Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella is a widespread flowering plant of ancient woodlands, hedgerows and damp shady places often growing from moss on rocks or fallen logs. Opening in early spring, the delicately veined flowers and abundant nectar attract bees and beetles, but droop at night or in rain to protect the pollen. The clover-like, trifoliate leaves which fold up at night, have a sharp, acidic taste and centuries ago were cultivated in gardens and used to add flavour to salads and sauces.
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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