The photographs within the galleries of Incidental Images have been taken during my travels and wanderings. I am drawn to the unsung places and hidden corners, to places less often visited. I am easily diverted down side alleys and beckoning paths. The pleasure is in discovering what might be around the next corner, or the one after that, finding the unexpected or sneaking into forbidden places. The result is a collection of images reflecting my view of the places I have visited.
I am at heart a walker, a wanderer and a photographer, all based on my love of geography. Seeing a landscape and understanding how and why it looks like it does has been a passion for most of my life.
Not only does landscape change over time, our perception of its beauty does too. The forces that have shaped the land that we see around us are as relentless as ever: our needs and desires and demands on space might be a driver, but the outcome is often moulded by power, politics, wealth and ownership. Very little landscape escapes the human influence, most obviously in cities and towns and the surrounding ‘edgelands’, but equally so in the countryside or upon the ‘wild’ moors and mountains denuded of native woods and cleared of people.
Our demands of the land, or competing needs of citizens, frequently lead to debate and argument about change and its impact on an existing landscape or a group of people. There are contradictions galore that run through these disagreements and it would be someone holier than me who doesn’t carry these contradictions. “Change happens, get over it” as Jonathan Meades says, but please not the place I revere!
So, I find myself with my camera equally at home in the empty quarters of Great Britain as I do in a graffiti covered street where the unauthorised human hand is as much an influence as the landowner is in the great outdoors. I lose track of time, I lose myself in the act of taking a photograph, in creating an image of the place where I find myself.
The photographer Gary Winogrand put it thus: “Photography is not about the thing being photographed. It is about how that thing looks photographed.” Whilst in some cases I have gone to a place in order to take a photograph, most of these images have been taken whilst I walk and wander. Truly Incidental Images.
Should you be interested in knowing more or want a customised print please do get in touch with me: rob@incidentalimages.co.uk
Robert Shuttleworth
A note about printing and image sizes
Most of the images in these galleries are sized as taken – to be technical, at a ratio of 3:2.
The image you choose will be giclee printed onto 285 gsm ‘portrait white’ fine art paper by a small craft print business. This combination of ink and paper gives each print a lightfast rich artistic feel, sometimes a feel almost beyond a simple photographic image.
Each image will be printed to the size specified with an additional 3cm white border to help mounting and framing*. The final print will be carefully wrapped in acid free paper and securely packed in a sturdy cardboard roll. I aim to dispatch your print within 10 working days from receipt of your payment, but if for any reason there is a delay I will let you know. All prices include UK post and packing.
Should you wish to order a print of a different size please email me at rob@incidentalimages.co.uk for a custom quote and preview.
Please note I am only taking orders from within the UK at present.
Typical sizes are:
| Image size | Paper Size | |
|---|---|---|
| Small | 20 x 30 cm | 26 x 36 cm |
| Standard | 30 x 45 cm | 36 x 51 cm |
| Large | 40 x 60 cm | 46 x 66 cm |
* A5 gift prints will be printed with a minimum 1cm border around the image so that the outside edge equals A5 size. The print will be dispatched in a stiff card envelope.