Photographer, Guy Sargent from West London gives us a taste of his amazing skill to capture the stillness of a landscape as well as the splendour and grandness of some of today’s architecture. ‘What lies beneath the surface’ displays, from across Europe, landscapes as their creator intended – natural, untamed and free from the impact of humankind. From the following interview you will begin to get a feel for Sargent’s passion for his profession, “There are elements of romanticism, the spiritual & political in this work. In a way I just want to say as much as I can using as little information as possible.”
Guy Sargent has an uncanny knack for capturing feeling in his work; whether it be the quiet calmness and serenity of an undisturbed, rocky English shore – or the humbled, awe inspired feeling when one stands in the shadow of the Grande Arche…
Tell us a little about yourself, where are you from and where are you living now?
Born in 1965 I’m originally from Hertfordshire in the UK but now live in West London.
At what age did your interest in photography develop? (Pardon the pun)
At age 14 I was given a Kodak EK6 instant film camera for my birthday but I could rarely afford the film so it didn’t get much use. Later on I bought a Praktica SLR, quickly followed by black & white darkroom equipment…
What photographers/photographs have inspired you?
When it comes to inspiration I have to admit that painters play a much bigger role than photographers, Velasquez, Turner, de Hooch and others. Although I admire the work of hundreds of photographers the one that stays with me the most is Bill Brandt, his surrealist leanings and sense of detachment constantly inform me.
Did you go to a photography school or take a course in photography? Or are you self taught?
I’m completely self-taught, lots of experimentation, reading of books etc.
Once you have an understanding of the basic stuff like f-stops the camera becomes like any other tool, you just move on to the important stuff, composition, lighting, and philosophy…
Where are the majority of your photographs captured?
The photographs in my current portfolio are for the most part all taken in the UK. Others are from short trips to Paris, Venice and most recently Sicily.
What type of assignments do you prefer?
The ones that rarely, if ever happen like go and photograph anything you would like to!
I particularly liked your ‘what lies beneath the surface’ series, can you tell us the story behind this project?
In early 2006 my attitude to making photographs shifted from the mechanical/observational way of doing things and I began to introduce philosophy and a more rigorous discipline. It’s a tough one to answer fully as I am aware that my vision is changing as I seek to extend it constantly.
There are elements of romanticism, the spiritual & political in this work.
In a way I just want to say as much as I can using as little information as possible.
What is the worst thing about being a professional photographer?
I haven’t always been able to work full time as a photographer so I don’t see much bad in it.
And the best?
Being involved every day with something you love doing is priceless!
How would one go about becoming a professional photographer? Any advice for those would be photographers?
If I were young and felt strongly about it I would go to college, assist and learn all aspects of it from the commercial business side to the ever growing art side.
If I were middle aged like me I’d make sure I believed strongly in my own work and do just what the worlds greatest living artist told me to do… “Trust yourself”.
www.guysargent.com
A huge thanks to Guy from the Design Tavern – Your passion for photography is truly inspirational.
If some one wants expert view about running a blog then i recommend him/her to go to see this blog, Keep up the pleasant job.
My relatives every time say that I am killing my time here at
net, except I know I am getting experience all the time by reading such
nice posts.
Hi Dear, are you really visiting this site on a
regular basis, if so afterward you will without
doubt obtain pleasant knowledge.
Hi! I know this is kinda off topic however I’d figured I’d ask.
Would you be interested in trading links or
maybe guest writing a blog post or vice-versa? My blog goes over
a lot of the same subjects as yours and I believe we could
greatly benefit from each other. If you happen to be interested feel free
to send me an email. I look forward to hearing from
you! Great blog by the way!
Howdy, i read your blog occasionally and i own a similar
one and i was just curious if you get a lot of spam comments?
If so how do you protect against it, any plugin or anything you can recommend?
I get so much lately it’s driving me crazy so any help is very much appreciated.
I am really enjoying the theme/design of your website.
Do you ever run into any internet browser compatibility issues?
A handful of my blog visitors have complained about my
site not working correctly in Explorer but looks great in Chrome.
Do you have any recommendations to help fix this problem?
naturally like your web-site but you have to test the spelling
on several of your posts. A number of them are
rife with spelling problems and I in finding it very troublesome to tell the reality then again I will definitely come again again.
It’s difficult to find knowledgeable people in this particular topic, however, you sound like you know what
you’re talking about! Thanks
Everyone loves it when individuals get together and share thoughts.
Great blog, continue the good work!
If you wantdesirewish forwould like to increaseimprovegrow your experienceknowledgefamiliarityknow-how onlysimplyjust keep visiting this websiteweb sitesiteweb page and be updated with the latestnewestmost recentmost up-to-datehottest newsinformationgossipnews update posted here.
Greetings! I’ve been following your site for a long time now and finally got the courage to go ahead and give you a shout out from Austin Texas!
Just wanted to mention keep up the good job!
Hmm it looks like your site ate my first comment (it
was super long) so I guess I’ll just sum
it up what I had written and say, I’m thoroughly enjoying your
blog. I too am an aspiring blog blogger but I’m still new to the whole thing.
Do you have any helpful hints for first-time blog writers?
I’d definitely appreciate it.
My programmer is trying to convince me to move to .net from PHP.
I have always disliked the idea because of the expenses.
But he’s tryiong none the less. I’ve been using WordPress on a
number of websites for about a year and am nervous about switching to another
platform. I have heard great things about blogengine.net.
Is there a way I can transfer all my wordpress content into it?
Any kind of help would be really appreciated!
