Toby Smith

In his photographies, Toby Smith creates a world of his own. From my very first contact with his work, I have to admit that I was shaken -altogether- by the perfect mastering of lights that seems to be out of our world and a personal sense of space that is most perceptible in the Estranged series where I extracted the following image, “Carriageway”.

Carriageway, Copyright (C) Toby Smith

Carriageway, Copyright (C) Toby Smith

I shot this image during the snowstorms of 2009 that swept across the South of England. With severe weather warnings all of the roads and landscape were ghostly quiet.  I spent two night exploring the landscapes in my car looking for subject matter that evoked the right feel.  Ironically turning my camera on the road and my own made a fantastic shot from a frozen cattle bridge. Images from this week went inspired me to complete my latest body of work “The Renewables Project” within Scotland but during the coldest months.

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