Gunther Walker

Artist Statement

Leica Adventures

Influenced by my late grandfather’s 1930s photography, I wanted to explore an inherited love of nature and the unknown magic that is the world of taking analogue photographs; capturing light, time, space and emotion with my German grandfather’s 1932 Leica camera.

On my wanderings through nature, the Leica is my constant companion, photographing landscapes in a timeless connection between past and present.

After my grandfather’s death in WW2, my grandmother buried the camera in April 1945, for safekeeping from the occupying Americans. A small historic montage of this Leica’s history will accompany the exhibition of my photographs.

'Ladybower' Bamford, Derbyshire, England / C-Type Fuji Crystal Matt Photographic Print / 12"x8"
'The Bridge' Dunbar, Scotland / C-Type Fuji Crystal Matt Photographic Print / 12"x8"
'The Bridge' Dunbar, Scotland / C-Type Fuji Crystal Matt Photographic Print / 12"x8"
'The Hills Are Alive' Obermaiselstein, Allgäu, Germany / C-Type Fuji Crystal Matt Photographic Print / 12"x8"
'The Hills Are Alive' Obermaiselstein, Allgäu, Germany / C-Type Fuji Crystal Matt Photographic Print / 12"x8"
'The Dragon's Back' Longnor, Derbyshire, England / C-Type Fuji Crystal Matt Photographic Print / 12"x8"
'The Dragon's Back' Longnor, Derbyshire, England / C-Type Fuji Crystal Matt Photographic Print / 12"x8"