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Artist Statement:
Mike Sibthorp is a
Photographer and Lecturer in
Photography at Reading College
and School of Arts & Design in
Berkshire, England. Mike has a
substantial background in
professional corporate
photography and has been
teaching for fifteen years.
The work in this Gallery shows
a sample of Mike's personal
work including landscapes and
nudes. See the complete
collection at
http://www.mikesibthorp.com
The Landscapes
The first question everyone
asks about my landscapes is
"Where was that taken?". This
is understandable as the
primary reaction to a
landscape is that of a sense
of place,. However, it is not
particularly important to me
even though each print evokes
a memory of a situation,
weather, quality of light,
sounds and smells, and
sometimes companions. The most
important thing is the print
itself, the landscape being a
source of material which, by
application of my craft, I use
to produce a work of art - the
PRINT. It is the print that is
the final expression of my
vision, my aesthetic judgement
and my craft. The landscape
provides the tones, forms and
textures that I interpret in
subtle shades of grey in the
print. It is unavoidable
(indeed, why avoid it?) that
my upbringing ...
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