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'An aphorism, properly stamped and molded, has not been "deciphered" when it has simply been read; rather one has then to begin its interpretation, for which is required an art of interpretation.' -- Nietzsche, 'On the Genealogy of Morals'

John Davies: the shock of the old « Previous | |Next »
January 27, 2014

John Davies is known for his north of England landscapes.and the industrialisation of space. Those made between 1979 and 2005 show the complex scenery of post industrial and industrial Britain. He is widely regarded as Britain's leading landscape photographer, and has spent 30 years photographing the industrial and post-industrial landscapes of Britain.

DaviesJNewStreetStationBirmingham.jpg John Davies, New Street Station, Birmingham, 2000

Both landscape painting and photography are underpinned by the ideal of the detached view, capturing the meaning of a place and a culture at a precise moment for ever. The assumption is the desire to see life clearly and to see it whole. Usually, the photographs are taken from an elevated position looking down.

DavieJStockportViaduct.jpg John Davies, Stockport Viaduct, 1986

Black and white photography seems to belong not just to another era, but to another world and it seems antiquated in an era of digital colour photography.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 10:32 AM |