Tim Simmons is focused on an appreciation of nature and the connection between man and his environment. His large-scale artworks capture the feeling of a place within landscape, natural or urban, interpreting contour and texture in a way that alludes to its deeper, more elemental presence. He creates a haunting sense of atmosphere with lighting in a way that invites people into the space, into a room for reflection. He likes to communicate his ideas and is passionate about sustainability and balanced living. In 2011 his compelling images were shown on billboards along expressways across America.

Tim Simmons was born in London in 1955; he now lives and works in rural Norfolk. During his 25-year commercial career he shot for BA, Virgin Atlantic, Sony, BMW, Volvo, Ford, GM, Hewlett Packard, Harvey Nichols, Reebok, Nike and Adidas. For the past decade he has turned his attention to personal, environmental projects. Tim’s recent work has been published in Esquire, Exit, 125 Magazine and Centrefold. His photographs have been exhibited internationally, including solo shows at Galerie Christa Klubert, Berlin (2008), FAS Contemporary, London (2009) and a Public Art Commission in Philadelphia and Los Angeles (2011).

Daniel George is a Savannah, Georgia based photographer. His photographs document human relationships to the environment. This work is from his series, Natural Selection, in which he writes:

‘The contemporary landscape is detailed and intricate. It is divided into segments that are separately owned and diversely maintained. Through photography I am exploring these unique subsections that form this complex environment. I am focusing on variations of land, which reveal an individual’s personal reflection of, and relationship to the environment. Their interconnection is conveyed through directly manipulating and placing objects within the landscape. Often, the attempt is to emulate an ideal natural world.’

Carolyn Marks Blackwood is a fine art photographer based in New York. She photographs abstraction in nature from one spot on the Hudson River. She writes:

‘Photography gives me the excuse to go places and do things. With camera in hand, I have more courage than I normally would. I find many of my subjects and abstractions in nature-newly harvested cornfields, huge flocks of birds and ice as it moves on the tides and shatters like glass on the banks of the Hudson River. I shoot photographs the way I write, with the intention of moving people’.

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François Delfosse is an architect located in Belgium. This series of photographs, Antarctica – Glaciers & Caverns, are ‘viewed from the inside of a plastic bag’.

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Bernhard Kristinn is an advertising and fashion photographer centrally located in Reykjavik where he runs a studio and rental company. These are his photographs of Iceland’s Northern Lights.

Matteo Musci lives and works between San Francisco and Milan. After a couple of years in the late 90’s working as art-director in a big ad agency, he began shooting as a professional photographer. He writes: ‘This series, Walking Solo, is a quiet view of the American landscape. Mostly void of life forms, these images allow a moment alone to gaze in repose amid the often overlooked beauty of an empty truck stop or musty roadside motel suite.’

Nick Ballon is based in London where he works as an editorial and commercial photographer. He was born to the idiosyncratic parentage of a Bolivian restaurateur and an NHS chief executive from Petts Wood. Due to a developed interest in his mixed origin, Nick frequently ventures to Bolivia - a country he’s never permanently lived in - to pursue personal projects.

Since Nicks working aesthetic is shaped by a fascination with location and the hidden stories behind them, his exploratory quests brought him to the Chacaltaya glacier.

The 1800-year-old glacier used to be several metres deep in snow. In its heyday it was a fashionable Bolivian ski resort frequented by presidents and Olympic skiers. It was the highest ski resort in the world and the first to be built in Latin America. European alpinists used to travel here to acclimatize before venturing into the Andean wilderness. Now it is bedrock. The snow is gone and so is the glamour.