David Ward Exhibition Talks - David Ward, "Overlooked"

A couple of weeks back I visited the Joe Cornish gallery to give a talk, along with Joe Cornish and Lizzie Shepherd, at David Ward's exhibition, "Overlooked".
Head over to the article to see the images that David talks about:
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[@christophermason7735]

I'm really enjoying and benefiting from this talk. Thank you

[@tobywilliams707]

Yes. Spot on! Thanks for that talk

[@iaincphotography6051]

Sublime, and I am with you all the way.

[@derricksansome236]

Superb. I am inspired to look closer.

[@ashvarma2486]

Hi David, many thanks for sharing. Wonderful images and great presentation.

[@jamesjohnston6765]

The personalization of one's work these days is based on an ever increasing need to share these visions as David does. I live near Niagara Falls and go there weekly, always looking for new details. Everybody has photos of the standard views, but how many have stopped to observe the ever changing patterns in the rapids above the falls, the changing of the seasons and how that effects the color tones and plant life. These are the images that show what gives me a personal emotional response to a location, and others look at those images and feel something special as well.

[@hardtofind66]

I suggest warm Mushroom Tea could be just the thing to try on your next visit. Contemplative and Receptive , Peaceful too - i'm sure.

[@janeberrisford8555]

A lovely presentation - thanks for sharing !

[@donwyates]

Exquisite, sublime images. I wish to see through these eyes.

[@arbez101]

Your refined eye, descriptive language, and intriguing images make for a masterfully inspiring presentation. Thank you very kindly Sir.

[@scotthumphrey4624]

Everything you said is valid. Photography is a personal reflection of the individual behind the camera. And ever changing.

[@victorcarmelo8606]

Stunning imagery. I love how something that is not given a second look by many, becoming such a beautiful abstract, the torn linen, ripples, lines in stone or wood etc. Wonderful.

[@ralphbennett5207]

Thanks you to all involved in providing this. Many moments for thought, and I have learnt some new words. Did manage to see the exhibition when visiting Hexham, a short detour.

[@belchxx]

Amazing presentation.

[@markjutsum6187]

Outstanding observations and creations, a magic eye. Very inspirational. Thanks MArk Jutsum

[@markbray3038]

Very enjoyable video thanks David Ward.

[@davidward3985]

I'm glad that you enjoyed it :-)

[@mrsp3992]

A fabulous set of images by Mr Ward. I wish I were as receptive as he seems to be.

[@fijiimages]

Thank you so much for publishing this. I love David’s work and it has been terrific to hear him talk about it and where his inspiration for it comes from. The images are just superb.

[@warrenswales5693]

Thoroughly enjoyable to hear words I can utterly empathise with, but otherwise struggled to find myself in voicing an approach to photography that resonates with me. Thank you David for sharing your wonderful photographic deeds & thoughts. Good to know there is a fellow contrarian traveller out there I can be inspired and motivated by: and to know I should pursue more closely what I find pleasing for myself in my own creative endeavours. 👍👏

[@Janbwebster]

This was a fantastic complementary talk to the interview on the Togcast. Great to see the images and to hear the artist talk about them.

[@chrisward347]

Inspiring and eye opening, thank you for sharing

[@orbitaljellyfish808]

This was really good 👏👏

[@dhwardphoto]

I did a double take when this popped up on my recommended videos list. I certainly don't remember doing any talks recently ;) Great talk and good food for thought!

[@jmswts]

Excellent insight into your methodology and thought process! Some interesting thought on the static nature of highly trafficked locations vs the dynamic nature of more intimate scenes, thank you. Also; I'm pretty sure the correct nomenclature for the type of Instagram images you were discussing is "Bangers".

[@deltafit]

Inspiring!

[@artemsapegin]

Thank you David, this is an incredible presentation (and photos!), and resonates with me and my approach to photography (and how it changed over time) very much!

[@eleeadams]

Great presentation!

[@davidward3985]

Thank you Ed!

[@mypixelchrome]

I like the “portrait” in the sand top right at 18:30. Lovely image.

[@michaelconchscooter8940]

I live in Key West and my amateur snaps have nothing to do with coconut palms, bars, and saturated sunsets. I am no great photographer but I am trying to learn, so I’m not threatened by Instagram; on the contrary it is a superb learning tool. Before digital photography my snaps died a curly death in a shoebox. Now my quirky memories are there for me to enjoy safe in the cloud and that is wonderful. That a few hundred others get pleasure from my snaps of a different view of Key West is a pleasant bonus. Sneering at the “madding crowd” is unnecessary if they and their massive followings don’t threaten you.

