Today, I spent an absorbing hour reading about George Davison. I was reminded of his famous picture, ‘The Onion Field’. Taken with a pinhole camera and printed on rough paper, Davison was a wonderful photographer of the ‘fuzzy school’.
Davison is reported to have said: ‘ …given a subject with really strong poetic possibilities in it, sharpness and detail will go a long way to render it commonplace.’ Hahaha!
Wow you’ve introduced me to a photographer I was unaware of. Love it thanks. The onion field was taken not to far from where I live
Thanks, would be interesting to see what it looks like now!
Your comments on the “fuzzy school” reminded me of Derek Parfitt and the mists and snows of Oxford, Venice and St Petersburg. Is there a connection? Philip
No connection.I understand that dear Derek hardly left All Souls other than to take pictures in Venice and St Petersburg.