Discover some of the world’s most wonderful locations, as seen through the eyes of Charlie Waite
IT’s been 25 years since British landscape photographer Charlie Waite co-founded the photographic tour company Light & Land. During that time, Charlie’s intrepid travels have taken him to all four corners of the world, discovering photogenic locations and leading photography expeditions and tours. His artful eye has captured a poetic spirit of place with a graceful, graphic sense of form. To celebrate this, and to fuel ideas for your future travels, we gave Charlie the tough task to come up with his top 25 locations.
“Choosing 25 landscape locations was a challenge” admits Charlie. “So I thought of places where I feel I’ve come away a better human being, more enriched by having been blessed by the experience of that part of the world. The process of discovery is so illuminating and uplifting, and I’m so grateful to have experienced such amazing beauty”.
Over the next 18 pages, take delight in Charlie’s stunning images and find out why he fell in love with that part of the world. Some are close to home and reveal the UK’s lovely topography, while others have an exotic allure that are sure to give you itchy feet.
1 PROVENCE, FRANCE
Someone only has to mention the region of Provence and your mind immediately summons up images of vast swathes of lavender. If you are
fortunate enough to come across a farmer who likes to go Technicolor, there is a fair chance of finding a field of lavender adjacent to a field of what I call the ‘comic crop’ sunflowers. If lavender is your bag, timing is everything in Provence. It can be hot in this marvellous region, but there will always be some fine stone barns in which to find some shade, or the legendary Senanque Abbey for a pause.
This story is from the July 2018 edition of Digital Camera World.
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