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I've been working with the land for most of my life; walking it and photographing it. And I love it to bits.
- Fay Godwin
#Land
#Life
#Love
#My Life
#Walking
I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me.
- Fay Godwin
#Faithful
#Me
#People
#Try
#Work
I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process.
- Fay Godwin
#Gathering
#Learning
#Looking
#Process
I had been working in colour for ten years or so and looked at digital and liked the possibilities it gave me.
- Fay Godwin
#Digital
#Me
#Possibilities
#Ten Years
I have always been a very keen walker, though, and I often took a camera with me on my walks.
- Fay Godwin
#Always
#Camera
#Me
#Often
#Though
You can't expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years.
- Fay Godwin
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#Half
#Hour
#Image
#Take
I have always loved reading, so was interested in the literary world, and took many literary portraits.
- Fay Godwin
#Always
#Loved
#Many
#Reading
#World
Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
- Fay Godwin
#Children
#Father
#Live
#Training
#World
The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph.
- Fay Godwin
#Bring
#Must
#Own
#View
#Viewer
And in fact I don't believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing and light changes its character every second of every day. That's why I love it so much.
- Fay Godwin
#Believe
#Character
#Day
#Light
#Love
But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living.
- Fay Godwin
#Country
#First
#Great
#Living
#Try
After Land I wanted to continue exploring the theme but I needed a new challenge so turned to colour. I explored Bradford and produced a series of urban landscapes that I liked, but because Land had made such an impact on the general public my colour work wasn't reviewed.
- Fay Godwin
#Continue
#Impact
#New
#Theme
#Work
I don't get wrapped up in technique and the like.
- Fay Godwin
#Get
#Like
#Technique
#Up
#Wrapped
I like photographs which leave something to the imagination.
- Fay Godwin
#Imagination
#Leave
#Like
#Something
Maybe black and white is the best medium for landscapes, I don't know.
- Fay Godwin
#Best
#Black And White
#Black
#White
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