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Lake District Mountain Landscape is a spectacular photographic
perspective on the Lake District from award-winning mountain
photographer and filmmaker Alastair Lee. More than five years in
the making, it is a work of extraordinary commitment and
originality. With an emphasis on the mountain heights, Lee captures
the otherworldliness and majesty of the 'English Alps' in all
seasons and conditions. An experienced climber, Lee brings all his
skill and tenacity to the task of capturing sunrise from the
summits of the highest peaks in England, moonlight on icy slopes
and seas of cloud filling the familiar valleys of Lakeland. Ascents
of seemingly unscalable crags such as Pillar and Gimmer Crag are
celebrated, and 360-degree panoramas in ethereal upland light from
high peaks including Helvellyn, Bowfell and Great Gable are
complemented by a series of identifying sketches. In a book which
is full of revelations for Lakelanders and visitors alike, Alastair
Lee renews and redefines the magic of this much-loved landscape.
Lancashire-based multi-award-winning photographer and film-maker
Alastair Lee once again turns his lens to his spiritual home:
Pendle Hill. After the success of Alastair's previous local
publications, Forgotten Landscape (2004) and Pendle, Landscape of
History and Home (2009) comes the third and most atmospheric
collection of images to date: Pendle: Witch Country. This evocative
new book traces the contours of East Lancashire's most distinctive
landmark to revisit the infamous events that took place under its
brooding presence in the seventeenth century, before chronicling
the evolution of the vibrant communities that now flourish beneath
its flanks. Celebrating the independent spirit of these upland
dwellers and intimately capturing how Pendlefolk interact with this
epic landscape, the pages of this illuminating book are permeated
with the flora, fauna, farming and the very fabric of the hill -
along with the occasional whisper of witchcraft.
A photographic guide to one of England's most characterful hills,
by award-winning photographer and filmaker, Alastair Lee. Although
not the highest of the Penines, Pendle Hill has the most impressive
vertical scale on all sides. There are not many other hills like it
within close proximity: directly to the east there is nothing
taller until the Ural Mountains over 3000 miles away. To the south
lies the urban corridor of Colne, Nelson, Brierfield and Burnley,
with Boulsworth and the Burnley Moors on the horizon. To the north
are the famous Yorkshire peaks of Pen-y-Gent and Ingleborough, and
beyond these the Langdale Pikes in the Lake District can be seen on
a clear day. Looking west across the Ribble Valley the towns of
Downham and Clitheroe are in clear view, and directly to the west
is Blackpool Tower and the Irish Sea. Taken in all seasons and
weathers, Alastair Lee's superb photographs build an intimate and
atmospheric portrait of Pendle Hill.
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