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=**JOE CORNISH**= =Biography = Joe was born in Exeter in 1958. He studied art at Reading University, where he first came under the spell of photography. After graduating in 1980, two years assisting in Washington DC and two years assisting studio and car photographers in London prepared him for a career in mainstream commercial photography.

The North York Moors and coast are Joe's personal Yosemite, and other outstanding landscapes of northern England have been a further source of inspiration not too far away. He also has a deep affinity for Scotland's magnificent coast and mountains, and has travelled widely throughout the UK for the National Trust, specialising in particular on the coastline. He believes he must have seen as much of the British coast from the land, as anyone else alive. Joe has continued to be involved in books, having contributed heavily to many National Trust publications, especially //Coast// and //Countryside//, published in 1996. His first book as an author was //First Light, a Landscape Photographers Art//, 2002, now in its fifth printing. More recently he wrote and photographed //Scotland's Coast, a Photographer's Journey//, and shot the pictures for //Urbino// , (a hill town in central Italy) a rare departure into architectural photography. He writes regularly for Outdoor Photography and Amateur Photographer magazines, and his work has been featured in (American) Outdoor Photographer magazine. In January 2006 Amateur Photographer honoured him with their annual Power of Photography award. In 1999 Joe started Joegraphic, with designers Joni and Joe Essex, a business devoted to producing a range of cards and calendars. This has since grown and is now developing into __ [|Joe Cornish Galleries] __ as a trademark. It includes the production of limited edition prints, two galleries, and embraces a publishing programme that also features the work of other fine photographers. Joe has given lectures on landscape photography throughout the UK and as far afield as New Zealand. He is an experienced workshop leader, having led tours for Charlie Waite's company, Light and Land for a decade, and also for Inversnaid photography workshops. Photographic companies who work with Joe include Lee Filters, Fujifilm UK, Gitzo and Lowepro.

=Vision, Values = 'I am one of those people usually happiest when outdoors, so first of all shooting landscape is simply a fusion of the work I love doing most, which is making pictures, in the place I most enjoy being, which is outside. I first started to see light as a 'quality' in its own right while I was still at school, messing about with pencils and paints. When I discovered the camera at university there was an immediate 'correct fit'. I was still making pictures, but with light. I was instantly happy with the camera.

Joe Carnish uses the outdoors for his photos. This is where his passion and happiness comes from.

- The lighting used in Joe Cornish's photography is key. He uses lighting in interesting ways, and they always make his pictures look that much better.





