My greatest and primary influence has been that of painters. I look in wonder at their complete understanding of light, shade, their observations on how light plays in our visible world.
My work is both impressionist and spiritual in nature and I am seeking to transcend the image as a photo into something broader, an exploration of light and atmosphere. Not just a mere topographical representation but to embrace the joy and beauty of light, for me it is to think without words.
My images are created in camera, this is crucial, as it enables me to react emotively and honestly at the point of exposure. It cannot be overstated the importance, in understanding, that my work is not manipulated in any way via Photoshop, which is nothing more than the modern version of a darkroom. To do so, for me, is making a lie of my relationship with the landscape.
Nature never presents a perfectly framed image. The Landscape offers a vast amount of opportunities, a treasure trove of visions. But, fundamentally, it is the choices one makes to form the image that reaches the viewer
I work in one medium to explore another!
An imagined placed.