Joe Cornish

Joe Cornish in a British landscape photographer, born in 1958 in Exeter in England, UK. Using mainly 5x4 cameras, he has produced a lot of work for the National Trust and has featured in many magazines such as 'Amateur Photographer' and 'Outdoor Photography'.

Joe Cornish

Cornish has published several books containing his images. He also teaches landscape photography and owns two galleries in North Yorkshire. His interest in photography started when he was studying art at Reading University. After graduating here he worked for four years as an assistant in London and Washington D.C.

For around a decade he used 35mm and 6x6 film cameras for his shots. In 1995 he started working with a Horseman SW 612 wide-angle camera and a year later he started working with the 5x4 cameras. It allowed him to develop the style that he is famous for today. He used these cameras up until 2008, after which he started to integrate four different digital formats. His love for large format work remains, but according to Cornish "times have changed".

The way Cornish works is all to do with the landscape. Developing a language of light and form that illuminates the subject, without attracting too much attention to the photographer. This is very visible in his images and it remains at the heart of his mission, according to Cornish.

My personal opinion of Cornish's work is one of admiration. I love his images. The use of light, the low angles of the shots and the colours are simply amazing. His choice of beautiful landscapes with always something in the foreground is beautiful. He ties in perfectly with our assignment on shutter speed, because he often uses a slow shutter speed to turn the waves or flow of water into a mist around the pebbles and rocks in the foreground. Being captivated by landscape photography myself, Cornish's work is something I would love to try and emulate in my own images. He is by far my favourite photographer.

Image Sources:
http://www.photobards.com/interview/joe-cornish-16.html
http://www.onlandscape.co.uk/2011/03/sunsets/
http://francessmithlandscapes.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/photographer-study-joe-cornish/
http://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/return-joe-cornish