British photographer Paul Hart has photographed the natural world for over thirty years. Interested in our relationship with the landscape from both a cultural & an environmental perspective, he is recognised for his long-term landscape series. His work examines human-altered topography & our occupation & stewardship of the land, usually concentrating on one specific geographical region where he photographs intensively over a number of years. Hart works solely with the black & white analogue process, using medium format film cameras, & his practice involves all aspects of the photographic process. He is known as a leading printmaker & his work resides in major collections, incl. the Victoria & Albert Museum, the MoMA Library & the Hyman Collection. Recent solo exhibitions incl ; Truncated (Harley Foundation Museum, UK), The Fens (Etherton Gallery, USA) & Poetry of Place (Photographers' Gallery, UK). He has received a number of international awards & his work is often profiled in the press. Hart supports a number of environmental charities and regularly collaborates with the non-profit organisation Vital Impacts. He has designed and authored five monographs to date.
