'HETTY PIT 1985'
Hopkinstown, Glamorgan, South Wales
Canon A1, Canon FD 50mm f/1.8, Ilford FP4
I started making photographs over 40 years ago, using black and white film and manual cameras.
Through the eighties, influenced by some of my favourite photographers like Fay Godwin and David Bailey, I became enchanted with the alchemy of wet-process; spending thousands of hours in a self-indulgent apprenticeship, feeding an obsession to create compelling photographs.
The photographic world today is very different of course, but I’m even more passionate now about this magical game; and despite the digital revolution, the aesthetics of photography are exactly the same as they’ve always been.
The joy of photography comes from encapsulating the soul or spirit of the location or subject and communicating that captured perception to the viewer of the final print.
For me, even in this digital-age, it’s still all about the final print.
Over the last two decades I had some lucky successes in national competitions, which lead to invitations to exhibit and eventually curating and exhibiting alongside several of the worlds master landscape photographers in the ‘Masters of Vision’ exhibition series.
I’ve also enjoyed the incredible privilege of contributing to the judging panels on ‘Landscape Photographer of the Year’ and 'Outdoor Photographer of the Year' competitions.
