introducing: David Radcliff

We are deviating slightly from the norm with the next issue of Len’s Journal. All the photographers featured in this next issue are connected by having attended Len and Shirley’s ‘Abstract Retreat’. This is a week-long retreat in the Blue Mountains in Australia where the participants totally get away from it and and are able to focus purely on their photography. The creativity flows when you have a group of five people in a house together all madly photographing and pushing themselves to make abstract work and handmade books! Not only that, but with teaching and guidance from Len and Shirley, and a drop in zoom session with Doug Chinnery, the seeds were sown for some really compelling work to be made. We could not resist gathering it together and presenting it here for you.

David Radcliff joined Len on the week-long ‘Abstract Retreat’ in Leura in the Blue Mountains, Australia. The retreat was planned for that wonderful time of year when the gardens are springing into life and we had the opportunity to photograph lots of flowers. David admitted that flowers were not his usual subject, but he embraced them wholeheartedly! Combining these beautiful flowers with abstract camera techniques, David has produced an inspiring set of work.

Len says: “David’s work has inspired many of us in his two recent shows conducted as part of an artists trail. Here, he explores the beauty in the spring gardens, and takes us on an almost impressionist journey, that has so many references to Claude Monet. These images are mesmerising and powerful”.

To see more of David’s work, please visit him on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidradcliff

This image is part of a series of David’s work that will appear in Len’s Journal Volume 3 Issue 2, due for publication in May 2023. Subscribe to the print edition of Len’s Journal here.

Photograph reproduced with permission. Photograph copyright © David Radcliff 2023