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Farmstock or Cockstock, a weekend camping and enjoying farm life (private event and location), Cheshire. January 2013.
Photograph by Lee William Hughes © The Rural Eye.
Boys only, surviving at camp in the depths of winter. Actually a wonderful weekend with great people, driving tractors, getting stuck, building fires, shootings guns and going to the toilet in the great outdoors. An annual farm based experience weekend for a select group of guys.
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Farmstock or Cockstock, a weekend camping and enjoying farm life (private event and location), Cheshire. January 2013.
Photograph by Lee William Hughes © The Rural Eye.
Boys only, surviving at camp in the depths of winter. Actually a wonderful weekend with great people, driving tractors, getting stuck, building fires, shootings guns and going to the toilet in the great outdoors. An annual farm based experience weekend for a select group of guys.
To purchase prints, please click the link below and then select 'The Rural Eye Archive' folder...
A53, Nr Buxton, Derbyshire. January 2013.
Photograph by Lee William Hughes © The Rural Eye.
A snowy wander around The Roaches in the Peak District, trying to find sheep farms and show the harshness of farming life in winter. The weather prevented me from getting very deep into the hills, but the landscape was beautiful and the sheep I found were certainly interested in me, presumably hoping I had some treats.
To purchase prints, please click the link below and then select 'The Rural Eye Archive' folder...
Market Drayton Livestock Auction, Shropshire. November 2012.
Photograph by Lee William Hughes © The Rural Eye.
A second, and really engaging visit to Market Drayton livestock auction. Being the second week in a row, I've now been seen or spoken to by a large percentage of their regular customers which is helping to spread the word about what I'm doing and why. The staff at Market Drayton have been wonderful and today they were asking me what I want to photograph, answering my questions about local farmers, goat farms, events and more, even coming up to me to let me know there's someone I should meet.
Today was very much about the people, with me asking to make formalised portraits of those I talked to or found visually interesting. These are such a stoic and friendly group of people who I am gaining a huge respect for through this project.
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A reception and screening of the film ‘Drawn to War’, a documentary about the life of British artist Eric Ravilious, whose artwork often drew inspiration from his wartime surroundings. Roger Readwin provided brief remarks
and introduced Dame Diane Lees.
Leek Livestock Auction, Leek, Staffordshire. October 2012.
Photograph by Lee William Hughes © The Rural Eye.
The first trip out and the beginning of what became 'The Rural Eye' archive project. I wanted to engage with a traditional documentary practice, something far from my usual studio and commercial photography work that would get me out in the countryside and meeting a whole section of society that I knew little about. I feel that there is a strong disconnect between food production and public perception, and my desire was to show farming life in an entirely positive manner.
There was in truth a lot of understandable suspicion directed towards me, as the farming community has been targeted in the past by animal rights groups, but talking to people about my work and aims has led to acceptance and a lot of help along the way. Perhaps I am an activist, but an activist for the promotion of agriculture, seeking to show their world to others and build an appreciation for their toil and their own desire to rear healthy cattle in a safe and compassionate manner.
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Mural by artist Jonquil Cook in honour of the lost work by Eric Ravilious and Tirzah Garwood. See more here jonquilcook.blogspot.com/p/ravilious-rotunda-bar-midland-... and a news story here www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-24879792
A53, Nr Buxton, Derbyshire. January 2013.
Photograph by Lee William Hughes © The Rural Eye.
A snowy wander around The Roaches in the Peak District, trying to find sheep farms and show the harshness of farming life in winter. The weather prevented me from getting very deep into the hills, but the landscape was beautiful and the sheep I found were certainly interested in me, presumably hoping I had some treats.
To purchase prints, please click the link below and then select 'The Rural Eye Archive' folder...
Farmstock or Cockstock, a weekend camping and enjoying farm life (private event and location), Cheshire. January 2013.
Photograph by Lee William Hughes © The Rural Eye.
Boys only, surviving at camp in the depths of winter. Actually a wonderful weekend with great people, driving tractors, getting stuck, building fires, shootings guns and going to the toilet in the great outdoors. An annual farm based experience weekend for a select group of guys.
To purchase prints, please click the link below and then select 'The Rural Eye Archive' folder...
I watched a very moving YouTube video on James Ravilious. He loved to use uncoated camera optics for the way they tend to "open up the shadows" and help the hightlights create a "creamy" look. Thinking a bit about that, I decided to see how I might achieve that look using modern tools and techniques. These are just a rough draft. I'll print them out to some smooth Hanemulhe rag to see what they look like...
