The South Downs is a landscape best known for its rolling grassland and wide open views from the hillsides to the sea. Surprising then, to learn that it has more woodland than any other national park in England or Wales. However, there are no great forest wildernesses here, and every inch of ancient woodland, traditional coppice and managed plantation is owned and accounted for. There are too many ‘private’ signs and barbed wire barriers, but with a little persistence it’s still possible to disappear into the trees and find a spot that feels entirely your own.
“If the open hills are where I go to escape, then the woods are where I go to get lost.”
The book features more than 100 photographs made over twelve years in the woodland of the South Downs, accompanied by a selection of words from the ancient Sussex dialect which evoke some of the details and subtleties of this unique landscape.
Book Spec
Hardback
144 pages / 105 photographs
300 x 240mm
ISBN 978-1-7391278-1-7
UK postage: £4.50
International postage will be calculated during checkout.
This book is the companion to ‘Fieldwork’, which you can find here.
How many ways can you look at the same thing and see something different? How many times can you visit the same place and find something new?
“Fieldwork is the result of twelve years spent collecting different versions of the same thing. It’s a scrapbook of shapes, patterns, colours and light which define the South Downs. My approach is not about finding a singular ‘decisive moment’ but instead deciding to be there for as many moments as possible. This is a place that speaks to me more deeply than anywhere else, and this is my attempt to compile a kind of visual dialect to describe it.”
The book features more than 100 photographs of the South Downs, accompanied by a selection of words from the ancient Sussex dialect which evolved to describe some of the subtleties of this unique landscape.
”These pictures are not a definitive collection of iconic locations, or a compendium of must-see spots. Instead, my hope is that others who know the Downs will recognise something of their own experience, and those who are yet to visit may feel somewhat intrigued by the prospect.”
Book Spec
144 pages / 105 photographs
300 x 240mm
Casebound, Thread Sewn
ISBN 978-1-7391278-0-0
UK postage: £4.50
International postage will be calculated during checkout.
This book is the companion to ‘Woodwork’, which you can find by clicking here.