Exploring the Land and Sea in photography exhibition
A major summer exhibition bringing together artists whose work explores our enduring relationship with landscape, coastline and the natural world is being presented in Fife.
Bowhouse in the East Neuk provides a fitting setting for an exhibition called ‘Land & Sea’ that returns photography to its roots.
Since the invention of the medium, artists have looked to the natural world not simply as a subject, but as a collaborator. Light, weather, plants, water and the landscape itself have shaped photographic practice for almost two centuries, and continue to inspire some of today's most innovative artists.
The exhibition brings together seventeen photographers from around the world, each offering a distinctive perspective on the natural world.
From intimate studies of coastlines and botanical forms to ambitious works shaped directly by the elements themselves, Land & Sea celebrates the remarkable diversity of contemporary photographic practice while reflecting on photography's unique relationship with the forces of nature.
Drawing inspiration from the pioneering achievements of nineteenth-century figures such as David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson and Anna Atkins, ‘Land & Sea’ explores how contemporary photographers continue to challenge our understanding of landscape, ecology and place.
Working across traditional, experimental and camera-less techniques, the exhibiting artists embrace photography as both an artistic and material process, revealing new ways of seeing - and caring for - the environments that surround us.
The exhibition’s curators, Alexander Hamilton and Alexander Moore, said: “Since the invention of the medium, photographers have had an enduring relationship with nature, landscape and the elements.
"’Land & Sea’ reveals some of the most original and talented artists working in this field today.
"Expect a festival of colour and intrigue."
All works in the exhibition will be available for purchase, alongside a carefully curated selection of books and publications celebrating photography, landscape and the history of the medium.
Bowhouse is open from 10am-5pm Wednesday to Sunday, with the exhibition running until September 5.