Landscape Photography in the Spanish Pyrenees

We first got to know Joe though our mutual friend, broadcaster, writer and photographer Mark Carwardine, and Joe has subsequently accompanied several of our expedition voyages to the Antarctic and the Arctic, on which he has been an extremely popular and valued member of the expedition crew.

Spending a week with Joe focussing on landscape photography is a rich and rewarding experience - it’s virtually impossible not to be swept along by his boundless energy and irrepressible enthusiasm. His faultless sense of composition, technical mastery and – above all – profound ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and simply, ensure you cannot fail to advance in the disciplines of landscape photography - whatever your level - while giving free range to your creative impulses.

And with a stunning variety of subject matter that ranges from the majestic snow-clad peaks, rocky valleys and lush rivers of the High Pyrenees to the arid badlands of Bardenas National Park, from medieval village to historic castle and royal monastery, there are challenges to artistic endeavour at every turn. But, more than anything, the opportunity to discuss and debate, compare and contrast allows you to develop a deeper appreciation of landscape photography, while the bonus of comfortable and characterful accommodation, top-notch homely food and an extremely knowledgeable local driver-guide simply adds yet another highly enjoyable dimension to the mix.

Joe rose to prominence when his early travel and landscape photographs were published, and over the next 10 years his images filled numerous travel books. In 1990 he accepted an assignment for the National Trust and ever since has been one of their go-to photographers, working on various projects as a freelancer.

His close association with the North York Moors, where he has lived for more than twenty five years, has provided a rich vein of subject matter, although he has also worked extensively all over the UK and elsewhere. He continues to make annual sorties in search of wilderness.

An honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society since 2008, he sits on their Distinction panel, has been a judge for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, and hosts regular events at the Natural History Museum. He lectures widely and his writings appear frequently in the online magazine On Landscape (which he co-founded).

If you would like to learn the art of landscape photography, with hands-on advice from Joe, in one of Spain’s most spectacular regions, then be sure to book your place on our Pyrenees Photo Workshop with Joe Cornish in March 2020. For more information, contact our friendly wildlife team.