The exhibition is inspired by poetic responses to landscape, particularly the poetry of Sylvia Plath. The photographs were taken at Mt Hay in the Blue Mountains over the year 2020. The intensity of that year’s fire revealed elements of the landscape normally hidden, and the subsequent rain periods created a “sculpture park” of ephemeral water and stone at the edge of the Grose Valley. At first the stripped, burnt-out land was desolate and seemed to carry the weight of our human sorrow, but after traversing the area across the seasons, in all types of weather, at all times of the day, the stony hills, cliffs and plateaus came to evoke endurance and sustenance, with moments of stunning delight. Colin's work harnesses the mood and atmosphere around his subjects, seeking to evoke an emotional or subconscious response in the viewers. He chases the quality of light and shadow in order to anticipate suggestive images. Colin uses vintage cameras, 35mm and medium format, to take B&W photographs. He enjoys pushing the constraints of film in low or angled light, producing spontaneous and fortuitous effects. In the darkroom these are accentuated through varying contrast, re-focussing, double printing, hand brushed colour toning and other physical changes to the light and chemistry. Colin has refined his practice over the last nine years and has exhibited in galleries in the Blue Mountains where he resides. He draws inspiration from the area’s rich cultural and natural landscapes.