Steve Gosling

 is a professional photographer who produces creative & contemporary landscape and nature images.

His photographs have been published internationally as posters & greetings cards and have appeared in books, magazines, newspapers & calendars across the world. Prints of Gosling's work have been exhibited in venues throughout the UK and have appeared on sets for both theatre and film productions.

Gosling has also won many awards in both national and international competitions. These include: Winner of the ‘Places’ category and runner up in the ‘Inkjet Printer of the Year’ category of the ‘Black & White Photographer of the Year’ competition, Award Winner in the Royal Horticultural Society’s International Photographic Competition - ‘Tree & Shrub’ category and Award Winner in the Royal Horticultural Society’s International Photographic Competition - ‘Flower & Plant’ category.

Artist Statement

I believe that a passion for the subject is an essential pre-requisite for a successful photograph. If the photographer feels ambivalent about whatever is seen through the viewfinder how can they hope to have any impact on those who see the final photograph? Communicating mood & emotion are my most important motivators for making images. I’ve never been overly concerned with technical perfection or producing an accurate pictorial record of a subject or a location. For me the heart of photography is to capture and communicate what I’m feeling, as much (if not more) than what I see at the time of releasing the shutter. If my photographs speak to the viewer on an emotional level then I have succeeded in my work.

Opinion

I hold the same opinion of Gosling that I do of Kim Weston in that if Gosling did not care about his subject the way Weston cares for his craft the image would be lost. Love for the subject allows the creator to feel for subject, they want to represent the subject right in the image. The artist spends more time focusing and more time making sure abstractions do not break into the image. In short, they attempt to make every thing perfect thereby revealing more of themself to the viewer.
Love allows the artist to be as abstract and thourough as possible rather than being shallow and just snapping random images.


Those that love make and create because they care about their subject and want the world to see it they way they do. Gosling infuses his images with his own feelings to charge the work and invites the viewer to think about how they feel when they see his works.