Sally Mason

Stilled Life

This series was taken during the Covid pandemic which resulted in the various social/cultural restrictions of lockdown. During this time, as life slowed for many, pockets of reflective time became part of the daily norm. For myself walking in the countryside with my camera became a necessary and restorative activity. I used a slow shutter speed and intentional camera movement to make images that ‘felt’ like being ’there’ in the landscape. The ‘captured’ movement had an ethereal quality that seemed to reflect the deceleration of our lived lives.

Photographer

Sally Mason

I am a landscape photographer based in the Cotswolds, UK. My engagement with photography began from an early age and continued throughout a long career as a film producer in London.

Since leaving the film industry it has become a full-time pursuit.

I spend much of my time walking the British countryside and coast – photographing nature’s incredible diversity – from wide open landscapes to little noticed details.

Conveying the emotion or feeling of being immersed in the landscape is more important to me than a literal representation. I aim to engage the viewer with the experience of being absorbed in and connected to nature. To offer a moment to reflect and feel at one with the natural world. The use of long exposures and intentional camera movement is an attempt to go beyond a merely ‘scenic’ form of representation. The gesture within the photograph reflects the ‘living’ nature of the subject and the fragility found therein.

My relationship with and my interpretation of the environment provides the foundation of my photography. My intuition is captivated and somehow liberated when in the landscape. I see movement and flow in everything and ICM (intentional camera movement) enables me to evoke the subtle, but constant motion I find there.

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