Joe Cornish Photographer.

Joe Cornish is one the most respected Landscape photographers in the world .  Some of Joe's picture are truly insparing the few that are seen below are the sort that I shell try and copy.  The berries and the leaves I can link to the ones that I have produced.

Joe Cornish was born in Exeter in 1958. He studied art at Reading University, where he first came under the spell of photography. After graduating in 1980, he worked as an assistant for four years in London and Washington DC. A few years of penury as a young working photographer followed.

In 1986 his early travel and landscape photography was accepted into Charlie Waite's photo library, Landscape Only. From 1986 to 1995 Joe was responsible for either all or the majority of the photography in more than thirty travel books; these years were the proving ground for the landscape work that was to follow. In 1991 he went to Alaska with Raleigh International as expedition photographer. Alaska inspired Joe's commitment to wild places and wilderness. His first job for the National Trust was the 1990 book, In Search of Neptune, and he has continued to work freelance for the Trust ever since. These experiences have convinced him of the vital role photography plays as an advocate for environmental protection.

Joe moved to North Yorkshire in 1993. After a decade shooting 35mm and 6x6 film, in 1995 he started working with a Horseman SW 612 wide-angle camera. After another year he switched to 5x4. It was a move that allowed Joe to develop the style that characterises his work today. With friends Joni and Joe Essex, Joe started Joegraphic in 1999, publishing cards and calendars. Starting in Stokesley, the acquisition of Register House in Northallerton in 2004 led to the formation of Joe Cornish Galleries. The Joe Cornish Northallerton gallery holds a permanent exhibition of Joe's work, as well as his print archive. Exhibitions by visiting photographers are also held occasionally.

Books continue to be the heart of Joe's photographic output, and he has contributed to many National Trust publications, especially Coast and Countryside, first published in 1996. First Light, a Landscape Photographers Art, was his first book as an author as well as photographer.