Meet the artist
Joe Cornish is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest contemporary landscape photographers. He lectures and exhibits in the UK and overseas, leads workshops and has written a number of successful books including his best known; First Light
A working photographer since 1980, Joe is based in North Yorkshire and has devoted almost three decades to landscape photography, especially in the north of England and Scotland.
He seeks to translate a sense of connection with the natural world through the careful study of its texture and colour, space and light. Joe is a renowned thinker on the role of photography, especially in environmentalism, and has written countless articles, many appearing in www.onlandscape.co.uk, which he helped co-found. He is also co-founder and director of the Joe Cornish gallery in Northallerton, and Chair of the Landscape Distinction panel of the Royal Photographic Society, of which he is an honorary Fellow. Joe's most recent books include: Scotland’s Mountains; Scotland’s Coast; The Northumberland Coast; This Land; Capability Brown; Humphry Repton.
To learn more about Joe Cornish you can visit:
www.joecornishgallery.co.uk
www.joecornishphotographer.com