‘You can’t get too much winter in the winter’ Robert Frost

As colour leaches from the winter landscapes of the Lake District, so the ubiquitous water — the streams, rivers, lakes and waterfalls — comes to dominate the visual field in new ways, with the shimmer of poured mercury, its ceaseless animation serving as a powerful counterpoint to the otherwise pervasive sense of stillness.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Photography
John Pawson