The earliest known evidence of a landscape photograph was taken between the years of 1826 and 1827. It was an urban landscape photo taken by a French inventor by the name of Nicephore Niepce. landscape photography was able to capture something that until that time paintings hadn’t been able to.

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Fay Godwin

Fay Godwin was a British photographer best known for her black and white landscape photographs of the British countryside and coastline.

She began taking photos seriously in 1966 after gaining a passion for photographing her children in the early 60s, her work was influenced by books and magazines at the time. As an active environmentalist, Godwin makes the land in her photographs reveal traces of its history, through mankind’s occupation and and intervention.

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early life

Fay was born in Berlin Germany in 1931. Her father was a British diplomat and her mother was an American artist. She grew up in various different countries surrounded by a multi-cultural, upper class and artistic environments which helped shape her passion and interest for contemporary arts and literature.

She settled down in London at the age of 21 but she was spending most of her time travelling Europe as a travel representative. After six years of wondering around Europe Godwin took a job at a publishers where she was in charge of commissioning book covers which helped her become a perfectionist when it came to her own books she published later on in life.

this is a strong image as it shows good contrast between the hills and the sky the image has a darker outer edge which helps add depth to the centre of the image by establishing a strong horizon line.

I really like the way the textures in the image stand out in black and white due to the rubble and wear of the tunnel works and how the strong shadows create a good contrast between highlights throughout the image. Although the image itself is in black and white it has a warmer tone to it.