Richard Brookes Photography

Joined the site in July 2016. My photos are taken mostly in remote and beautiful rural North Devon and Cornwall in SW England, UK. Inspiration comes from the area's breathtakingly rugged coast and its wild, windswept moors, landscapes with thousands of years of human occupation. MY MOST POPULAR PHOTOS ON CLICKASNAP can be seen in my album at: https://www.clickasnap.com/profile/rtwbart/album/2438/most-popular-images MY WEBSITE / GALLERY is at: https://richard-brookes.pixels.com/ (Part of Fine Art America) or use chain link icon above I enjoy exploring the West Country's fascinating yet lesser known history: its neolithic sites and monuments, forgotten ruins, architecture, long abandoned industries and shipwrecks. These places have their own magical atmosphere and are often difficult to access, overgrown and fragile, some crumbling away and disappearing forever. I hope that recording such surviving fragments of our rich and varied heritage will help document these places and be of interest or new to viewers. Hopefully it will also leave a few images for posterity! My images are mostly spontaneous, maybe taken in more remote places or perhaps are taken from unusual viewpoints. I like to understand the history of the places I visit and will research them and hopefully describe what I have captured by pooling the information I have found from various sources. To me, this is all part of the enjoyment of finding and photographing these places. I try to recreate a feeling or atmosphere in my shots... possibly of how I felt when I was there or what I want to convey. Sometimes this will involve some post processing of images. Occasionally, other random subjects will be included to mix things up. Where possible. Similar subjects or themes of images are grouped together in my albums. If my shots hold your attention, inform you, lift your spirit, make you ask questions, make you smile or even fire your imagination and make you want to explore then it is more than enough reward.... although you are welcome to buy prints too! ;o) Thank you for all your wonderful comments, likes and shares. It makes it all worthwhile and they are much appreciated. Please feel free to ask any questions or comment. Let me know in comments if you would like me to create a particular printed product for an image. I try to respond to every comment but the increased traffic as the site grows means I sometimes miss them ... but hopefully I will catch up eventually! My images are all copyright of Richard Brookes Aside from the social media links above you can also find me at: EyeEm Stock Photos www.eyeem.com/u/rtwbart Redbubble www.redbubble.com/people/rtwbart Picfair www.picfair.com/users/RTWBart Mostphotos www.mostphotos.com/en-us/user/user_84375