'FOUR REFLECT' ON EYRE PLACE

A completely unexpected pleasure is to be had on Eyre Place at the moment – a photography exhibition in the congenial surroundings of the Roamin’ Nose café and bistro. 

The show comprises work by four local artists with a variety of interests in land-, sea- and cityscapes. 

Norwegian-born Paul Henni has a varied background in scultpure, design, seismology and information management. Although he sometimes works in colour, he looks principally for ‘subjects, form and tones’ suitable for monochrome images. 

Shown below is his ‘Behind Waterloo’, a cleverly composed study of light and shadow under the Regent Bridge.

Rod Hanchard-Goodwin has lived in Edinburgh for the last 12 years, and over the last four has twice been nominated for Landscape Photographer of the Year. He specialises in long-exposure photography, and has had work published in numerous magazines and calendars. Below is his ‘Zig Zag’ – stone strangely on the move like some hybrid serpent-submarine.

Eye-catching are the sun-lit parallels of ‘From the Mound’, and in particular the matching kinks of carriages and track at their centre. It’s a work by Paul McGuigan who seeks ‘different ways to use natural or artificial light to represent a subject, be it a person, animal, landscape, object or street scene’. I found this image's combination of clarity and clutter, stillness and sinuous commotion, fascinating. 

‘Erosion’ by Dougie Williams is a work of great subtlety, for all its apparent lack of complication. Now resident in Musselburgh, Williams says ‘I love nothing more than to completely immerse myself in long exposure landscape and seascape photography. For me, it is very important to simplify the process as much as possible by clearing my mind of all external daily influences to allow me to feel totally absorbed in the shot – creating an almost Zen-like approach’. It works.

These have been four selections from what could easily have been a much longer list of technically admirable and artistically creative works. I urge you to see them for yourself.  AM

Four Reflect continues at the Roamin' Nose (14 Eyre Place) into the New Year.