Dear Nature, Ian fleming but as the smoke bloomed

but as the smoke bloomed in the rafters I could see it was true

Starting with a 1839 self-portrait the series seeks to make sense of the 21st Century’s photographic landscape by both examining its past and by identifying some of the latest photographic trends

photographer provocateur whose surreal 'Tokyo Nobody' became a bestseller

and former president Barack Obama

he describes his approach as “more like poetry than photojournalism – it attacks on the emotional level

Dear Nature, Ian fleming but as the smoke bloomedFirst edition, first impression of Dear Nature, by John Newling. Medium format softcover on new condition. About Frustrated by our dysfunctional relation with the earth, artist John Newling spent 81 days writing letters to Nature. Written with the sentiment of letters to a loved one, the artists correspondence takes you on a journey through the history of agriculture, religion and economics, exploring the values that have underpinned human endeavour