About Baxter Bradford
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Education
1993 - 1994
Southampton University, UK
1980 - 1983
Royal Naval Engineering College, Manadon, Plymouth
1972 - 1979
Trowbridge High School, becoming John of Gaunt School
Awards
2011
Landscape Photographer of the Year (Category winner)
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Event: Photographs from West Penwith
Dates: 13 Feb 2014 - 11 Sep 2014
A wide range of 18+ images all made in the West Penwith (The Far West of) Cornwall in which the hotel is situated.
The photographs are in the bar area and dining room. Some bedrooms also have prints on display for guests.
Event: Colour of Light
Dates: 20 May 2012 - 22 Jul 2012
Range of pictures to fit in with group show in different media
Event: Falmouth Foto Fest
Dates: 24 May 2008 - 12 Jun 2008
The Falmouth Photo Fest extends The Great Atlantic® Galleries’ interest in regional photography and at the same time celebrates the annual Fal River Festival by showing photographic work by 6 photographers - Baxter Bradford, Alastair Common, Max Edelman, Tony Hopewell, Michael Jay, Andrew Nadolski and Robin Price.
Event: Coasting
Dates: 16 Mar 2007 - 6 May 2007
Our Coastline is in a state of constant change. It is a topography that can be appreciated and studied in differing scales. Baxter spends inordinate and often unsociable hours in this wonderfully image rich environment. Here he observes the conditions and carefully crafts his compositions to create his unique images. Baxter’s photographs are principally made on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset, West Cornwall, The Solent and Isle of Wight.
Event: Light, relief!
Dates: 26 Oct 2004 - 23 Dec 2004
Photographs of the Coastline and New Forest. Including images from the New Forest, Solent, Jurassic Coast, Beach studies and Cornwall. All images made with a Large Format Camera.
Event: Taking moments
Dates: 14 Jan 2003 - 8 Feb 2003
Photographs of Beach Huts, Beaches and Beeches made with a Large Format Camera.
Biography
The
ever-changing appearance of our world fascinates me. Identifying those moments
that translate more favourably than others into a strong photograph is of
particular interest.
I joke about having the beach as my office and really do appreciate being outdoors in sun, wind and occasionally rain. Producing my pictures demands intense periods of concentration to analyse the conditions, the elements, lighting and then collate them into a succinct, elegant and seemingly effortless composition.
Making pictures outdoors, I feel akin to a chef with ingredients on different conveyor belts travelling at different speeds and usually in different directions. Some things are improving, others deteriorating and there’s no opportunity to reclaim them. It’s a brilliant challenge! My mind is rapidly processing permutations and deciding what combinations will work best.
I’d
hope that my style is such that for each picture, I am trying to harness
natural lighting, forms and scenery into a photograph that encourages more than
an initial glance and enhances the salient features of each. A viewer taking a
second look, is rewarded with discovering something which they’d previously
missed and thus is encouraged to look for still more.
