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Up at 5am on a still April morning to capture this moment of peace and tranquility in the Bosham Creek. I walked along Shore Road and sat on an old wooden jetty for an hour waiting for the light to strengthen. Bosham can feel a very spiritual place at first light, and a calmness came over me that I have never experienced before.

Artists use their signature and blind stamp to signify completion of the printing process and to show a mark of provenance, which allows collectors to trace the work back to the artist's studio. A blind stamp ('blind' meaning uncoloured) is often unobtrusive and you might have to inspect a print carefully to establish its presence.

What does it feel like to walk around Chichester Harbour on a freezing cold winter's morning? Despite the cold and damp, I find those still mornings are some of the best of the year. Every now and again the sun might break through the clouds for a fleeting moment or two, and the whole channel can look quite enchanting.

We are delighted to launch a series of new mentoring programmes led by Luke Whitaker, designed specifically for emerging artists, starting with a 1-year programme to teach photographers how to exhibit and sell their photography. Please read on for full details of the programme, along with reviews, success stories and information about how to book your place…

Over the years Charlie Waite has become famous for his iconic studies of avenues of trees, which satisfies his deep sense of order, and provides pleasure in repetition and the aesthetics of arcs and diagonals. In this article we read the story behind Lucca, Tuscany, Italy 1990 and hear how he finds the opportunity to photograph a corridor or cloister just as irresistable as an avenue of trees.

Charlie Waite tells the story behind one of his popular works from Cantabria, made during a book project on Spain in 1990, and shares the despair of waiting patiently through prolonged periods of rain, and the photographic ecstasy of capturing this very special image in a brief moment of flat lighting with no direct sunlight at all.

Charlie Waite's love affair with trees dates back 40 years and in this piece we hear from the artist about his relationship with a dear tree in the West Country that he has photographed for more than 25 years, and remains very close to his heart.

 I always love to pick out one or two particularly strong works when an artist releases new prints at the start of their limited edition run, in particular prints which represent good investments for new collectors as they are likely to sell through the edition quickly. 

We are delighted to welcome Sarah Partridge to our team, who brings 25 years of sales, design and marketing experience to her new role at the Bosham Gallery. Sarah has worked for an impressive number of luxury and world class brands and has previously worked for the Ashling Park Estate and for the Duke of Richmond at the Goodwood Estate.

We are delighted to introduce a stunning new photograph by Charlie Waite titled Mere Study 4, Wiltshire, England 2021 which will feature in a forthcoming documentary 'My Greatest Shot', filmed by Sky Arts and expected to be published this autumn or early 2022.

Charlie Waite's colour photographs are archival pigment prints, signed and numbered with the artist's blind stamp. All prints are made personally by the artist in limited editions of 25 or 50 prints. Bespoke print sizes and frame mouldings are available for all photographs by request - please email sales@boshamgallery.com 

Michael Kenna’s prints have a distinguished provenance. Since the start of his career in the 1970s Michael Kenna has worked solely with film, and he makes every silver gelatin print himself personally, in his darkroom at his home studio in Seattle, USA.

Michael Kenna has travelled the world to create his distinct black and white images of unpopulated landscapes. It was in the mid-1980s that Kenna first began to visit Japan and became influenced by an Asian sense of aesthetics. In 2002 he started his love affair with the northern island of Hokkaido where his compositions became increasingly minimalistic and abstract, free from extraneous sensory information. In the following interview extract we hear the story behind his iconic photograph Tree Portrait, Study 1, Wakoto, Hokkaido, Japan 2002 which appeared as the cover of his Retrospective Two book, published by Nazraeli Press in 2004.

He is one of the most celebrated landscape photographers in the world and art critics have described Charlie Waite's instantly recognisable prints as 'rare perfections of light, colour and composition which offer the viewer a luxuriant portrait of a planet at peace and one where mankind and his activities are in harmony with his surroundings'. But did you know what a charming and eloquent writer Waite is too? Here we enjoy the story behind one of Waite's more unusual photographs within his archive, East of Gibraltar, Spain, 2017, and his clever use of a limited colour palette. 'I acquired an early edition for my own collection and have loved living with this stunning print in my hallway at home. I adore this sea blue!' Luke Whitaker.  BUY