New Chapbook — Fog in the Hills and Aits

Fog in the Hills and Aits

"Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls deified among the tiers of shipping and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city. Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights."

   

Thus begins one of Charles Dickens' most beloved novels, Bleak House. Inspired by this 1852 novel, here is a collection of landscapes with that most ephemeral of atmospheres.

In this new title, I'm allowing even more of the potential of chapbook layout and design to flourish, including using a page of the handwritten manuscript from Bleak House to serve as the background for each page. I'm also using a true split tone in the images — warm tone for the shadows and darker areas, cool blue tone for the fog and highlights.

The FREE PDF is now available for download, a web gallery is posted for viewing the chapbook pages, and the chapbook can now be ordered from our online store.

Visit www.brooksjensenarts.com for more information about this and other work by LensWork editor, Brooks Jensen.

Comments

[Marty]

Thank you for sharing Brooks. Your generosity, artistic vision and spirit are inspiring.

Your capture of the fog is amazing. It has been a very foggy summer on the coast of Maine. It ain't that easy to capture it in the camera! I hope that you will share some of your techniques with us.

Thank you!

[karla bernstein]

I am enjoing your chapbook/Sketches series a great deal and have shared your ideas of presenting your photos in a variety of formats with my photography friends as well as with friends who use other artistic mediums. Your creations and ideas have sparked great conversations!!!

I recently viewed your Fog in the Hills and Ait project as a PDF. I had ideas of using works of poetry with my photos but wondered about obtaining author/estate permission to do so. How did you handle this issue with your use of the Dickens' material? Thanks, Karla Bernstein

[Brooks]

Karla,
Dickens is long, long into the public domain. Essentially, anything published before 1923 you can use in any way you want. After that, copyright issues will definitely come into play.
Brooks