Amateur Photographer

Seers of scenery

Source:   Hodge Close and Langdale Pikes from Holme Fell, Cumbria, by Joe Cornish Sony a7R, Zeiss Sonar 55mm, 1/25sec at f/10, ISO 100  

Fairy Land of Zhejiang, Zhejiang, China, by Thierry Bornier Phase One IQ280, Schneider Kreuznach 80mm, three seconds at f/14, ISO 50

Pity anyone trying to come up with 16 masters of landscape photography to feature in an eponymous book, as there are so many great names to choose from across every continent. Fortunately, Ross Hoddinott and the rest of the team at Ammonite Press have pulled it off. Ross is a well-known landscape photographer in his own right, and recognises it was always going to be a subjective decision as to who would make the final cut.

‘Choosing who to feature in the book was very hard and let’s face it, anyone with a knowledge of this genre may well have come up

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