WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO TRULY CONNECT WITH THE PLACES
WE PHOTOGRAPH - NOT JUST TO VISIT THEM, BUT TO BE SHAPED BY THEM, CALLED BACK
TO THEM, TRANSFORMED BY THEM?
The Nature of Place is an intimate exploration of that question, told through six personal essays by the members of Circle of Light - Anna Morgan, Charlotte Gibb, Claudia Welsh, Jennifer Renwick, Michele Sons, and Sarah Marino. Each essay traces one photographer's relationship with place: how it has informed her creative vision, deepened her practice, and illuminated something essential about who she is. The personal narratives are quite diverse in terms of approach, reflecting six different interpretations of the starting thread and our unique ways of practicing the craft of photography, ranging from deeply personal to philosophical to practical.
From those individual voices, the book opens into extended dialogue - conversations among all six of us about connection, the creative process, and what it means to develop a photographic practice that is genuinely, authentically your own.
This ebook is not a technical manual or a prescriptive guide. Instead, it is a record of six creative lives in honest conversation, offered as an invitation to reflect on your own relationship with the landscapes you seek out, return to, and photograph with intention. By offering our personal narratives on the meaning of connecting to place as a vital part of our creative practices, we are hoping readers will feel inspired to develop and share their own personal narratives around these threads, thus extending and deepening the conversation.
THE SIX LEAD ESSAYS:
- Intuition in the Landscape: Listening with Your Eyes by Charlotte Gibb
- On Landscape Literacy and Connecting Self with Place by Michele Sons
- Igniting the Creative Spark: Find What Makes You Come Alive by Claudia Welsh
- The Ponderosa in the Front Yard: Practices that Lead to Deeper Connections and Seeing More in the Landscape by Sarah Marino
- Seeing With: Finding Home in a More-Than-Human World by Anna Morgan
- Letting Go to Discover: The Journey to an Authentic Creative Self by Jennifer Renwick
We believe that any creative person turning to the natural world for inspiration will benefit from our discussions.
GET YOUR OWN COPY OF THE NATURE OF PLACE
You can purchase The Nature of Place ebook HERE
296 pages. PDF Download. 161 MB. $39 USD.
OUR MISSION
Circle of Light seeks to elevate the art of nature photography by thoughtfully exploring beyond the conventional boundaries of our craft, with the goal of fostering a broader range of personal expression and creative flourishing.
United by a shared commitment to celebrating the beauty and complexity of the natural world, we approach our work with authenticity, reverence, and quiet intention.
By working together, we benefit from our distinct perspectives while expanding our impact and amplifying our reach. Six voices. One Circle of Light.
