John Blakemore

His Black & White book is an excellent resource, not just for filmies.
 
Funny that (in the video) he mentions Fay Godwin being a 'walker' whereas he was a 'sitter' in landscape ... reminded me of Nethersole Thompson I think it was who spoke of two kinds of birdwatchers as being 'leggers' and 'arsers' ...
 
What a lovely fellow!

On my bookshelf:
British Image 3 - John Blakemore, Arts Council 1977
Photographs 1955 - 2010 John Blakemore, Dewi Lewis 2011
 
"At the end of the day ... it's a lot of bits of paper in boxes". (Quote from end of video). :-)
 
I remember being originally smitten by his large format landscape material exposed in the 70's at Friog on the Welsh coast. There was something very meditative and meaningful about it, as well as being utterly capable. Equipment & technique as vehicles, not as ends in themselves.

Harlequin565 said:
His Black & White book is an excellent resource, not just for filmies.
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'John Blakemore's Black and White Photography Workshop' ISBN 10: 0715317202 / ISBN 13: 9780715317204
Pretty pricey these days, by the looks of it ...
 
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droj said:
Pretty pricey these days, by the looks of it ...
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I believe so! I've had mine a while and it's something that will go to the charity shop when I snuff it.
 
Harlequin565 said:
it's something that will go to the charity shop when I snuff it.
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Hoping that they price it properly to get the benefit ... though many charities seem to have a serious on-line book sales presence these days. Here, we have a physical Oxfam bookshop that links with their national structure ...
 
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