“Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.” Charles Lindbergh Being the first aviator to fly over the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, it is no surprise that Lindbergh should use a metaphor of space to describe human existence so perfectly. As an artistic medium, photography shares an inbuilt, hair-trigger sensitivity to distance, depth and close – up points of view. Nicky Wassall’s “Layers of Light” and “Black Scent” exemplify its facility to use space to move our emotions profoundly.Landscape artists love to use the positive or negative space that surrounds trees to imbue their expressive arboreal presence with anthropomorphic mood. Jon Beck’s “99 yews” Ali Shokri’s “None” and “Still Standing” by Simon Fairless show this approach. But photography has more than space in its toolbox, see how Ali Shokri’s “Beautiful Valley” depicts time seeming to stand still as a stream’s rapid motion becomes almost solid.

| | | | | | | | sunrise bench | | | 40 by 30cm. (16′ x 12′) | | | digital photograph, matt black aluminium frame, black mount with white bevelled edgy | | | by Jon Beck – more artworks, artist’s CV | | | £ 270 | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | 99 yews | | | 40 by 30cm. (16′ x 12′) | | | digital photograph, matt black aluminium frame, black mount with white bevelled edge | | | by Jon Beck – more artworks, artist’s CV | | | £ 270 | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | Beach Lovers | | | 60 by 60cm. (24′ x 24′) | | | Limited Edition Fine Art Giclee Print stretched on Canvas. | | | by Pete Kelly – more artworks, artist’s CV | | | £ 310 | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | Kite Surfer I | | | 60 by 60cm. (24′ x 24′) | | | Limited Edition Fine Art Giclee Print. | | | by Pete Kelly – more artworks, artist’s CV | | | £ 310 | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | Bluebell Wood I | | | 60 by 60cm. (24′ x 24′) | | | Limited Edition Fine Art Giclee Print stretched on Canvas. | | | by Pete Kelly – more artworks, artist’s CV | | | £ 310 | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | Three Bridges, NYC | | | 70 by 30cm. (28′ x 12′) | | | Limited Edition Fine Art Giclee Print stretched on Canvas. | | | by Pete Kelly – more artworks, artist’s CV | | | £ 370 | | | | | | | |
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