Philip Hyde

I came across Philip Hyde when researching Ansel Adams.  Philip Hyde was born in 1921 and died in 2006.  He was a pioneer landscape photograper and conservationalist and in 1947 went to Ansel Adams photography programme at the Califonian School of Fine Art.  Like Ansel Adams he was a campaign photographer who tried to deter people from distroying the landscape.  Philip Hyde was a member of the environmental organisation The Sierra Club.

In 1970 Hyde moved from Black and White photography to colour and discovered improvements in the dye transfer printing process.  Philip Hydes work has appeared in many newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, National Geographic and the BMW Magazine.  His photographs have helped to protect our environment including places like Dinosaur National Monument, The Grand Canyon, Point Reyes and The Wind Rivers.

This photograph was taken of Aspens on the north rim, Grand Canyon National Park.  As an envirionmentalist this is the kind of image used to help protect the landscape.  This image follows the Rule of Thirds with the smaller trees at the forefront of the image and also the lines of the trees against there background.  I like this image I think it shows a nice shape and good tonal range.  I love the colour of the trees in the background and I think these have been digitally enhanced.  They may not have been manipulated because I have no knowledge of what can be acheived in a darkroom and look forward to finding this out in the future.

Another image which shows beautiful colour with vibrant yellow and orange, and texture throughout the image.  The lines of trees guides you eyes through the image from left to right as the trees make their way up the landscape.  I would say this have been digitally enhanced to achieve the wonderful colour.

I love this image.  The leaves cascade down through the image and the trees can be seen in the background.  The leaves are beautiful colours of autumn and I have taken some leaves myself which I would like to digitally enhance using beautiful colour like in this image.