No rain no gain
Samuel Johnson once remarked: ‘It is commonly observed, that when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather; they are in haste to tell each other, what each must already know, that it is hot or cold, bright or cloudy, windy or calm.’ The weather is ingrained in our national psyche. Discussions around rainfall dominate conversations and holiday plans. On average it rains for around a third of the year. To deny photographing the rain is tantamount to treason.
Many famous photographs have been snapped in precipitation: Elliot Erwitt’s leap on a rainy day, taken for the hundredth anniversary of the Eiffel Tower, 1989. Actor James Dean walking(Published by A. Zwemmer Ltd in 1982) in which Martin uses a waterproof camera to document the British having to confront the weather or determined to do something despite it. Any photographer serious about their craft must pull on their wellies and brave the downpours.
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