[@carlstawicki1915]

10:35 Incredible!

[@clivehutchby6204]

The photographs in this video are stunning - but, of course, most are taken at stunning locations. I'd like to ask this question (football analogy coming up): Do you think you could take similarly great photographs on a cold, wet Tuesday in Stoke? My guess is the answer is yes . . . and I would like to see them! How about that for your next assignment?

[@dtravisphd]

Beautiful images David. But isn't there something contrary about shleping all the way to New Zealand only to photograph ripples in the sand? Why not photograph closer to home?

[@davidward3985]

Hi David, Of course I didn't just make that one image when I was there. But even if I had, that sand and the light that kissed it were unique. And of course I also photograph sand closer to home. The image was made on a visit to my partner's family, not on a photographic trip. Thank you, anyway, for calling me contrarian; it's a title I'm proud to wear! ;-)

[@dtravisphd]

@@davidward3985 Your talk makes the point that there is beauty in the quotidian. It's certainly encouraged me to focus on the details closer to home rather than the big vistas many hours away.

[@davidward3985]

Hi David, that's a photographic journey that I have found very satisfying over the last 20+ years. Enjoy!

[@aronreyn]

Well, guess what, you can have Stokksnes and Vestra Horn all by your self again ;-)

[@jimioutback]

I'm guessing all these now-well-known locations like Lofoten Islands, Antelope Canyon, etc. etc. were old and well known even the first time you and Joe visited, pioneered a decade or more earlier by guys like Michael Fatali. You/we photographers all should stop saying precisely where things are because social media is completely ruining locations like this and Zion National Park. Does anyone know how to cripple Google image search?!

[@largeformatlandscape]

It could have been dust on my monitor as I was processing the video..

[@jimioutback]

@@largeformatlandscape Oh Hi Tim. Didn't know you were involved. I really like David's images and philosophy - my fave shot of his is probably still the icy Merced River below El Capitan, though I really like the dry riverbed image in this presentation, wishing only that the bottom portion was more in focus. Weary of the crowds in national parks, last time near Yosemite I camped right beside the Merced River many miles from the park, and the tranquillity was very refreshing...like I imagine the park might have been in the fifties. Regarding the sensor dust marks in the first image, occasionally I am tempted to publish photos with these dirty sensor marks myself and caption them "sensor dirt courtesy of Sony/Nikon/Canon" etc. lol. I don't know why manufacturers like Sony (though I know David shoots LF and Fuji) don't incorporate a sensor dust cover which only flips out of the way to briefly reveal the sensor during the exposure. Hey are you still doing drum scans of LF film these days? Cheers

[@largeformatlandscape]

@@jimioutback Still running drumscanning.co.uk and was out the last few days shooting 5x4 and 10x8! My talk (to be uploaded around christmas) included David's Merced River shot, my favourite too!! I do like that I can actually get to the sensor more easily with these mirrorless cameras!

[@jimioutback]

​@@largeformatlandscape Cool. Look forward to that talk, Tim, and I like your taste in David's photos lol: that El Capitan shot conveys the mood of the place beautifully, and in such an intimate way as to exclude any thought of tourists, which is a big bonus. I sold my D810 recently, and then couldn't find a suitable replacement that felt like a significant upgrade, without spending half a mortgage on body and a few good lenses, so I grabbed my Wista 45SP for the first time in years just before a trip to USA, having sold 4 of my 5 lenses after Fuji stopped making Quickload film and Cibachrome paper (things seem to go downhill in film photography), and while incredibly rusty, I still enjoyed being back under the darkcloth. That 45SP camera seems not to be very stable though, so I'm looking for a replacement, maybe an Arca-Swiss F-Line or F-Metric, which while expensive, seems better value in some ways than a A7R4 and a few Zeiss GM lenses. I would love to try 8x10, but shopping for some 8x10 Velvia last week while eyeing up the Intrepid Mk2, I was shocked to discover that 20 sheets of Velvia 50 would cost about £550 by the time they arrived from Japan, and Revenue and Customs took their insulting pound of flesh on top.

[@davidward3985]

@@jimioutback Glad you enjoyed the talk! Do you mean the image with the breaking wave? The "dust marks" are birds flying past during the exposure. The river bed image was made without a tilt adapter, as far as I can remember. Bye for now D