Fay Godwin "Soup"

JammyB said:

That's interesting. On another matter can I ask; Did she photograph much in the middle of the day? A few of her images seem shot this way to me. There's some very hard sky. That's not a criticism but its quite different for a landscape photographer.

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She shot images when ever she saw them, some in the middle of the day. The image of a statue of a lion at Chatsworth was taken early in an afternoon when we were on a field trip.

As I commented earlieras her photography matured with experience her exposures, printing techniques etc improved very significantly and her work became much more tonal.

Ian

I just looked at Bert Hardy's photos on Getty Images -- he got around, didn't he? NY, Egypt, Korea, France, and of course the UK. Lots of very good photographs.

I don't think Fay Godwin was out to impress her fellow photographers.
Some of her books like "The Saxon Shore Way" were essentially guide books with maps and commentary.
Others like "Our Forbidden Land" supported access campaigns.
She did not select "beautiful" landscapes but photographed what was there.
Her exhibition in London ,IIRC, only comprised 10x8 prints,small by exhibition standards.
I really like her appoach but as the OP mentions it would have been interesting if she had given more details for photographers.

cliveh said:

Where do you live, in the central Sahara desert?

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Certainly the temperature consistency is important, and the time saved tempering more water. I don't have the space to store gallons and gallons of tempered water. And if true, I also don't throw out any components of the film that were meant to be there like incorporated developers or whatever. That is why some photographers avoid presoaking at all.