English Landscapes
by Jean-Pierre Gilson
The magazine of the photo-essay
November/December 2023 issue
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French photographer Jean-Pierre Gilson explores the English landscapes that have
influenced many of the most famous British artists and writers.
Gilson has a sharp sense of composition that he deploys, with rigour and poetry. In
his photographs he exploits the light, and the mist and cloud of the winter
landscapes to reveal a vision of England which in many ways can appear romantic,
even backward-looking, yet which is nevertheless very real and contemporary. This
is a rural England that still exists – often little changed over the centuries.
©Jean-Pierre Gilson, Botallack Mine, Cornwall.
©Jean-Pierre Gilson, Brampton, Cumbria.
©Jean-Pierre Gilson, Brampton, Cumbria
©Jean-Pierre Gilson, Dowthwaitehead, Cumbria
©Jean-Pierre Gilson, Foxfield, Cumbria
©Jean-Pierre Gilson, Hope, Derbyshire
©Jean-Pierre Gilson, Keswick, Cumbria
©Jean-Pierre Gilson, Modbury, Devon
©Jean-Pierre Gilson, Penrith, Cumbria
©Jean-Pierre Gilson, Penrith, Cumbria
©Jean-Pierre Gilson, Robin Hood’s Bay, North Yorkshire
©Jean-Pierre Gilson, Whitby, North Yorkshire