Tag: Lake District
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Gilpin’s Theory of the Picturesque
Gilpin’s Essay on Prints (1768) defined picturesque as “a term expressive of that peculiar kind of beauty, which is agreeable in a picture” (p. xii). Gilpin began to expound his “principles of picturesque beauty”, based largely on his knowledge of landscape painting. During the late 1760s and 1770s Gilpin travelled extensively in the summer holidays…
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Fay Godwin
Fay Godwin (17 February 1931 – 27 May 2005) was a British photographer known for her black-and-white landscapes of the British countryside and coast. Official website British Library archive: including approximately 11,000 exhibition prints, the entire contents of her studio, and correspondence with some of her subjects. Google images detailed overview of her work from…
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Lake District photographers
Photographers found from a Google Search on Lake District Photography. Brian Kerr These ones are my favourites from the search. Particularly the misty lakes and sunsets are beautiful. Colours have been altered but not over contrasty or just standard use of warm up filters. The images are very sharp. Subjects are often placed centrally using wide…