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Fay Godwin
Born 1931 (Berlin (Germany))

Work:
Godwin had no formal photographic training. In 1985 she published Land, which presented images showing a contrast of classical landscape images with images providing documents of mans impact on the land (both historically through monuments, stone circles to contemporary environmental issues). She has explored political issues in landscape photography e.g. Our Land, Forbidden Land and has been the President of the Rambler's Association.

Books include Our Land, Forbidden Land, Land

Themes :
 Ephemera (the decay of natural forms, changes)
Ephemera (time and its effect on the landscape, exploring weather conditions, tides, times of day, months etc.)
Environmental Impact (tree wounds)
Beauty of nature (using the zone system, advanced printing techniques etc.)
Time in the environment/movement (using long shutter speeds to capture movement)
Natural Forms (against different backgrounds, pulled apart and dissected, taped and controlled)
Political (the landscape as under threat, changing)
Political (landscape as an area that is undergoing drastic change and pollution)
Mans effect on the environment
Importance of place (returns to specific locations again and again)

 

Fay Godwin
Meall Moir, Glencoe
1980

Fay Godwin
Rotting car, Cliffe Lagoon
1980

Fay Godwin
Flooded grass near Rhulen, Wales
1980

Fay Godwin
Glencoe from Lochan na Fola
1980

Fay Godwin
Barberstone, Avebury
1980
Connections to other photographers:
Hamish Fulton (travelling in the landscape)
John Blakemore (importance of a particular place)
Richard Long (being in the landscape)
Ansel Adams (beauty of landscape)
Thomas Joshua Cooper (the importance of a specific place)