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Image © Jim Paterson

On-line Zoom meeting held 9 September 2020

While the topic was ‘Land’, there was an opportunity for individual projects and images of the LIPc’s visit to Tate Modern on 03 September.

As always, there were widely different interpretations of the topic from Austin’s photographs of the geometric basalt columns of Staffa to the vast scale of the pink sandstone features of the Gobi Desert as captured by Janet. Geoff’s faded cinematic images of the Australian outback told a story – a place where people talk of “being on the land” but where it’s really all about the water. Iron-age Lindow man (also known in jest as Pete Marsh) was found preserved in the peat bogs near Tony Nicholls’ home and here the silvery remains of pine trees, more than 400 years old, have been exposed. Rashida indulged herself with images from the land of the three countries she has called home: the lavender farms of Hertfordshire, parks in South Africa and “the Fall” in Canada. Hady’s images were, as he described them, “down to earth”, while Jim’s addressed how man has shaped ‘Land’ by building walls and laying hedges, rearing sheep and growing crops. Likewise Robin’s photo of Canada in the Fall had a “Private” sign in matching colours. Edey experimented with how she sees things, creating a side bar to create a detailed foreground set against a wider landscape.

Away from the theme of Land, newcomer Yas Crawford showed some fascinating images which she says are about the “grey space” between art and science – from cellular images to neural pathways, sometimes augmented manually. Another newcomer, Sukhy Hullait showed images of his family, in particular his two sons, who had grown closer during lockdown, his sensitive documentary-style photographs providing a precious record of this time. Ingrid continues her exploration of Identity with superimposed images of four generations of the female line – not necessarily a healing process but one that has drawn Ingrid closer to her mother.

The LIPc visit to Tate Modern was captured by several photographers, providing an amusing and personal record of the group, the art and the building.


Jim Paterson


Edith Templeton


Yas Crawford


Janet Nabney


Ingrid Newton


Anna Lerner


Alec Wyllie