URBAN WOODLAND COLLECTION - by Chris Page

During the Summer of 2020 I had a photographic project on the go with weekend treks to explore some of the many natural woodlands around Kent.  One area I had focused on was the high ground between Whitstable and Canterbury.  Located in this area is Blean Woods; split into three woodland areas with a different character to each. There was much to investigate and explore. I would take the back roads from Whitstable driving the lanes into the heart of the Blean Woods finding a spot to park-up to begin that weekends photo walk.   

One thing I noticed on the drive was that my route had to cut across the Thanet Way Motorway by-pass, and it did this by driving under it rather than a bridge over. Although I was out to photograph nature, trees, flowers, wildlife and alike, I was intrigued by this concrete structure every time I whizzed pass in the car.  So I made a plan to made a dedicated trip just to photograph this Urban Woodland underpass.

AUTUMN COLLECTION - by Mike Rossi

Like everyone else in South Africa, my Coronavirus lockdown arrived in the early part of autumn on the 26th March 2020, just as the leaves began their transient journey into foddering the mother tree. Like anyone over the age of sixty was immediately put under quarantine. My other half banned me from driving and took away the car keys. Umph. A liberated jail, as some would say when you compare my lockdown with a real prison.

Others would say I was lucky, as over 80% of the world population in western countries live in a city. Yes, in that sense I am lucky. I am not bound in by 4 brick walls, forced to sing arias, tap-dance on a balcony to entertain myself, or my neighbours. My walls are trees, bushes, birds, putting out the nightly water bowl for the visiting variety frogs and toads; breathtaking views of mountains and valleys, darting Duiker’s and cheeky Mongoose who love to tease our dogs when a wall separates them.

COVID19 LOCKDOWN COLLECTION - by Chris Page

The Covid19 Collection is made up from two themes; “Then & Now” and “Lockdown”.

During the Spring 2020 Covid19 Lockdown I have been living in Whitstable; taking photographs during my local daily exercise walk with two cameras strapped over shoulders looking to capture a moment from these strange times.  However, I realised that I have photographed many of these view before during more vibrant times.  So I made a plan to recreate these happier shots, but now with the cloud of Social Distancing hanging over Whitstable.

The “Then & Now” collection puts these two contrasting moments in time side by side from the same scene, while "Lockdown" are single shots taken during May 2020.

SHADOW OVER STONES COLLECTION - by Mike Rossi

 In 2005 I started a journey traveling South Africa, photographing disappearing landscapes under a mantle of darkened skies. 

As blackened cumulus-nimbus clouds are uncommon in the South African countryside, each photograph is a moment captured in time, never to be repeated – I have gone back, six, seven, even a dozen times just to capture Nimbus’s form over a particular landscape. Often finding some of the scenery had disappeared through commercial exploitation and nature.

This Vintage Film Collection “Shadows Over Stones” was originally exhibited at Nedbank, Waterfront, Cape Town in 2012 and is now available as special limited edition prints, framed or unframed.