To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Suffolk Coast +Heaths Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), local Suffolk landscape photographer Gill Moon coordinated a photography project which explores the different ways we respond, as photographers, to the same landscape. I was one of eleven photographers to take part. I am more often than not drawn to the ever changing coastal landscape here. I began to contemplate the constant battles between man and nature. The concrete sea walls, defence groynes, shingle bags and rock armour are now all familiar structures. Yet somehow, despite their ugly form, they have become an accepted and integral feature in this AONB. I wanted to show the continual conflict of nature taking back what man has put there, and for me the black and white image accentuated this. The recent loss of Orfordness Lighthouse is most poignant, and I like so many others will truly miss this iconic landmark. The exhibition was due to take place at the Art Space Gallery in Woodbridge, Suffolk from 19th – 25th November 2020 but due to the Covid-19 lockdown can no longer go ahead in its physical form. It has been rescheduled for 25th February - 3rd March 2021. However, as the anniversary of the AONB is in 2020 it was decided that it would be nice to hold a digital exhibition instead. The page will be live between the 14th and 30th November. All the images are available to purchase as prints and will be dispatched at the end of November in time for Christmas. All the images are available to order with 10% donated to the Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) to help fund future projects. Click here for the exhibition.
Evening Light, Southwold
Final Days, Orfordness Lighthouse
Shorelines, Shingle Street
Tree Sculpture, Covehithe
© Shelagh Allen Photography
