The National Library of Australia holds the entire collection of photographs by the late Peter Dombrovskis. These 4x5 colour transparencies are kept in refrigerated storage but scans of the photographs can be seen on the library’s website. Peter almost always photographed his landscapes on solo trips. The photograph reproduced here is of Blue Lake Creek, one of the four glacial lakes in mainland Australia, and it is very special to me. In 1986, he made a series of photographs in Kosciuszko National Park, and by chance, I was there too with my late brother-in-law, Colin Tyrer, both of us making ..read more

Welcome to our 4x4 feature, which is a set of four mini landscape photography portfolios which has been submitted for publishing. Each portfolio consists of four images related in some way. Whether that's location, a project, a theme or a story. Added: Submit Your 4x4 Portfolio Interested in submitting your work? We are always keen to get submissions, so please do get in touch! Do you have a project or article idea that you'd like to get published? Then drop us a line. We are always looking for articles. Chenxi Che Layered landscape David Driman On Human Landscape Jeremy Henderson Stories Wr ..read more

Recently, I had the joyous experience of driving across Namibia with a group for friends. I piloted the 'girl car' through the rough and ready roads of the Namib Desert. The landscape is harsh, hot and desperately beautiful. One of my key destinations was the dried up salt pan of Sossusvlei, where the dead trees still stand after they were cut off from water by the dunes thousands of years ago. I determined to get there for sunrise mostly to beat the hoards of tourists who would arrive after the outer gates to the park were opened. We stayed at one of the two lodges inside the park, which gav ..read more

As a geologist and photographer it was inevitable that I'd take photographs of rocks. This group of "intimate landscapes" were taken near my home on the Northumberland coast in the UK. I like grand vistas as much as the next landscape photographer, but I feel that the restricted scope of these images allow the viewer to focus on the silent narratives expressed by geometries and juxtapositions of the elements without distraction, and emphasise the motifs that are the result of complex physical, chemical and biological processes. The ambiguous magnitude underlines that these processes are unive ..read more

I’m a pathologist in London, Ontario, Canada and while I typically enjoy street and landscape photography, every now and then, while looking down my microscope at someone’s biopsy or operative surgical resection, I will be struck by the beauty of the human tissue. These are 4 examples of such images. I haven’t titled them as I don’t think it’s important what they represent; other than that, they’re a mixture of normal and abnormal. The post On Human Landscape appeared first on On Landscape ..read more

The protagonist in these 4 photos is the horizontal pattern. In nature, we rarely encounter uniform patterns on a large scale, but by using a telephoto lens, we can subtract unwanted elements from the scene and thus magnify subtle patterns or shapes; I think it is a great way to push my creativity. This series of photos was shot with a 500mm focal length in Navarra, Spain.   The post Layered landscape appeared first on On Landscape ..read more

Over the course of the last few months, we have experienced what feels like a record-breaking amount of rain. The land around me is in a constant flux of flooding. The creek behind the house has not held so much water in many years, and the yard -- despite our best efforts -- seems to hold upon it more water than the pool itself. This has caused quite a few issues, namely that the grass in certain sections cannot get to grow, and the puppies are struggling to find spots in the yard to go about their business. If this rain were to continue on for just a few more days (it has already been rainin ..read more

Ellie's work has continued to inspire me with her projects, enthusiasm and creativity. Each project focuses on addressing human impacts on a specific environment, such as the New Forest in the South of England and on the plight of extremely rare and endangered UK chalk streams. Her body of work that leaves the viewer with a call to action that these environments need preserving. It was 2017 when we first interviewed you; that’s 7 years ago! What have you been working on since then? Were there any highlights or experiences that you’d like to share? I can’t believe it’s been seven years! Since w ..read more

In the middle of our walk of life, I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost.~Dante, The Divine Comedy Since the early days of storytelling, the forest has provided a fitting metaphor for a variety of topics. It's an environment over which we have limited control. It's a place that can be obscure and barely accessible. It serves as a symbol for a journey into the subconscious, for growing up and personal development. As such it is a popular and strong theme in all the arts, that never seems to lose its impact or substance. The dark wood is a venue for d ..read more

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