The Afon Conwy in North Wales, stretches for 55 kilometres from its source in streams that flow across the peaty moorland of Migneint. Soon it flows north through cascades and waterfalls into a deep narrow valley of maritime oak and mixed woodland where it is joined by Afon Lledr and Afon Llugwy. It then broadens in depth down the long wide valley to enter the sea in Conwy Bay. The Conwy is noted for its salmon and sea trout, although increasing acidification of its upper reaches in the second half of the 20th century has significantly impacted upon their spawning success.
For thirty years, John has ventured across the world returning with stories of his experiences of the wilderness which few have encountered. He has drunk tea with Thangboche’s High Lama in the Kumbu, collected shells from Pacific beaches, run with wilderbeests in the ancient dusts of Serengeti, hiked to hidden springs of Grand Canyon, encountered walrus’, wolves and streams of caribou in the low islands of Aleutian Alaska. His travels are infused with adventure and wonderment, from Galapagos to the Andes, Namibia, Mongolia and the Amazon Basin. Closer to home, John has photographed almost all wild land locations in Britain, from the windswept tors of Cornwall to white strands of the Outer Hebrides.
As a photographer of wilderness it is the drama of landscape, its biodiversity and wild weather that attracts him most. Major expeditions including seven months spent in Antarctica, a winter in Spitzbergen and an historic four hundred mile traverse of the Greenland Icecap, John's assignments have taken him to some of the wildest lands on Earth.
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