Original photograph
Mystery in the Fog
by Damien Walmsley
- Medium
- Original photograph
- Dimensions
- 60 × 50 cm
- Presentation
- Unframed
- Minimum bid
- £100
- In person
- Artist attending
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About the work
The combination of the fog and the tall trees create this atmospheric image. The people are walking along an avenue of trees towards a vertical beacon of light which is reminiscent of many science fiction scenes that depict an alternative universe
Picture taken with my iPhone11 at Umberslade Park, Tanworth in Arden, West Midlands, in January 2021 during our third and longest lockdown during the COVID epidemic. This place is very close to home and so allowed us to undertake our government permitted exercise walks. The story of people meeting in the fog is intriguing and captures the imagination
Postscript - in 2025, the trees were felled as they had come to the end of their life. The avenue no longer exists although there are plans to plant more trees in the future
Artist statement
My photographic practice is most alive at first light — wandering through wildflower fields or urban landscapes with my camera in the early morning. I am drawn to moments of transformation: how a dawn field of poppies takes on a magical quality in cool light, or how fog and tall trees can open an atmospheric, almost imagined world.
The artist
Damien Walmsley
Emeritus Professor of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Birmingham. His photographic journey began at age six and developed through dental photography before expanding into street, urban, documentary and landscape work. Since retiring, Damien has gained recognition as an accomplished amateur photographer, with success in national and international competitions. His work is characterised by narrative quality — images designed to invite viewers to pause, reflect, and imagine themselves within each scene.
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