Tate Gallery St Ives and Barbara Hepworth Gallery

I was in St Ives last weekend and fulfilled an ambition of mine, to visit the Tate St Ives gallery. I've been to the Tate Modern in London, several times and have really enjoyed their exhibitions and general set up.  I must be on a different wavelength to all those artists in Cornwall because I failed to see much 'art' in their current exhibition 'The Far and The Near'.

I read the blurb, listened to the gallery speakers and looked at the images and have to say I cannot see the art in most of what was on display. Does this make me a heathen.  I'm trying to absorb art and appreciate it but this exhibition passed me by completely.  I spoke to a friend when I got home and she admitted that she couldn't remember what she had seen at the show she had visited.

On the other hand I visited the Barbara Hepworth studio and gardens (part of the Tate but separate from the main gallery) and that was a real gem.  Apart from too many people crammed into too small a space, the items displayed in the gardens were superb.

Two Forms (Divided Circle) by Barbara Hepworth

Guy Edwardes Landscape & Nature Photographer par excellence

Last night I sat through some of the most amazing photographs that I'd seen in a long time.  I went along to the Bridport Camera Club’s annual session with club member Guy Edwardes.   

Guy is a professional landscape, travel and wildlife photographer based in Dorchester in the South West of England. He has been a professional nature and landscape photographer for many years, best known for his atmospheric landscape images which make use of dramatic light and weather conditions. He began his career straight after completing a degree in photography that followed various courses in nature conservation. Guy now concentrates on producing on stock photography, for Getty Images and running courses in various aspects of photography around the UK and abroad.

Guy has always used Canon camera equipment, starting with an EOS650 back in the late eighties. He now uses an EOS -1DX as his main landscape camera along with a variety of Canon lenses from 16mm to 600mm.  If you get the opportunity to see one of his shows, then grab it with both hands, you will come away amazed at the range of his ability and appreciate the limitations of your own ability. If you go on one of his tours, make sure you take a raincoat, as bad weather doesn’t stop him working.

Photograph courtesy of 2020Vision http://www.2020v.org/photographer_portfolio.asp?show=10