A photography exhibition by Fergus Heron that invites viewers to reconsider how we see the natural world, featuring large-format colour photographs taken over two decades.
Fergus Heron is showing Woodlands, Rivers, Coasts at Phoenix Art Space from 24 to 28 June. It's a solo exhibition of large-format colour photographs taken over two decades in the Scottish Highlands and the south east of England, so there's a fair bit of ground covered here, both in terms of geography and time.
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Heron works with a traditional view camera, and he describes the photographs as "moments of intimacy and attention" captured in natural settings. The show takes a relational approach, looking at how nature and culture are woven together rather than keeping them separate, and it pushes back against the usual way landscape photography is done. Heron puts it this way: "The motivation for this exhibition is to invite reflection on photography as a way of knowing place."
He's a familiar name in the city's academic and artistic circles — a senior lecturer and the coordinator of the MA in Photography at the University of Brighton. Beyond that, he's an internationally recognised photographer, writer, and editor, with work held in the Tate Britain and the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World.
Woodlands, Rivers, Coasts runs from 24 to 28 June at Phoenix Art Space, open every day from 12:00 to 17:00. Entry is free.
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