Artist: Nicholas Hughes

Recently I've been thinking a lot about borders, dividers, barriers... etc. Whenever there is isolation, one of these must be present. These things occur in many different forms. I've started to document them photographically. Nicholas Hughes does this as well. His photos are all landscapes, which are beautiful and serene. I'm going beyond landscapes, but his ideas are interesting to read about, and his images pleasing to look at. He is also interested in isolation, and the benefits it provides.

Biography:
(from his website) "Nicholas Hughes is a UK based artist who works mainly within his immediate location whether that be - central London, the British coastline, Switzerland or Germany. His work has recently been shown at ‘Landscape’, the 5th International Photo Festival in Seoul 2005, Paris Photo at the Carrousel de Louvre 2005 and at ‘Earth’ The Houston twentieth Biennial Fotofest in 2006. He has a solo show at the Photographers’ Gallery in London from September – November 2007. He has pursued a career as a photographic artist since obtaining a first class Bachelor of Arts degree in 1998 followed by a Master's Degree from the London College of printing in 2002. His work is represented by The Photographers’ Gallery in London and by Gana Art Center in Seoul and has been featured in numerous publications, including Next Level, Hotshoe International, the Photographer and the British Journal of Photography, and is held in photographic collections worldwide."

Quotes:
“Immensity is within ourselves. It is attached to a sort of expansion of being that life curbs and caution arrests, but starts again when we are alone.”
-Gaston Bachelard (The Poetics of Space). Closing of Hughes' biography on his website.

"In overcoming feelings of isolation I concurred with Alpers’ affirmation that "Artists often need to be withdrawn from the world for the purpose of attending better to it." (Modern Painters)."

-Artist statement for "Verses I"

interview

gallery 1

gallery 2

artist's website