Philip Michalowicz
Ian Berry, "Whitby, Yorksire"
1978, gelatin silver print
"A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you
control it." - John Steinbeck from Travels with Charley: In Search of America
My time at a misty North Carolina boarding school broadened my sense of adventure and developed my appreciation for topographical heights. During high school, I learned that a misty morning on a bald mountain might surpass the beauty of the twinkly city lights seen from atop Mulholland Drive.
Ian Berry made this image near the end of his career, having returned home to England after experiencing and capturing critical moments of all sorts across the globe. He emphasizes our instinctively comfortable relationship with the natural world with the figure of a sun-flushed young man. And I am whisked away in an instant to the sun-drenched hillsides of our hundred acre wood. For a contemporary audience, the photo most importantly demonstrates how crucial the journey is, and how unpredictable a day can be when you stop darting between destinations and take a deep breath.
Ian Berry made this image near the end of his career, having returned home to England after experiencing and capturing critical moments of all sorts across the globe. He emphasizes our instinctively comfortable relationship with the natural world with the figure of a sun-flushed young man. And I am whisked away in an instant to the sun-drenched hillsides of our hundred acre wood. For a contemporary audience, the photo most importantly demonstrates how crucial the journey is, and how unpredictable a day can be when you stop darting between destinations and take a deep breath.
