GALLERY PHOTOGRAPHERS
Gwyn Bilby
John Thompson ARPS
Patrick Foster MA ARPS
Yoshi Shinagawa
Simon Bendall
Mick Mansfield
Michael Heath
Pete Sawyer
Robin Woodhouse
Gwyn Bilby
Paintings and images should challenge the way you think. It’s not about how sharp they are it’s more about how they make you feel and what you see in them.
Because everyone sees things differently.
John Thompson ARPS
I have always had a passion for photography and strive to create images that bridge the gap between photography and art. Photographs that are not just a record but show a spirit of the subject and fire the imagination of the viewer. My work includes a range of subjects and techniques and I am always seeking to create new and different images. I exhibit regularly in art and photography exhibitions.
Patrick Foster MA ARPS
I see the world differently to other people.
I am always stopping to look at light and shadow.
I don't restrict myself to one genre or style of photography.
I photograph what's in front of me.
Pete Sawyer
I got hooked on photography way back in 1971 at my secondary school, the pure magic of seeing images emerge in the darkroom was intoxicating.
In 2005 I made the move to digital, Nikon being my weapon of choice. It opened a new window to the world; I could now see pictures in an instant where it took days before.
I am a street photographer, or perhaps a documenter of the world in picture form would be a better description.
Mike Heath.
I first dabbled with photography back in the early 70’s when I had a Zorki 4K rangefinder camera and a Zenith UPA-5 enlarger. I was surprised when one of my slides received a “highly commended” in the North London Exhibition of Pictorial Photography. A change in circumstances meant my photography was put on hold until my interest was rekindled when I bought my first DSLR to enable me to take some reasonable photos on a trip to South Africa. That trip has inspired me to develop my skills with the camera and then with editing software to make the most of my images. At present I don’t focus on any particular style or genre, I just take what catches my eye! It’s an exciting ongoing process which I hope to continue for a long time.
Simon Bendall
As a child I had always wanted a camera. When I was sixteen I used my first wage packet to buy a 35mm camera and since then I have always had a camera by my side to capture that special moment. I mainly enjoy taking landscape photographs, particularly in and around where I live in Bury St Edmunds. Someone once said to me ‘How do you know what to take?’ I said, ‘It’s all there you just have to see it!’”
Mick Mansfield
Mick’s Journey into photography started in 1975 when he got his first camera, a Zenit E. During the early 80’s, photography took a back seat and wasn’t until he got his next camera, a Pentax SLR, that he started again, in those days It was mainly about taking photographs of family and places that they visited.

His main subject area is Military Aircraft, having served 22 years in the Royal Air Force, is now a regular attendee at various Airshows, museums etc. around the country. He does venture into other genres and always ready to try something that bit different and if given a task will try to do it to the best of his ability.
Yoshi Shinagawa-Turner
My first camera, a Pentax ME, was a present from my father and I still have it today. I explore transitory spaces with my camera, the scenes I perceive and eventually visualise, appear to me in the abstract form. My work does not try to capture known or recognisable imagery In my daily life, I appreciate being able to capture ephemeral moments, moments, that are fleeting and all real.
Robin Woodhouse
I took my first photographs on Christmas morning 1963, aged 8, with a plastic 'Diana' camera loaded with black and white film. I was spell-bound by the sparkling prints that came back from Boots and from that day onwards I've been hooked on the magic of photography.
I studied Photojournalism at Aston University, Birmingham, in the 1970s where I learned the fundamentals of composition and darkroom technique, along with an appreciation of the masters of documentary photography such as Josef Koudelka and Don McCullin.
Today I still prefer the abstraction of black and white film to the hyper-reality of digital and its great to see the process being continued by contemporary photographers such as Giles Duley.