Photography has been part of our lives for almost two centuries now, providing a rich tapestry of conflicting aesthetics to stimulate discussion and opinion in camera circles all over the planet. Before the birth of photography, easel painters would navigate their preferred creative path between the celebrated aesthetics of the beautiful, the sublime and the picturesque. This is my tribute to realism and the picturesque: a ‘chocolate-box' image capturing this idyllic group of barn buildings sitting in an equally idyllic private garden in the Dordogne. Such lackadaisical architecture is commonplace throughout France; who could deny the perfect beauty of this scenic epiphany heralding the start of spring.
Photography has been part of our lives for almost two centuries now, providing a rich tapestry of conflicting aesthetics to stimulate discussion and opinion in camera circles all over the planet. Before the birth of photography, easel painters would navigate their preferred creative path between the celebrated aesthetics of the beautiful, the sublime and the picturesque. This is my tribute to realism and the picturesque: a ‘chocolate-box' image capturing this idyllic group of barn buildings sitting in an equally idyllic private garden in the Dordogne. Such lackadaisical architecture is commonplace throughout France; who could deny the perfect beauty of this scenic epiphany heralding the start of spring.