Portfolio V - 2020

This year was, unlike the previous few, without any major travel. Although I did move from the UK to Switzerland, which did give me a new place to explore and photograph. Even with that I took a fraction of the number of photos I usually take in a year in 2020, which left me with not much to choose from for this selection. I chose to still put it together though because I like that this has become somewhat of a yearly reflection (even if it does take me the better part of the next year to put them together) and I thought that given it was somewhat of an interesting year it could be nice to have this record.

Along with the reduced number of photos taken came a complete lack of work towards any larger serious projects, although I have started a couple of collections of images taken with my phone that could become something eventually.

Black & white photo looking across a canal at the path and hedgerow on the other side, with two small billboards covered in graffiti

Grand Union Canal

Black & white photo looking down through a tree at a canal and towpath

Worcester & Birmingham Canal I

Black & white photo of an old bridge over a narrow canal

Worcester & Birmingham Canal II

Black & white photo of a tall concrete pillar in a river, with a poster of a nature scene near the base

Sihl

Black & white photo of a narrow road snakeing into the distance, with a tall partially wooded cliff taking up the entire background

Stockwald

Black & white photo of a mountainous scene looking down at a lake, streaks of snow partially cover the ground

Melchsee

Black & white photo looking down at a cloud inversion in a mountain valley

Bettenalp

Black & white photo of a section of a 70s apartment building with 4 balconies

Balconies I

Black & white photo of an apartment building behind a few trees

Balconies II

Black & white photo of a dead leaf covered grassy patch with 3 trees in front of an apartment building

Siedlung Langgrüt

Black & white photo of a frosty pine forest with a TV tower in the fog in the background

Fernsehturm Üetliburg

Black & white photo of a tree with a padded coushin strapped to the base

Schlittelweg Üetliberg

This year actually came with a change in equipment. I swapped out my Hasselblad 500C/M for a newer 501C, and with the change gained an 80mm CB lens, which which all but one of the above images were taken. I did however stick with the trusty Ilford HP5+ throughout, all shot at 400 except the last two which were at 800.


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