Camera on the Crags

Embracing the Golden Age

Welcome to my mountain photography blog, and thank you for being here. Since this is my inaugural post, I suspect it will be part blog, part introduction (or origin-story)… so please forgive me if I begin to ramble!

I’d like to kick off with some historical context, which - if everything falls into place - will hopefully come full circle by the end…

The title “Camera on the Crags” is borrowed from an Alan Hankinson book about the celebrated Abraham Brothers of Keswick. To briefly set the scene… George and Ashley Abraham pioneered early mountain photography in the late 1800s and early 1900s, long before the advent of lightweight digital cameras. Their incredible images served not only as art but as inspiration, empowering like-minded souls to head for the hills - or at least to pause for a moment’s wonder - at a time when wilderness was generally feared rather than revered.