Gallery Highwaymans.

At the weekend I also visited Gallery Highwaymans at Risby. The Gallery Highwaymans is a beautiful, newly refurbished space, housing eclectic exhibitions which can include contemporary art, photography, antique furniture, textiles, crafts and sculpture and jewellery.  The Gallery enjoys a wonderful setting and is part of an estate which includes bed and breakfast accommodation and farmland, some of which was formerly a vineyard.

The exhibition I went to see was entitled "Through the lens" which showed a variety of subject matter. 

 

Old building, old man, old Havana, Cuba 2012 - Paul Cooklin

 

His images generally show the colourful but crumbling architecture of the places he visits.

 

 

 

Piloting the City - Julie Dashwood.

 

I am not really sure what to make of this image. It is unique, I have not seen anything like it before, but I am not sure that it is really to my taste. I do not mind the components by themselves but I don't really like the combination. Maybe that is because I don't understand the point of it.

 

 

 



Bee - Allison Johnson.

 

I much prefer the traditional style here. Johnson like to "capture the unseen and the small details that of then get missed in the fast pace of everyday life". I think that she has succeeded here and I love the simple nature of the image. Johnson calls herself a traditional photographer rather than a digital artist as she wants to produce high quality images of what you see.

 

 

 

The Butterfly - Penny Morgan.

 

The shadows are cast by a practising yoga teacher revealing a "non-human world" which I was not aware of until I read the accompanying guide. I really like the concept here, the story behind the images is really interesting.

 

 

 

Felixstowe - Phil Morley

 

This is one of my favourite images from the exhibition. I love the colour and how you can really notice each different texture. Morley is only able to get 12 images from a roll of film so he is very selective with what he shoots. He says that he often finds himself "waiting hours for the clouds and light to be 'just right'."

 

 

I enjoyed this exhibition as it was nice to be able to view several photographers work in the same space. I am still trying to see as much of other peoples work as possible as I think it all helps with learning. We are able to determine which styles we do and don't like and helps us to develop as photographers.