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Nice feedback and some nice images...

Thanks to Mrs. Clarke for passing on some good feedback about the lessons on LANDSCAPES so far.
We have been getting some interesting poems in from you when asked about how you 'view' or imagine landscapes to be. We'll be showcasing more of your work in the New Year.
Thanks also to my friend Simon for telling me about the work of Josef Hoflehner, who is a photographer of LANDSCAPES. He has a particular style of photography which takes the key elements of a landscape. Check out his FROZEN HISTORY site for more sets of images, including the eponymous Frozen History set which has images of the hut used by Sir Ernest Shackleton on his Antarctic expeditions. The one below is from the snowscapes series, and is an example of the images. Check them out. He has an exhibition on in London at the moment.
Image Copyright: Josef Hoflehner "Early Snow"

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