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IMAGES OF NORTHUMBERLAND & THE SCOTTISH BORDERS
he Borders Photography website features a selection of photographs by Don Brownlow
from the border area of England and Scotland. The county of Northumberland and the Scottish Borders region naturally dominate, but the geographical limitation is treated loosely - you will
also find images from the Lothians, Dumfries and Galloway, Cumbria, Tyne & Wear, County Durham and Yorkshire.
Please bookmark this page for news of changes and for details of temporary galleries.
The Print Sales page has details of how to order exhibition quality, archival prints.
TEMPORARY FEATURE GALLERY
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Some images of Holy Island, Northumberland (also known by its historic name of Lindisfarne). The cradle of Christianity in the North of England in the 7th century, Holy Island is associated with the saints Aidan and Cuthbert and the remarkable art of the early Celtic Church which found expression in the Lindisfarne Gospels. When the tide washes in over the causeway and visitors have left for the mainland, it is still possible to be alone with your thoughts and the wide horizons* of this uniquely atmospheric place. * Soon to be disfigured with strings of wind turbines, if developers have their way. See below. |
The Borders Photography web site has an emphasis on high quality, scenic photography: most images were originally captured on Fuji Velvia/Velvia 100F or Provia/Provia F slide films, using medium format cameras. Recently, a large format
camera has been used for some subjects.
Most of the images here - and several thousand more on file - are available for commercial use under license: please consult the sales page for further details, or make a note of the titles or subjects
you are interested in and contact Don Brownlow.
Stock photography by Don Brownlow is also available 24/7 from Alamy.
DO YOU CARE ABOUT OUR LANDSCAPE?
Some of the most beautiful landscapes in Britain are under threat from speculative developers seeking permissions for large arrays of giant industrial wind turbines.
In North Northumberland we are presently facing numbers of proposals for giant industrial wind turbines of between 360 and 410 feet high (110 to 125 metres). Several hundred are at various stages in the planning system in the North East of England, with very many being targeted for Northumberland. Large numbers have already been consented and many more are being proposed for the Scottish Borders and East Lothian. (See the Windbyte website).
Faced with the threat of global warming, politicians are throwing money at wind power development. It is a technology that has been around for decades, without ever overcoming its inherent problems - it is intermittent and does not substitiute for more than a small percentage of e1quivalent thermal generating capacity. After decades of exploitation, it remains uneconomic without substantial subsidies.
Paul Golby, Chief Executive of E.ON UK (formerly Powergen), has written, “ the renewable obligation certificates nobody would be building wind farms.” Daily Telegraph (26/03/2005).
Wind power generation is being sold as a ‘quick fix’ solution to meeting the targets for carbon emissions. But Denmark and Germany have proved that large-scale, onshore wind power is not the answer. It still has to be backed up by conventional power stations. It contributes little to carbon saving and even less to security of supply.
If you care about our landscape please visit the Moorsyde Action Group website and see what we are opposing and take the time to make your views known to the politicians who are responsible for this lunacy.
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Copyright
Please refer to the copyright statement. All images are watermarked and images and text, as well as the design and layout of the Borders Photography website, are protected by UK and international copyright law.
