Genre: Landscape Photography Taken from an elevated vantage point looking down on a patchwork of arable land; stone ruins are at the bottom right; a stone enclosure with attached dwelling is in the mid-distance with two men tending sheep. A large pond is by the edge of the raised coastline.
Godwin Archive: Geographical Prints of Shetland. Photographer(s): Godwin, Fay
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Larger duplicate prints of the Shetland Islands; they are mainly landscape prints taken in 1987; some of the prints appear in 'Our Forbidden Land' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1990) or 'The Edge of The Land' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1995).
Genre: Landscape Photography View across the bay to the walled ruins of the church in the distance; a bus has been abandoned in front of the graveyard by there water's edge. A seagull flies near to the viewer. Prints 1 and 2 are titled and signed, prints 2 and 3 are priced.
Genre: Landscape Photography A flat and bleak landscape with a caravan protected by a brick wall that has a tap attached to one of its corners; the caravan is tethered by a rope to a concrete slab. Published in 'The Edge of The Land' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1995) p.60 and chosen for the 'Landma...
Installations, South Mainland, Shetland, 1987. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Genre: Landscape Photography A garage is to the extreme left and the side of a modern bungalow to the extreme right, in between the two is a line of washing, a woman is partially visible behind the clothes she is putting out to dry; a dog and wheelbarrow are nearby. Prints 12 and 13 are titled ...
Genre: Portrait Photography A woman wearing a tourist 'Shetland Islands' apron stands by a counter top where she has a pair of scissors in her hand ready to fillet a fish. Published on page 49 'The Edge of The Land' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1995).
Burial cairn and barn, Grobsness, Shetland 1987. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Genre: Landscape Photography Small boulders placed in a circle are at the top of a small incline, remains of the side of a stone barn are to the extreme right; the roof of a modern cottage is visible at the base of the hill (centre) and an electricity pole is to the left. Prints 17 and 18 are t...
Genre: Landscape Photography A view of marshland with a small pool of water in the foreground; it has a patch of tall grass at its centre and the sun is reflected in the water nearest the viewer. Published in 'Our Forbidden Land' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1990) p.153 and 'Landmarks: A Survey' (St...
[The Bight of Haggrister, Shetland.] Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Genre: Landscape Photography Taken from a hillside, a herd of sheep stand in the bottom right corner with more sheep roaming the grassland; the sandbar is in the mid-distance. Published on page 35 of 'The Edge of The Land' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1995).
Bight of Haggrister, Shetland. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Genre: Landscape Photography Taken from a hillside, with sheep grazing on grassland divided by narrow stream; the sandbar is in the mid-distance (right). Prints 36 and 37 are titled (print 36 'Hagg[r]ister Bight, Shetland, 1988', it is also priced).