"The real voyage of discovery consists not of seeing new landscapes but in having new eyes"
Marcel Proust

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As first and foremost a wildlife photographer, I have increasingly been questioning our relationship to the environment and have turned my attention to concepts and concerns that affect these relationships. Issues tackled include the barriers we put up, both physically and metaphorically, to contain and constrain nature for our increasing economic needs. I also look at our relationships to the everyday - often overlooked, abandoned or hidden values that seek to be seen and understood.

My photography is a response to what is striking and beautiful in nature, affected by my own moods and emotional response. It also strives, in particular projects, to be a statement of our relationship to the wider issues affecting our environments now and for the future.

I hope you enjoy the site!

Rachel
Rachel Wegh's gallery contains 210 photos.

News

New date for South Africa Wildlife Trip........
New dates confirmed for South Africa trips - August dates at reduced rate!
Photography Workshops start in August....
Look out for a series of workshops I will be doing at the Cumbria Wildlife Trust headquarters at Plum Garth in Kendal starting this August.
Cumbria Wildlife Trust to Open Annual Conference with my film "Chasing Pavements"
Cumbria Wildlife Trust will open their Annual Conference in March with a film I made during the spring and summer of 2009 about Limestone Pavement. Follow the link below to view it or click on the "Films" tag at the top of this page:

http://rwegh.photium.com/rachel-wegh-films

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Gallery

Selection.....5 My Selection.....
(Contains 12 photos)
I've put together a selection of my favourite shots that give a flavour of the conceptual feel I'm going for be it freedom, thoughtfulness, the self, contemplation, individualism or a visual interpretation of behaviours and natures place in a manmade world. 		Alpine Wolf 6 Wolves of the French Alps
(Contains 6 photos)
I visited the French Alps in April 2008 and was fortunate enough to get some images of a pack of wolves in their natural environment. Wolves have historically been misunderstood and as such have been persecuted to the edge of extinction. Fortunately their reputation as harbingers of evil has been replaced by an understanding of their behaviours and personalities. An enduring will to protect them by campaigning individuals has helped to change perceptions safeguarding their future.
Flora 4 Flora Fiesta
(Contains 12 photos)
My favourite floral images. Names will be added shortly or in the meantime are available on request! 		Zebra Drinking South Africa 2007
(Contains 28 photos)
A NEW selection of photos from South Africa following my visit there this September.
Hyena 2 South Africa 2006
(Contains 40 photos)
The extraordinary wildlife photography opportunities are second to none in South Africa but it is more than just the variety and number of animals that exist. The vast beauty of the Kruger National Park, change in seasons and the smaller responses to conservation and animal welfare are truly inspiring. 		Ostriches Birds of the World
(Contains 24 photos)
Here are a selection of bird images I've taken on my various travels around different parts of the world. They appear nowhere else on this website. Keep visitng for more additions!
Gannets 7 Seabirds in Sight
(Contains 24 photos)
Seabird colonies are diminishing in the British Isles, as areas of coastline are eroded and our seas overfished. But there are still havens for our seabird populations such as Bass Rock and the Farne Islands which are home to Gannets and Puffins & Guillimots. Here is my view on seabirds. 		Pigeon 6 Pigeon Power
(Contains 8 photos)
Pigeons surround us everyday but how often are they overlooked, maligned and berated? Pigeons are just opportunists, not unlike ourselves in that respect. I challenge you to reconsider the pigeon, look beneath the surface image and consider this more common wonder of nature!
Grey Seals 10 Seal Time
(Contains 12 photos)
The Grey Seals, at Donna Nook in Lincolnshire, lay spread out on the vast beach like giant slugs. It's only when you get up close that you start to see their individual markings and special character. They say that eyes are the windows to the soul - for me they are the most soulful of creatures! 		Cows 10 Views on a Dairy Farm
(Contains 16 photos)
The farm is a mini culture with an intrinsic relationship to the wider environment it inhabits. New technologies underpin its current production methods. These images seek to show the increasingly systematic combining of science and nature whilst demonstrating the skills of the photographer as both 'systemiser' and 'empathiser'.
Barriers 16 Barriers v Nature
(Contains 16 photos)
Taken in Brazil and the UK these images look at the way we construct barriers, be they artificial or natural to serve our purposes of segregation. These also represent the psychological barriers we uphold between us and nature. Nature in its place. Over time, nature fights back. Is this the ultimate tug of war which will only result in our very destruction? We decide! 		Artifice 3 Landscape as Artifice
(Contains 12 photos)
This project aims to help us consider our immediate environments as consumers in metaphorical and actual terms. Taking areas of the coast in the North West, in particular Morecombe Bay as our study area, I concern myself with documenting the landscape as 'Artifice' i.e. a series of spaces and structures that are artificial in construction and content, in other words the 'denatured.' Ultimately the project is intended to help assist the conservation agenda through subtle imagery that questions and interrogates the landscape and peoples perception of it.