I had no aspirations to become a landscape photographer at all. In fact it was portraiture that was my beginning, I suppose. I have always been a very keen walker, though, and I often took a camera with me on my walks. But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living.
Fay GodwinI donโt get wrapped up in technique and the like. I have a simple rule and that is to spend as much time in the location as possible. You canโt expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years. And in fact I donโt believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing and light changes its character every second of every day. Thatโs why I love it so much.
Fay GodwinI've been working with the land for most of my life; walking it and photographing it. And I love it to bits.
Fay GodwinI had been working in colour for ten years or so and looked at digital and liked the possibilities it gave me.
Fay Godwin