Category archives: photographers
Nicholas Hughes
I recently came across the work of Nicholas Hughes, another UK photographer, and I am quite taken with it. I like the contrasts between his various series, such as the minimalist and dark seascapes from In Darkness, Visible, Verse II next to the so-pale-they’re-nearly-invisible snowy scenes of Edge, Verse II. His work comes across as cool and modern and yet quite romantic at the same time. Hughes currently has a solo exhibition at Nailya Alexander Gallery in New York City through October 30. continue reading
Mario Popham: Track Record
Continuing with another UK photographer, Mario Popham’s Track Record takes a look at an abandoned railroad line in Manchester. I know the pleasure of dropping out of sight for a little while and getting to know a patch of land, and Popham has captured a wonderful atmosphere in his pictures. continue reading
Andy Sewell, The Heath
I’ve come across some wonderful landscape photography from the UK lately; so much so that I’ve decided to do a week of posts featuring some of the work I’ve found. I’ll kick things off with Andy Sewell, who was recommended to me by Phil Underdown. Sewell’s latest work is called The Heath, a look at a fragment of parkland in London taken over the course of five years.
Phil Underdown
Phil Underdown recently won the Curator’s Choice award in Jen Bekman’s Hey, Hot Shot! competition. I felt an immediate connection with Underdown’s work when I saw the announcement and have been spending a lot of time on his website since then. Here are a few images from his winning entry, The Trapper’s Lament:
The New Pastoral
I linked to an article by Andy Grundberg on PhotoReads the other day: The New American Pastoral: Landscape Photography in the Age of Questioning. For some reason this article has really stuck in my head, and I’ve been thinking about it a lot. The title refers to an exhibition at the Whitney in 1990 which included the work of David Taverner Hanson, Lewis Baltz, John Pfahl, Richard Misrach, Emmet Gowin, David Maisel, Patricia Layman Bazelon, and Ray Mortenson. continue reading