The rush is over Print

Sean Quigley Photography Sean Quigley had just left the world of motor racing as the youngest ever F1 engine builder with Cosworth engineering, at 20 he had finished with his then childhood dream and looked for new ventures, his photographic career started when he joined Dixon’s photographic in the mid 1970’s at the age of 21, he was selling cameras to seasoned photographers. His first SLR camera was a Nikon FM with 50mm f2 lens which he used for 20 years with just that 50 mm lens. Over the years Sean has used 35 mm film and Digital cameras ranging from Nikon, Canon, Leica and now Sony, 6x6 cameras from Hasselblad, 6x7 cameras from Pentax and Mamiya 6x12 Fotoman, 5x4 cameras from Linhof and Sinar and 10x8 by Sinar, this 10x8" camera was at times over 1 metre long, spanning 2 tripods 2 clamos and 2 golf brollys, all carried by trolley to the site. Sean was also a world leading high end hifi designer in the 1980's, working for himself and consulting with other companies. His last commission was to design a new turntable for BSR the world's largest manufacturer of turntables at that time. Sean has made and lost millions, as he says it's just part of life's rich tapestry. Sean is primarily a high resolution landscape photographer, working in colour and black and white, HDR where appropriate and digitally hand painting some of his images. He prints on metallic high resolution papers primarily or directly onto aluminium plate. He does open and limited editions. Some of Sean’s photographs have been used by world renowned Zeiss in the promotion of their top range, Otus photographic lenses. Sean is also a keen watercolour painter, with an eye for all forms of art, having had a large art collection. He had his first work in oils submitted to represent his school at the age of 14, his style then was very Pueblo Picasso. Always looking for that evocative image, his images can impart good feelings, he makes you ask questions about oneself, they invite the viewer to look further into his image's to see and feel more. His photographs must speak to him, he hopes they speak you too. Sean calls his landscape photography “Street-Landscape, fine art photography”. Sean also undertakes commissions for client’s Sean lives and works in Bude, Cornwall, UK.