GRAHAM GILMORE | Eppur Si Mouve

“Eppur Si Muove!”

Italian, translation: “And yet it moves.” – Galileo Galilei, mathematician, physicist and philosopher in 1633 after being forced to recant his claims that the Earth moves around the Sun.

Just as we now know the earth moves around the sun —everything moves, be it through space or time. This idea is a central inspiration and drive at the heart of my photography. I am often thinking on how the elements of a photograph travel through space and time to converge in a unique instant, and I want viewers to feel every aspect of a photo as if they’re right there alongside me.

I use high concept techniques such as High Dynamic Range and Long Exposure with a meticulous attention to detail both out in the field and in the digital darkroom to do this. And I have traveled for two decades to some of the more remote places around the world to capture compelling images. Some of my current and past clients include ArtFully, Tru TV, Bodiam Estates and UCLA.

From my home-country of England, where my stepfather’s camera fell into my hands over thirty years ago, to my current home in California, I’ve been continuously called to wander and shoot. From the desert to the mountains to the Pacific and greater U.S. and beyond, pushing my creative abilities and imagination as far as possible has always been a very personal and rewarding pursuit. A childlike excitement for adventure and a fascination for faraway places has taken me from the long-forgotten shores of the Salton Sea to the spiritual and very isolated Easter Island. I have captured the idyllic beauty of the English countryside, and despite the rigors of inclement weather, traversed the lava fields and icebergs of Iceland. I have also explored the post-apocalyptic and radioactive Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine, more than once.

As a landscape photographer I often find myself alone, in remote areas, witnessing things that most don't get to see. I strive to capture above all the moment that unmistakably expresses the emotions I felt in that fleeting instant of time and space. Perhaps, I am drawn to landscape photography, nature and the remote because I am continuously reminded of Galileo’s Eppur si muove. Because, it is there in quiet contemplation that the freedom to be moved by the sensations of our humanity in this cosmos is never greater.

Just for a minute, I want people to be removed from their daily lives through my photographs and connect with me as I share the beauty of our stunning planet. I hope you’ll follow me as we continue our crazy journey around the sun, and in turn our galaxy, and on through the cosmos. 

“The moment he was set at liberty, he looked up to the sky and down to the ground, and, stamping with his foot, in a contemplative mood, said, Eppur si muove.”