like images that make me question what I am seeing and “Seasonal Papyrophilia” does exactly this. There are multiple layers and textures and quite unusual shades of pinkish purple and lime green. more
End frame: Mountains of Mourne, County Down by Paul Wakefield
My own photography has changed in many ways since I picked up a camera again. A lot of this is down to studying Paul’s work, I don’t go out looking for the golden light anymore, I am much happier photographing on overcast days, shooting in diffused light, and making quieter images. more
End frame: Conception Rock by Michael Lundgren
In Michael Lundgren’s Conception Rock, two spherical shapes loom out of the darkness. While they appear large, the scale is not clear cut. At first glance, what they are or whether they even belong to this world or not is an open question. more