Rob Cherry

http://www.robcherryphotography.com

Rob Cherry is a fine art landscape photographer based in Dorset, which serves as the subject for the majority of his work. A lot of his work is done in black and white, but he also shoots colour, Cherry favours to use seascapes for his work, and so makes use of long exposure within his images.

Cherry has won a few awards for his work including images commended in the Take a view – Landscape photographer of the year 2010 competition as well as 4 awards at the International Photography Awards.

Cherry says on his website that his inspiration came from great photographers such as Ansel Adams, Michael Levin and Michael Kenna.

Cherry explains that his love for landscapes has developed from the area he lives in, and that once he finds a suitable location for his work, he revisits the place over and over to try and get the best shot available, which depends on cloud and weather conditions.

(R. Cherry. http://www.robcherryphotography.com/about.html [Accessed: 17/12/13])

I noticed Cherry's work because of his style of black and white long exposure seascapes, a style that I myself have a passion for and love to photograph. I find his work to be very inspirational and looking through his work has given ideas for usable locations for my own work within this project.

Shape and composition are strong elements within Cherry's work and these forms protrude when the images are displayed as black and white.

I love long exposure seascape because of the sense of mystery, time and beauty the effect has on scene. I love the misty, even look the water has when recorded at such long speeds, the dream like aesthetic, letting the viewer escape reality within the frame. This style highlights the unnoticed, it slows down time to that single frame, and portrays everything that has happened from when the shutter was first pressed until its release in a unique way no other medium can replicate. 

The long process demands the attention of the viewer and captures them in a way no other style can, giving a timeless appeal about the image. 

Link to Rob Cherry's gallery. http://www.robcherryphotography.com/portfolio150308p2.html