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DAY 238 | PHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITIES |
Eerie Solitude
THE DARK LANDSCAPES OF RYNO DE WET
“Storm clouds hung in a leaden sky, yet there was a curious stillness, with no wind stirring the reed-patches. The whole atmosphere of the place exuded such chill eeriness that it was a relief to turn back and be linked again to humanity.”
—Witchcraft and Folklore of Dortmoor, Ruth E. St. Leger-Gordon.1
The above description of the desolation and solitude of the moors of Cornwall is equally applicable to the mythical, dystopian landscapes created by Johann Ryno de Wet. Through a unique mixture of analog photography and digital editing, the South African ...
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