Fay Godwin
Fay Godwin was born on the 17th February 1931 and died on the 27th May 2005. She was a British photographer known for her black and white landscapes of the British countryside and coast, she was also extremely interested in literature and produced portraits of well-known writers, photographing almost every significant literary figure in 1970s and 1980s England, as well
visiting foreign authors.
While she was out taking photos she would often stay in one spot that she had found that was good enough for taking photos that would and would spend up to two hours there taking a single pictures every time there was a minor shift in light. She would also return again and agin to one spot that she thought would be a great picture once a certain type of light was around. In one of her books Godwin said “Twelve pictures, all identical to look at, and I can’t imagine how I could have thought it necessary to do twelve unit I print, and then the differences begin to emerge”.
Godwin also set her work out different to stand out from other landscape photography using a square format. She didn't really adventure with the type of film she used she mainly stuck to 35mm and 120 roll of film, she didn't want to look to similar to other photographers who used a larger format. The most film she used for a project was ‘The Secrets of Dean’ in the Forest of dean for 62 days where she use a total of 200 rolls of film.
Godwin would more often then not bring small easy to carry cameras with her this allowed her to get those view points that otherwise would have been hard for her to capture, this made viewers feel as if her work was a once in a life time shot that would be difficult to replicate.
Stem vents, Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, 1992.
visiting foreign authors.
While she was out taking photos she would often stay in one spot that she had found that was good enough for taking photos that would and would spend up to two hours there taking a single pictures every time there was a minor shift in light. She would also return again and agin to one spot that she thought would be a great picture once a certain type of light was around. In one of her books Godwin said “Twelve pictures, all identical to look at, and I can’t imagine how I could have thought it necessary to do twelve unit I print, and then the differences begin to emerge”.
Godwin also set her work out different to stand out from other landscape photography using a square format. She didn't really adventure with the type of film she used she mainly stuck to 35mm and 120 roll of film, she didn't want to look to similar to other photographers who used a larger format. The most film she used for a project was ‘The Secrets of Dean’ in the Forest of dean for 62 days where she use a total of 200 rolls of film.
Godwin would more often then not bring small easy to carry cameras with her this allowed her to get those view points that otherwise would have been hard for her to capture, this made viewers feel as if her work was a once in a life time shot that would be difficult to replicate.
Stem vents, Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, 1992.
Meall Mor, Glencoe, 1988
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