Woodland Atmospheres
£16.00
I can most often be found wandering the woodlands of Nottinghamshire and the Peak District with a camera, looking for the forest compositions that never quite reveal themselves. Tangled undergrowth, twisting trunks and constantly changing light make woodland a difficult place to photograph, and that is a large part of why I keep going back.
This book grew out of my exhibition Woodland Atmospheres, shown at Nottingham Central Library, and adds further images made since. It takes a different path from my earlier book, Shifting Light, Shifting Seasons, which centred on one park. Here the subject is not a place but a feeling: the mood a wood has at a particular moment, in a particular light.
In recent years my work has moved away from literal representation. Alongside straightforward photographs you will find images made with intentional camera movement and in-camera multiple exposure. These techniques let me respond to a wood rather than simply record it, and the results are more expressive and sometimes abstract.
Nothing here needed a long journey. These woods are close to home, and I hope the pictures show that you don't have to travel far to find something worth stopping for. At its best, woodland photography is meditative, a way of stepping away from the overload of modern life. At its worst, it is still a lovely walk in the woods.
The book follows a loose year, from fresh spring greens through autumn colour and bare winter branches to the stillness of mist.
Paul Binnion is based in Nottingham and has a particular interest in woodland and landscape photography. His work explores a personal response to the environment, capturing both the bigger scenes and the fleeting details that often go unnoticed.
Keen to evolve, in recent years his work has moved away from literal representation towards a focus on creative techniques such as in-camera multiple exposures and intentional camera movement (ICM) allowing him to respond to the landscape and represent it in a more expressive and sometimes abstract way.
Primarily exploring Nottinghamshire and the Peak District his local focus aims to demonstrate that we don’t need to travel far from our own front door to find stunning scenery and moments of magic.
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