Helen gave an outstanding talk to Durham Photographic Society 14th June 2012
Here is an extract from John Cogan’s review.
“In Helen’s work there are recurring motifs that enchant us with a sense of the familiar, those revisited trees and hills and lakes that never palls... trees in the landscape, especially the single tree standing alone, (a metaphor for the lone artist or the human condition, perhaps?). On a practical level what that single tree does do is to emphasise the nature of the rest of the image... the ruggedness of Glen Coe or the rough embrace of Crummock Water. Every image that was modestly placed before us was an object lesson in composition and tone. Moody daughters notwithstanding, the anthology became a procession of simple images that, as is the nature of a simple image, were deceptive in their true content. Nothing is simple in Helen’s world. She may profess to the simple and claim that she was forced to work this way by the Hasselblad, as if this Swedish “monster” could, or would, demand such obsequiousness from her. NO! Helen forced the camera to her will and to “speak” the voice that she had discovered.”
The full, fascinating story can be found in Articles on the DPS website: http://www.d-p-s.org.uk/pdf_docs/HelenHerbert_JohnCogan.pdf
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