Landscape was central to Fay Godwin’s photography and she became a leader in the field. This image of a flooded tree with its roots partially submerged in Derwentwater in the Lake District has great sensitivity. It captures the atmosphere of the place on a grey winter’s day.
Flooded Tree Derwentwater 1981 photographic print by Fay Godwin (1931-2005).
This photograph of a flooded tree with its roots partially submerged in Derwentwater in the Lake District was commissioned for the Presences of Nature exhibition at Tullie House in 1981.
Godwin was a leading landscape photographer also well known for her portrait photographs of authors. Her landscape photographs taken with great sensitivity capture the atmosphere of the place.
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery collection, purchased from the artist with the generous assistance of the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund 1981
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