Joe Cornish - Landscape Photographer

Lecture

Joe Cornish came into college to give a presentation on his life and work on Wednesday 8/12/10. His presentation was inspiring and he discussed his whole ethos behind his work and the reasons he takes certain shots. Obviously a lot of his work is now done as a commercial job but some work he has done is just for pure enjoyment. All his work is based on art, craft and emotion which he tries to put into all of his work if he is taking shots for enjoyment or an assignment. Before the lecture I wasn't sure that I wanted to research him but after listening to Joe talk and seeing some of his images I have now decided to include him within my research on nature photography.

Research


Joe Cornish was born in exeter in 1958, he studied art at university where his passion for photography started and after graduating in 1980 he went on to work with studio and car photographers for a few years helping him to build on his skills in commercial photography.

This career path didn't happen following a meeting with Charlie Waite he inspired him to pursue his passion of the outdoors and undertake travel photography with much of his work featuring in travel books which led to a partnership with the national trust. To help progress his skills as a landscape photographer Joe moved to Yorkshire in 1993 and is now devoted to landscape photography especially in wild places.

Joe has been involved with a raft of books for the national trust and then his own books which include First Light, a Landscape photographers art and Scotland's coast.

My own work comparisons