When some one searches for his vital thing, so he/she desires to be available that in detail,
therefore that thing is maintained over here.
very few sites that occur to become in depth beneath, from our point of view are undoubtedly nicely worth checking out
usually posts some very exciting stuff like this. If you are new to this site
GoodGreatVery good infoinformation. Lucky me I foundI discoveredI came acrossI ran acrossI recently found your websiteyour siteyour blog by accidentby chance (stumbleupon). I haveI’ve bookmarked itsaved itbook marked itbook-marked itsaved as a favorite for later!
Link exchange is nothing else except it is only placing the
other person’s blog link on your page at proper place and other
person will also do similar in favor of you.
My partner and I stumbled over here from a different page and thought I might as well check things out.
I like what I see so now i am following you. Look forward to finding out about your web page again.
Heya! I realize this is somewhat off-topic but I needed to ask.
Does operating a well-established blog such as yours take a large amount of
work? I am completely new to writing a blog however I do write in my journal daily.
I’d like to start a blog so I can share my experience and views online.
Please let me know if you have any kind of recommendations or tips
for new aspiring blog owners. Thankyou!
If there is someone who can surprise you with his work, that is none other than VALLADARES OSCAR MARTINEZ,
Discover the site of one of the greatest photographers of all time.
His vision is not preferred.
You can see their evolution year against year of
an easy way … collection after collection.
Outstanding story there. What happened after? Good luck!
whoah this blog is fantastic i like studying your posts.
Stay up the great work! You recognize, lots of people are hunting round for this info, you can help them greatly.
Terrific work! This is the type of information that should be shared across the web.
Shame on Google for no longer positioning this put up higher!
Come on over and discuss with my site . Thank you =)
Great post! We are linking to this great content on our site.
Keep up the great writing.
It’s remarkable to go to see this web page and reading the views of all friends about this
piece of writing, while I am also zealous of getting
experience.
just beneath, are numerous entirely not connected websites to ours, having said that, they may be surely really worth going over
Hiya very nice website!! Guy .. Beautiful ..
Superb .. I will bookmark your website and take the feeds also?
I am glad to search out a lot of useful info
here within the publish, we want work out more techniques on this regard,
thanks for sharing. . . . . .
After I initially left a comment I seem to have clicked on the -Notify me when new
comments are added- checkbox and now whenever a comment is added I
recieve 4 emails with the exact same comment. There has to
be a way you can remove me from that service? Thank you!
Thanks for ones marvelous posting! I really enjoyed reading it, you will be
a great author. I will be sure to bookmark your blog and definitely will come back in the future.
I want to encourage that you continue your great writing, have a nice afternoon!
although web-sites we backlink to below are considerably not associated to ours, we feel they may be truly really worth a go by, so have a look
When someone writes an piece of writing he/she retains the plan of a user in his/her brain that
how a user can know it. Therefore that’s why this post
is amazing. Thanks!
Howdy! This article couldn’t be written any better!
Looking at this article reminds me of my previous roommate!
He continually kept preaching about this. I am going to forward this information to him.
Fairly certain he’ll have a good read. Many
thanks for sharing!
very few internet websites that transpire to be in depth beneath, from our point of view are undoubtedly nicely really worth checking out
The time to study or pay a visit to the subject material or web sites we’ve linked to beneath.
I was curious if you ever thought of changing the structure of your website?
Its very well written; I love what youve got to say. But
maybe you could a little more in the way of content so people could connect with it
better. Youve got an awful lot of text for only having one or 2 pictures.
Maybe you could space it out better?
I love your blog.. very nice colors & theme.
Did you make this website yourself or did you hire
someone to do it for you? Plz respond as I’m looking
to construct my own blog and would like to know where u got
this from. kudos
I loved as much as you willyou’ll receive carried out right here. The sketch is tastefulattractive, your authored subject mattermaterial stylish. nonetheless, you command get boughtgot an edginessnervousnessimpatienceshakiness over that you wish be delivering the following. unwell unquestionably come furthermore formerly again sinceas exactly the same nearly a lotvery often inside case you shield this increasehike.
Hi there, after reading this awesome article i am as well glad to share my
experience here with friends.
I am now not certain the place you’re getting your info, however good topic.
I must spend a while studying much more or working out more.
Thanks for great information I used to be searching for this info for
my mission.
I every time emailed this weblog post page to all
my contacts, for the reason that if like to read it after that my links will too.
This is very interesting, You’re a very skilled
blogger. I’ve joined your rss feed and look forward to seeking more of your fantastic post.
Also, I’ve shared your web site in my social networks!
I’m really loving the theme/design of your web site.
Do you ever run into any internet browser compatibility problems?
A few of my blog audience have complained about my website not operating correctly in Explorer
but looks great in Chrome. Do you have any ideas to help
fix this issue?
Howdy! This is kind of off topic but I need some help from an established blog.
Is it very difficult to set up your own blog?
I’m not very techincal but I can figure things out pretty fast.
I’m thinking about creating my own but I’m not sure where to start.
Do you have any points or suggestions? Thanks
Whats up are using WordPress for your blog platform?
I’m new to the blog world but I’m trying to get started and set up
my own. Do you require any html coding expertise to make your
own blog? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
When I initially commented I clicked the “Notify me when new comments are added” checkbox and now each time a comment is added I get four
emails with the same comment. Is there any way
you can remove people from that service? Thanks
a lot!
here are some links to web pages that we link to for the reason that we assume they may be really worth visiting
although sites we backlink to beneath are considerably not connected to ours, we feel they are essentially worth a go via, so have a look
we came across a cool site that you simply could get pleasure from. Take a search should you want
Its not my first time to pay a quick visit this web site, i am visiting this
web page dailly and obtain fastidious information from
here all the time.