Fay Godwin was a British photographer known for her black-and-white landscapes of the British countryside and coast. Her first became interested in photography in the mid-1960s as he started taking photos from a young age which helped her career later on in his life. Personally I like the way in which all of his photographs are in black and white as it adds different characteristics. Additionally In several of her photos graph you can clearly see that she has chosen to take them on a bright day as you can see the sun shining through the clouds adding effect and details to her work. which may suggest that she enjoys taking photographs in the same weather conditions as well as lighting conditions.

IMAGE ANALYSIS

This photograph in which Godwin has taken has several leading lines through out which add key details and focuses. I personally feel that the main subject of this photograph is the horizon line which falls in the centre of where the photo was taken. She has taken this photo from a straight angle of what it looks to be a cliff path over viewing the reservoir. The relationship in which I feel that Fay Godwin has with the photograph is that she didn’t enjoy how the community were trying to take it away from the public and make it private land. I think the reason behind why she decided to title the image Winthrop Reservoir because her main view of the photograph would of been the reservoir in the distance which may have been the first thing that captured her attention. I feel as if the theme for this photograph is quite negative as the black and white tones create a sense of mystery. Additionally I also feel as the reason to why she put her photograph in black and white could be due to her trying to reflect her photographs to the Vietnam War as this was ongoing during her photography career. The tones of this photograph vary as you can see the harsh and dark tones on the hill to the right whereas on the left you can see the smooth and warm tones on the hill which could reflect the idea of two sides of the Vietnam War fighting against each other.