The Spirit of Hadrian’s Wall – landscape photography

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The Spirit of Hadrian's Wall by Mark Richards, photos by Roger Clegg is a coffee-table book with fine photos which do justice to the huge landscapes along the wall.

(Open Spaces, Autumn 2008)

‘Here is a book to make you shiver. Photographer Roger Clegg, whose images make up the lion’s share, seems to specialise in chilling, misty dawns and forbidding cloud-capped skies when he can’t actually find a decent covering of snow to freeze himself to the marrow.

The result is a collection of images that captures the often bleak, bone-numbing hill country traversed by the central section of the most iconic of Roman frontiers. Mark Richards’ supporting words make an informative commentary on the Wall.’

(Cumbria,  December 2008)

‘From his home in Hexham, photographer Roger Clegg has devoted much of the last six years to capturing this impressive collection of distinctive images which illustrate the contrasting moods and landscapes in Hadrian’s Wall country – from blazing skies at dawn and dusk, and veils of mist lifting from the crags, to newly-fallen snow banked against the familiar stonework.’

(The Northumbrian, December 2008)

‘Hadrian’s Wall is an oft-photographed landmark, and here we get to take a visual journey along the ancient boundary from its starting point in the Solway Firth to its end in South Shields.

For Roger Clegg, whose images are part of the British Museum’s prestigious ‘Hadrian’ exhibition, the wall has been his life’s work. Clegg leads us through some gorgeous landscapes across all seasons, with his snowy vistas the most stunning.’  

(Amateur Photographer, February 2009)

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