James Warwick | Fine Art Photography | Wildlife
Introducing James Warwick | Fine Art Photography | Bar Wall Art
James Warwick is based in Ashdown Forest in the south of England. Artienda is delighted to be working with him and promoting his work to our clients. In his own words, he tries to capture 'decisive moments' in nature and show wildlife contextually in its environment. He enjoys the process of trying to create memorable and beautiful pictures and his over-arching aim is that they inspire people in some way to care more about and conserve the natural world. James stays well clear of digitally manipulating his pictures as he feels that it is inappropriate to his style of work which concentrates on documenting and interpreting natural history events as he sees them in wild and free conditions.
James combines long term projects closer to home with those further afield in locations such as India and Africa. He has collaborated with various conservation groups over the last few years such as Nature Seychelles, Grevy's Zebra Trust and the Laikipia Predator Project to produce photo-stories for magazines. His pictures have been finalists twice in the 'Wildlife Photographer of the Year' competition and are published regularly worldwide in various forms.
Artienda MD Phil Hodgkinson caught up with James Warwick to find out more about him, his fine art photography, and his motivations.
PH: What inspires you most about wildlife fine art photography?
JW: Wildlife photography offers a window into the natural world and the excitement of witnessing wildlife at first hand, inspiring people to have a connection with nature not only in spirit but in reality too.
James tries to capture 'decisive moments' in nature and show wildlife contextually in its environment
PH: What in your view is the main purpose of fine art photography?
JW: The visual communication of ideas in an instant and direct way facilitated either by the pictures on their own or as an illuminating accompaniment to the written word.
The over-arching aim of James’ work is that it inspires people to care more about and conserve the natural world
PH: What is unique about the challenge of photographing live animals in the wild?
JW: You have no way of controlling wild animals and achieving pictures with compelling qualities such as good composition, interesting behaviour and beautiful lighting is an exciting challenge. On some occasions, with lucky timing and good fortune, this goal can be much easier but then again your luck often increases with patience and persistence so the challenge always remains!
“Achieving pictures with compelling qualities is an exciting challenge”
PH: Of all the places you've worked, which one did you enjoy the most and why?
JW: I loved working in Kenya in the open Savannah habitats such as the Masai Mara where you can spend the whole day out searching for shots and where many of the the animals are relatively approachable. This approach-ability generally enables you to be much more creative as you have lots more options for composing your pictures. One of my favourite things to try in this habitat was spending lots of time with a herd of plains zebras and trying to make interesting pictures of them and their amazing stripe patterns as they move around and interact in the long Savannah grasses.
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PH: Where is your next trip going to be and what do you hope to capture while you're there?
JW: At present, I have no trips abroad planned as I’m mostly working on scenic shots closer to home around Ashdown Forest in Sussex. The winter light can be exceptional in Britain and strong conceptual shots that don’t always include animals, such as an oak tree in beautiful light, are of great interest to me.
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