Jeremy Moore is a photographer based near Aberystwyth in mid -Wales. He has been fully professional since the early 1990's. For many years he specialised in the Welsh landscape and has been publishing his Wild Wales / Cymru Wyllt postcards since 1987 - that's for the last 37 years! He has always had an interest in wildlife, however, and more recently began incorporating wildlife into his images. His exhibition Bird / Land featured birds within the landscapes that they inhabit and has been shown in several galleries in Wales since 2015, with Welsh Arts Council support. Limited Edition Prints from Bird / Land are still available from Jeremy Moore directly. His other work has also been regularly exhibited in Wales over the years.
A series of books were published under his own name since 1997, beginning with Wales - the Lie of the Land. The most recent was Wales - At Waters Edge which was published to coincide with the opening of the Wales Coastal Path in 2012. He has worked alongside several well-known Welsh authors in his books, notably Trevor Fishlock and Jon Gower. He has been "Highly Commended" three times in the British Wildlife Photography Awards. The National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth has a large number of his prints in its Collection which are available for the public to view. He has been described by their Curator of Photographs as "Wales leading environmental photographer".
Among his early influences were Paul Wakefield - particularly his book and exhibition "Wales - the First Place", dating back to the 1980's. The work of Joe Cornish never ceases to amaze him, and Ernst Haas's book "The Creation" demonstrated the potential of photography to tell big stories using a range of different styles.. But in addition to what might be described as these "traditional" landscape photographers, his work was strongly influenced by the work of the late Fay Godwin. As she did, he continues to photograph what could be described as "human landscapes" - where man's presence is pictured in a more documentary style. Sometimes these images have a clear environmental message; sometimes they are more enigmatic. For examples see the gallery A Sideways Glance.
As a wildlife photographer he admires the work of many of his contemporaries but he has also been inspired by the artist/illustrator Michael Warren and the "Rakusan Kachou Gafu” - bird and flower wood block prints by the Japanese artist Rakusan Tsuchiya, particularly in his Bird/land series.
Before he became a full-time photographer he worked in wildlife conservation and he has maintained an interest in the environment all his life. It has become more and more difficult to earn a living from photography in recent years so he is currently more active in the voluntary environmental movement. He is presently monitoring red kites for the Welsh kite Trust. With so many threats facing life on earth it now seems more important to play a part in saving the planet than producing yet more photographs.
Jeremy continues to write about landscape, wildlife, environment, photography and the links between them in his blog Tales from Wild Wales. Please click on the link to be taken to it.
This website can only showcase a small proportion of his work. His many photographs are available for reproduction by the public, businesses and the public sector. Please use the contact form for more information.
Larger photographic prints of his postcards and all his other images can be obtained direct from Jeremy Moore; please see the Sales page for further information.
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