... and I just printed this to Hanemuhle's new photo rag smooth (from their French facility) and the results are stunning. Really, they are. This is one of the nicest "straight" photos I've taken in years...
Eric William Ravilious was a British painter, designer, book illustrator, war artist, and wood-engraver. He grew up in Sussex, and is particularly known for his watercolours of the South Downs,
Cheshunt FC Chairman Dean Williamson with the late John Walton's sister Wendy Ravilious, presenting Royston Town FC club captain Adam Murray the Cheshunt FC Community Cup.
A53, Nr Buxton, Derbyshire. January 2013.
Photograph by Lee William Hughes © The Rural Eye.
A snowy wander around The Roaches in the Peak District, trying to find sheep farms and show the harshness of farming life in winter. The weather prevented me from getting very deep into the hills, but the landscape was beautiful and the sheep I found were certainly interested in me, presumably hoping I had some treats.
To purchase prints, please click the link below and then select 'The Rural Eye Archive' folder...
A reception and screening of the film ‘Drawn to War’, a documentary about the life of British artist Eric Ravilious, whose artwork often drew inspiration from his wartime surroundings. Roger Readwin provided brief remarks
and introduced Dame Diane Lees.
About a month ago I came across the work of James Ravilious. I was intrigued by his signature b/w photographs taken towards the light source - an angle which I discovered creates amazing perspective and 'solidity' of his subject, but which I'd previously never seriously attempted because of technical issues. Although this photo is not representative by any means of his style, it was taken shortly after sunrise on a morning of experimentation inspired by Ravilious' work.
A reception and screening of the film ‘Drawn to War’, a documentary about the life of British artist Eric Ravilious, whose artwork often drew inspiration from his wartime surroundings. Roger Readwin provided brief remarks
and introduced Dame Diane Lees.
ca. March 1976, Dolton, Devon, England, UK --- Farmer George Ayre plows his fields while his dogs keep him company. --- Image by © James Ravilious; Beaford Archive/CORBIS
This cross roads may be the inspiration for Eric Ravilious's painting, Wiltshire Landscape, although other theories suggest the the Wilsford turning on the A342.
www.sarsen.org/2021/01/eric-ravilious-wiltshire-landscape...
jamesrussellontheweb.blogspot.com/2014/06/eric-ravilious-...
A53, Nr Buxton, Derbyshire. January 2013.
Photograph by Lee William Hughes © The Rural Eye.
A snowy wander around The Roaches in the Peak District, trying to find sheep farms and show the harshness of farming life in winter. The weather prevented me from getting very deep into the hills, but the landscape was beautiful and the sheep I found were certainly interested in me, presumably hoping I had some treats.
To purchase prints, please click the link below and then select 'The Rural Eye Archive' folder...
A lovely watercolour by Eric Ravilious (1903-1942). Before the decade was out, he would be painting less tranquil scenes, having been appointed an Official War Artist in 1939. In common with several other appointees, World War II claimed his life and a great native talent was lost: Ravilious perished when he aircraft failed to return from a search and rescue mission in Iceland.
From the HERE | Uncovering North Devon exhibition about the Beaford Archive, featuring photographs from James Ravilious and Roger Deakins, at The Burton, Bideford.
I think this is a man dressed as to advertise horse nails at a local carnival. Nevertheless he does look like he is channeling a deeper folk figure ...
A photo from the 'Old Archive', photos copied by Ravilious during his time at Beaford.
From the HERE | Uncovering North Devon exhibition about the Beaford Archive, featuring photographs from James Ravilious and Roger Deakins, at The Burton, Bideford.
We went to the museum this afternoon, as I wanted to see the exhibition of photographs by the late James Ravilious (and jolly good it was, too - well worth a visit). Meanwhile, Mrs W wanted to go to a couple of shops, so we agreed to meet in the cafeteria; and who should be there but an old friend, the Cow who Fell to Earth.
I watched a very moving YouTube video on James Ravilious. He loved to use uncoated camera optics for the way they tend to "open up the shadows" and help the hightlights create a "creamy" look. Thinking a bit about that, I decided to see how I might achieve that look using modern tools and techniques. These are just a rough draft. I'll print them out to some smooth Hanemulhe rag to see what they look like.
A collage inspired by an unfinished Eric Ravilious painting exhibited at the Towner Gallery, Eastbourne. Ravilious completed the cliff face and the grass but only sketched in the sky and sea. He made notes in pencil on the painting indicating the gradations of colour he planned to use. Arrogantly, I have completed the picture for him. The orange sunset is my own idea.