Alongside the exhibition by Joe Cornish and Simon Baxter detailed elsewhere on this problem, the 2 photographers additionally collaborated on a e-book to work alongside it (and as a showcase for these unable to go to the exhibition). Designed and printed in a short time, the e-book follows the construction proven in our current article however with just a few further chapters and lots of extra images.
Though Joe and Simon are working in the identical space and on roughly the identical timescale, the variations of their photos are nonetheless very clear. Joe’s beautiful consideration to compositional element and eye for serendipitous associations is clearly current in most of his photos. And Simon’s pure graphic design recognition of broad form and construction and his love of the pure great thing about the woodland places is clearly on show right here as properly. Looking by means of this showcase e-book is an effective means of clearly demonstrating how two ‘mature’* photographers convey a lot of their id to their work.
Many exhibitions are, within the grand scheme of issues, comparatively transient affairs. In a nationwide sense, they’re typically troublesome to entry and, inevitably, solely a subsection of a photographic group (by no means thoughts the inhabitants at giant) will get to entry the outcomes. Though it’s completely true that seeing {a photograph} in individual, printed, framed and illuminated properly, remains to be the perfect means of appreciating a photographer’s work; having the ability to see that work organized in a well-printed e-book remains to be infinitely higher than searching by means of a slide present on a web site. The price of printing a e-book remains to be a serious funding, and as such, I applaud Joe and Simon for his or her dedication to creating one thing everlasting from their joint venture.
I might extremely suggest shopping for a replica of this e-book as an incredible showcase of what woodland images will be.
