29 Quotes by Fay Godwin

Maybe black and white is the best medium for landscapes, I don't know.

I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process.

After Land I wanted to continue exploring the theme but I needed a new challenge so turned to colour. I explored Bradford and produced a series of urban landscapes that I liked, but because Land had made such an impact on the general public my colour work wasn't reviewed.

Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.

What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape with their factory farming and greed.

You can't expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years.

I have always loved reading, so was interested in the literary world, and took many literary portraits.

I like photographs which leave something to the imagination.

The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph.