A Sense of Place 2018 – An Exhibition

The challenge for any photographer is not just to show what a place or subject looks like, it’s to convey how it feels. A sense of place can be purely derived from how it looks, but for most people it comes from experiencing the place, what the weather was like, the light, the sounds.

In recent years I’ve worked with a widening range of photographic techniques to show how a place feels to me. As I’ve done so, my images have evolved, and the results, especially those made with intentional blurs, produce images that range from realist to abstract. The intention is always to show the emotions that a particular subject triggered for me.

These images are part of my ongoing project to explore a wide variety of subjects, from landscape to street photography, and convey that experience and Sense of Place in photographs.

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Between Night and Day – Oxleys Hill, Southern Highlands

Between-night-and-day by Chris Sutton Photography

The darkening sky – Storm Clouds over Sunshine Beach

Storm Clouds - Sunshine Beach

Silence Between – 7 Mile Beach, Gerroa

Silence Between - 7 Mile Beach by Chris Sutton Photography

Conversations with Light – Church Point, Newport

Conversations with Light - Church Point - by Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Elegance

A Sense of Place - Elegance by Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Corrimal Beach

A Sense of Place - Corrimal Beach - Baking Sun, Shimmering Sand and Cooling Waves - Australian Summer by Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Complexity

A Sense of Place - Complexity by Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Southern Highlands from the Bong Bong Track

A Sense of Place - Southern Highlands from the Bong Bong Track by Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Sunshine Beach Reimagined

A Sense of Place - Sunshine Beach Reimagined by Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Lost, Central Station

A Sense of Place - Lost, Central Station by Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Victorian Splendour, Goulburn Post Office

A Sense of Place - Victorian Splendour by Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Solitude, Caen

A Sense of Place - Solitude, Caen by Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Gerbera Noir

Gerbera Noir by Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Early Morning, Normandy

A Sense of Place - Early Morning, Normandy by Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Perception

A Sense of Place - Perception

The Low Yellow – Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland

Wrapped in yellow by Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Whirling Daisies

A Sense of Place - Whirling Daisies

A Sense of Place – Harbour View

A Sense of Place - Harbour View - Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Imitation

A Sense of Place - Imitation - Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Paris Metro

A Sense of Place - Paris Metro by Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Eucalyptus Dreaming

A Sense of Place - Eucalyptus Dreaming

A Sense of Place – Tidal Flats – Normandy

Tidal Flats - Normandy - Slowly the hours Strike out the past

A Sense of Place – All the land is filled with mysteries – Lake Wakatipu

A Sense of Place -Lake Wakatipu - "All the land is filled with mysteries, and this place fairly sings with them" - title from "The Bone People" by Keri Hulme

A Sense of Place – Impressions of Eucalyptus

A Sense of Place - Impressions of Eucalyptus - Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Sea Pool, Avalon Beach

Sea Pool - Avalon Beach - Chris Sutton Photography

Rod – a street portrait

Rod - a street portrait - by Chris Sutton Photography

A life

Old Hands - by Chris Sutton Photography

A Sense of Place – Strength in Adversity

Strength by Chris Sutton Photography

Sunset and Storm

Sunset and Storm by Chris Sutton Photography

The Lone Photographer

The Lone Photographer at Sydney Opera House by Chris Sutton