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...the insight that ‘mountains are mountains’ is not the sole preserve of Zen. Similar sentiments were expressed, for example, by Nan Shepherd in The Living Mountain: “... the mountain is one and indivisible, and rock, soil, water and air are no more integral to it than what grows from the soil and breathes the air. All are aspects of one...
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To know fully even one field or one land is a lifetime’s experience. In the world of poetic experience it is depth not width that counts. Nan Shepherd It is common in modern societies to order our days according to a set of deadlines or goals. We make lists; we write in calendars; we strive to break the monthly sales...
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...a shepherd in Glen Nevis at the foot of Ben Nevis. He kept his sheep on the high pasture of Stob Bàn, a sizeable and rugged mountain which is 998 metres tall. He was raised in Torridon and like him, I am drawn to the wilderness. It is in my blood, it is my home. Rose The Boat, Cuidhitinis, Harris...
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...shoot from the low lands to the mountains. But where? Tim: Can you give us a few choices? Joe: Yes, there are a few choices and I don’t want to be ‘pinned down’ at this point. Tim: And the next question from Mark Shepherd, bit of an abstract question or statement 'process and creativity?’ Joe: Well the words process and...
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...location on Monday morning, probably in Manesty across the road (weather permitting) During the four full days of the workshop, we will travel around the Borrowdale area, including locations such as Castle Crag, Shepherd’s Crag, Manesty, Latrigg, Surprise View, Walla Crag and more. Because potentially we will have people in various hotels or guest houses, we will publish a detailed...
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...corners, to travel into the mountain rather than only heading straight to its uppermost summit cairn. As Nan Shepherd eloquently puts it in her book ‘The Living Mountain’, 'To aim for the highest point is not the only way to climb a mountain.” And why Bidean nam Bian? And why Bidean? (click to visit walking in Glencoe website) Well, throughout...
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...the aforementioned books. Both attract me with such carefully considered compositions, appreciation of the quieter landscapes and the wonderful tonality of film. On the other hand I could easily have chosen the print of Shepherd’s Crag by Joe Cornish that I saw on display at the Mountain Photography Exhibition at Rheged last year. That particular photograph inspired me on two...
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...time to more clearly define my purpose as a photographer. In doing so I increasingly find myself working more locally and forensically, using a greater range of both attributes and senses and applying them to current issues that resonate with personal values. I think the great Nan Shepherd, in her book The Living Mountain, puts it perfectly when she says,...
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...a framework for a new way to think about collections of images. Before exploring this idea further, however, it is important to understand what Landmarks is and what it sets out to accomplish. Each of its chapters examines the work of an influential author who was fundamentally impacted by the subject landscape, from Nan Shepherd and the rugged Cairngorm Mountains...
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...out of the Arctic Ocean or melting in situ. Ice more than four years old used to dominate the central Arctic; it now constitutes about one percent of the sea ice area. Nan Shepherd noted in The Living Mountain how hot summers in 1932-1934 put paid to year-round snow in the Cairngorms: ‘Antiquity has gone from our snow.’ And so...
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