John Blakemore

photographer

John Blakemore is a British landscape and still-life photographer who began practicing his art in 1956. He discovered photography during his military service in the Royal Air Force. Known for his richly detailed and nuanced work, he has spent significant time exploring themes of nature and domesticity, notably producing a series of images of tulips over nine years. Blakemore is also an educator who has influenced generations of photographers through workshops and teaching positions at the University of Derby.[1,2]

Themes

  • landscape
  • still-life
  • tulips

Works by John Blakemore

  • The Stilled Gaze 1994 · Zelda Cheatle Press · book · English ISBN 0951837168 Photographs by John Blakemore; texts by John Banville and Judith Bumpus.
  • John Blakemore's Black and White Photography Workshop book · English A distillation of his teaching and workshops over the past 30 years.

References

  1. Made in Wonder link
  2. LensCulture link