In My Mind's Eye: Seeing in Black And White

by Charlie Waite

For more than 20 years, Charlie Waite’s images have enthralled lovers of landscape photography everywhere. Now, in a very special collection, he presents the first volume devoted solely to his black-and -white pictures. In the great tradition of Edward Weston and Ansel Adams, he finds in black and white a perfect vehicle for revealing his creative vision. These photographs are rich in reflective surfaces and filled with texture, luminosity, and mystery. Amateur photographers will appreciate the plate index with information on the camera used, the lens, film, exposure, and filter.

 

"…this book explores an exciting and dramatically new aspect of [Waite’s] work...[It] will take your breath away and I highly recommend picking up a copy."—Shutterbug.

Genres: Photography

131 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2003

About the author

Charlie Waite is firmly established as one of the world’s leading Landscape photographers. His photographic style is often considered to be unique, in that his photographs convey an almost spiritual quality of serenity and calm. Charlie's photographs are held in private and corporate collections throughout the world, and he has held numerous solo exhibitions at prestigious venues in the UK, Japan and the USA.

With over 30 books to his name, Charlie's images are recognised around the world. Charlie was recently featured in Amateur Photographer Magazine's series Icons of Modern Photography, and his images have received wide critical acclaim over many years. A recent article in Royal West of England Academy Art Magazine featuring Charlie's work commented “Waite’s landscapes are rare perfections of light, colour and composition, and offer the viewer a luxuriant portrait of a planet at peace”.

In 2000 Charlie was awarded the prestigious honorary fellowship to the British Institute of Professional Photographers and in early 2007 was presented with Amateur Photography’s Power of Photography Award, which is given to a photographer whose work is deemed to effectively demonstrate the powerful and memorable images of which photography is capable. Also a sought after writer, public speaker and television presenter, Charlie has featured in numerous photographic and broadsheet publications, DVDs and television programmes on photography.

- from his website

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of black and white photographs. Sometimes compelling, occasionally clever. I feel that Waite sometimes seems to be trying to capture the spirit of a whole country in one landscape; for some images, I'm left feeling that he's succeeded.
Repetition within the images and contrast between successive images are used to good effect. This is the third time I've gone through it (admittedly, over a period of many years) and I still find new things in the pictures.