Blenheim Oaks @BlenheimPalace by @Environment_Art

Blenheim Palace is a famous UNESCO World Heritage site, an exhibition space and a setting for many well known cinematic masterpieces. Not many people know that in the old days, Blenheim was a Royal Hunting Lodge for the Anglo-Saxon kings. Several years ago, it was found that some of the magnificent oak tress in Blenheim…

PUZZLE WOOD by @Environment_Art

Another series that is part of ARCADIA comes from Puzzle Wood, an ancient pre-Roman iron ore mine on the border between England and Wales. Tolkien is said to have drawn lots of inspiration from Puzzle Wood designing his Middle Earth. No wonder George Lucas decided to film the Star Wars here. On the technical note,…

WISTMANS WOOD by @Environment_Art

Wistmans Wood images form part of the ARCADIA project I started writing about in my previous posts. Wistmans Wood is an absolutely magical Site of Special Scientific Interest and the National Nature Reserve. Composed of ancient oaks, some of which reach 400 to 500 years old, this prehistoric forest is what is left from the…

KINGLEY VALE @WoodlandTrust by @Environment_Art

Another exciting project within the ARCADIA series has been a shoot at the Kingley Vale, a National Nature Reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It has been set up by Sir Arthur Tansley, the famous author of the term ‘ecosystem’. Kingley Vale is the site of the largest remaining yew tree forest in…

BURNHAM BEECHES by @Environment_Art

During the turbulent pandemic years I managed to devote a considerable amount of time to photography working on a new series provisionally entitled ‘ARCADIA’. With obvious mythological annotations, it was an attempt to escape intro the wild natural setting and forget about the troubles of the real world. We will start our visual journal with…