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Chasing the Southern Light: The Photographs of Matheson Beaumont ISBN: 9781877361562 Release: 11-2006 Subject: Art Format: Hardback RRP: NZ$79.99 |
Chasing the Southern Light is a breath-stopping photographic journey of southern New Zealand. Matheson Beaumont is to photography what Grahame Sydney is to painting: an artist who sculpts with light.
As Reg Graham writes in his introduction, ‘The lakes, the mountains, the riverbeds are his subjects, shown in all seasons, all lights, and always with an exact eye for composition and palette.’ For Matheson Beaumont the wide, open country of the south lures his gaze again and again.
His gift is to show us not just the change from season to season, but the many moods of any one season. With rapid shifts in every weather, another dimension of the land’s character emerges. From beachfront to rolling pasture, from autumn in the bush to the scene of a lakeside hoar frost: every image is exquisitely framed.
Also included is an essay by the ‘Landscape Guru’ himself: Beaumont’s essay covers his photographic career, associations with George Chance, Brian Brake, Ansel Adams and others, and landscape as subject. Lavishly illustrated in colour throughout, along with many stunning, early black and white photographs, Matheson Beaumont’s superb collection of photographs captures the essence of this very special part of the world.
