"From his early photographs of the Lake District and Scottish mountains to the industrial and post-industrial landscapes of Sheffield and Greater Manchester, Davies’ images are rich with information about the social history of Britain. Mostly taken from an elevated, meticulously-staged position, the images reflect the changing British landscape.
The British Landscape featured some of John Davies’ finest black-and-white photography from 1979 to the present day. These works reflect his primary concern with the impact and history of human settlement upon the land, rather than the idealisation of the countryside that the word ‘landscape’ often suggests."
