These are the best B&W landscape links
I have found on the web, I keep the list short because I believe
it should be exclusive and also because I want it to be current,
with all links valid.
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Chip
Forelli. I was presented with so may interesting-looking
thumbnails I didn't know where to click next. So which
is my favourite image? Well there's Cascading Falls,
Steel Pier, Clear to the Horizon, Sunset
Tasman Sea, Fence and Field...heck, I can't
choose. One particularly quirky image, Rain Slickers,
makes really good use of movement with some waving curtains
in an old shed.
Libor
Jupa Photography.
Landscapes from Ontario to Death Valley but also some
interesting street scenes and details from New Orleans.
Bob
Hallock. Bob has some fine images, I particularly
like Trailside in Fog and Leaf Detail has
some striking patterns. Bob is into Physics, and I do
mean INTO Physics, with a string of fellowships, awards
and degrees it's a wonder that he has time to take any
photos.
Roy
Harrington Great
images of beaches at sunset, closeups of seaweed, rustic
buildings etc. Really worth visiting.
Chip Hooper.
Chip has been featured in many magazines including my favourite,
Lenswork. This should be enough said but I'll say something
anyway. There are many images in strong desert sunlight etc but
it's the tonal range of the peaceful seascapes that I like.
Rolfe
Horn.
I'd just finished viewing the outstanding work of Chip
Forelli and thought there's no chance of finding another
great site in one night when I came across f45. Take for
example Dusk, Izumo, Japan to be sure it's a stunning
subject but Rolfe's mastery of the process is very evident.
Then there's Dusk, Tatami-Ishi, O-Island, Japan,
the tessellated rock shelf and moving cloud is outstanding.
Very simple, strong, minimalistic images.
David
Houlder. David's got some great photos here, many
from areas that I know well, which is not surprising as
I've been on many photographic expeditions with him. One
image in particular I like, it was taken at the bottom
of Holland Gorge, during what would become known as "The
Holland Gorge Death March" by those who participated.
I was stood right next to David at the time he took this
photo but didn't I see a shot. Just goes to show.
Joseph
Hyde Beautiful
B&W landscapes in the classic style. Joseph is obviously
not afraid to get up early as many images have a wonderful
misty look. I particularly like River Tree but
also the lead photo Barn Interior.
Bob
Hudak. Bobs images of the Florida swamps have a magical
glassy look to the water which contrasts nicely with the
roughness of the surrounding foliage. Very appealing.
Bob also has some more abstract images featuring the radial
patterns of ferns leaves, close-ups of bark etc.
James
Kay. James has been a photographer for 20 years and
is an advisor to "Outdoor Photographer", one
of the world's leading photography magazines. All this
shows in his work, there's some spectacular images on
his site, both colour and mono.
Michael
Kenna.
Beautiful minimalistic work. Many images only have one
item, say a tree, surrounded by almost featureless snow
or water. Most images are taken in Japan, not the first
country that springs to mind for uncluttered landscapes.
There's a wealth of great images here so plan to stay
awhile.
Kerik
Kouklis A
Platinum/paladium printer and from what I can see a very
good one. Most images are panoramic and there's even some
verticals, very unusual for a panoramic format.
D'Arcy Leck.
Simple and strong, the images that is, not D'Arcy. A site with
great shots and a no-bullshit artist's statement, it's good to
see. Naturally I zoomed in on the B&W landscapes but there
are some great colour images of the outdoors as well.
Silvio
Maraini.
Silvio comes from Switzerland, he has many photos from
his home country as you would expect. But there are also
a lot of images from Iceland on this site. Good moody
photos of misty forests, driftwood on beaches, waterfalls
etc.
Lynn
Radeka. I've known
about Lynn's work for ages but somehow never went to his
web site. What beautiful images. These are easily some
of the best B&W photos I've seen so do yourself a
favour and have a look.
Craig
Richards Canadian
Craig Richards has good credentials, including the publication
of a book about the Canadian Rockies, Head of Photography
at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, and appearing
as tutor with Bruce Barnbaum's workshops.
Ron Rosenstock.
Ron's site is very simple, with just a dozen or so images, but
what images. Ron has found beautiful quiet light in such diverse
countries as Nepal, New Zealand and Italy. I can't really pick
a favourite but the delicate sidelight on spindly trees in
Visankhukat, Nepal, 1994 has got to be close.
Bill
Schwab. Stunning
images from UK and USA. Check out "John Pugh's Grave"
and tell me if that's not old John Pugh himself standing
behind his headstone.
Mike
Sibthorp.
If there's one thing about Mike's photographs that caught
my eye it's trees and fog (actually that's two things
I guess). Mike uses the soft English light to it's best
advantage, for example the lovely regression in 5101,
Black Park, Slough. Switch to the International section
though and the light turns to bright, bold sunshine. A
simple and well laid out site.
Gordon
Stevenson.
At last, an Australian photographer for my links page.
Gordon lives in Sydney, a lot of his work is minimalist
with just a couple of items in the shot, a style I've
always liked.
Tranquility
Images The images of Craig Wells. As one of the few
photographers that provide a short narrative about each
image Craig went up in my estimation straight away. This
estimation was confirmed as I viewed the images, Craig's
shot of Tanaya Lake (#217) is the best I've seen.
Jerry
Uelsmann Clock
faces floating in tranquil lakes, a woman who turns into
a waterfall, a waterfall that turns into a tree, a forest
with a floor of clouds. These images are just beautiful.
For something different check out Jerry's site.
John
Wasak John
has as many colour as B&W but what the heck. Images
are organised in Earth, Sky and Water categories. Some
of the sky shots remind me of Stieglitz's "Equivalents".
Tom
Way. Tom uses a 5x4 field camera to photograph waterfalls,
old buildings etc. Sounds just like me really, only his
images are taken in places like Vermont and Quebec.
Watersign
Gallery featuring
the images of Robert J Holmok. As the name implies there
are a lot of shots of water here.
Western
Echoes. This site
has some beautiful images of the American West, my favourites
are the misty morning shots of Yellowstone and a very
simple image of some lily pads and reeds floating in the
water. In an interesting twist, and at the other end of
the imaging spectrum, there are also some fascinating
computer generated fractal images.
Robert
A Zeichner Robert
has been photographing for 35 years, he has written for
View Camera magazine, lectured on large format photography
and held several one-man exhibitions. I homed in on the
desert scapes but there are some poignant studies of failed
human attempts to tame the American West and nice images
of waterfalls and other detail shots as well. Robert's
civil war images are taken of a re-enactment but look
just like originals made by Brady's bunch and are very
sobering.