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...been waiting to see before I even knew of its existence. You see, Paul Wakefield was one of the first photographers that made me think about what landscape photography meant. Alongside Joe Cornish, Charlie Waite and David Ward whose work was well known either through their books, writing or workshops, Paul was an unknown. He had a tantalising range of...
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...you developed? Well, to start with Ansel Adams obviously, specifically his Yosemite and the Range of Light book. Books of mountain photography by Gordon Stainforth and Colin Prior I've already mentioned and then Joe Cornish's First Light. Relatively recently I discovered and admire Eliot Porter's work and I’m slowly building a library of secondhand books of his. Also an early...
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...photographer on film – I’ve never really used digital much at all. I was very disappointed in my photographs in 35mm, not because of the composition or the lighting or anything that I was doing, but because the lens was producing pictures that simply weren’t sharp enough. Then I happened upon a book by Joe Cornish, whom we all know…...
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...SLR/n/c and 14n are left around (they have 14megapixel fullframe sensor) and the sensor construction (where the chip itself sits in a ceramic bath like frame) – solvents method actually looks quite repeatable. Joe Cornish: I am slightly skeptical whether the theory of the pure black and white camera quite translates in print as we are led to believe; and...
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...Michael Kenna’s extensive body of work? I love his Seven Posts image; Pepper #30 by Edward Weston has to be in my top five; as does Joe Cornish’s image of Tràigh Eais on Barra. There might be too many to choose from but it seemed like an interesting challenge. Time to be logical; what criteria could I use? There are...
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If you’ve looked at the work of large format photographers such as Joe Cornish, David Ward, David Muench, etc. You may have read of a visual effect called ‘looming’ or at least seen pictures where small features appear incredibly large in the foreground. The technique involved is most commonly known through the use of rear tilt on a large format...
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...artist whose images are credited with helping convince President Lincoln to set aside Yosemite as a protected area through his signing of the Yosemite Land Grant in 1864 which was the first time the federal government set aside scenic wilderness for preservation and public use. Yosemite would later become America’s 3rd National Park (Read Joe Cornish's trip report from Yosemite.)...
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...cloud and - more frequently – the mists and fogs that form along the river valley and loch system. Launch events Joe Cornish Gallery, Northallerton 27th September from 2pm with a talk at 3pm www.joecornishgallery.co.uk Country Buildings, Wigtown Book Festival, Wigtown 28th September 4pm www.wigtownbookfestival.com Beyond Words, Edinburgh date tbc www.beyondwords.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/pages/Leeming-Paterson/222973075345 https://twitter.com/leemingpaterson Email or phone for more information: info@leemingpaterson.com...
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From 6.00pm – 7.15pm on Friday 17 October Joe Cornish will be in conversation with contributing photographers including Tim Parkin, Dav Thomas, Stuart Royse, Lizzie Shepherd, Paul Harris and John Irvine. The exhibition of prints from these photographers will continue until Saturday the 8th of November. Bolehill - Tim Parkin...
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...vista); Joe Cornish (again most likely a detail or an abstract rather than the views for which he is better known); David Ward – ok a theme is developing here. That for all the attractions of the bigger picture, it is the small things that are so easily overlooked that hold most interest for me. But much as I might...
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