Framing the Landscape
Have you come across this picture frame on a walk or have you ever photographed it? Did you know there was more than one of them in the localish area?
Do you have any images of yourself or yourselves in any of the picture frames? Do you know where the others are?
“To see the spirit of Yorkshire and its moors through your eyes is one thing
Many people look but only a few will see and feel its very soul. ”Ashley Jackson 1970
This is one of 5 picture-frames that were installed around the Yorkshire area as a project thought up by Ashley Jackson, a local artist with the support of the National Trust and Walker Morris Lawyers.
Today we parked up at the nearby carpark as Wessenden Moor and braved the elements to walk into the picture postcard landscape. It was a tad blowy to say the least! We would have used a tripod to take a photo of us in the landscape but the weather really wasn’t playing fair and the camera would have ended up in a bog.
As an artist I have been fortunate to view the moors with an honest clarity, the drama of the sky with an approaching storm, the crispness of fresh fallen snow under foot or the damp chill of drizzling rain. The landscape is more than a passing view from a car window it is our heritage, culture and more personally it forms part of our thoughts and feelings. There is so much for us to appreciate, enjoy, embrace and be inspired by, if we choose to see. Ashley Jackson
The 5 frames can be found at :
Hardcastle Crags
Brimham Rocks
Holme Moss
Roseberry Topping
Wessenden Moor
Find out more about the background of the project on the Framing the Landscape website.
Author: Jude Gidney - Editor
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