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| Tree below Shelstone Tor; looking up the West Okement Valley |
Paul Harris, better-known by his alias, Glavind Strachan Photography, is a local photographer based just off the north-west edge of Dartmoor. His photography is very varied, specialising in portraiture, landscapes and other subjects; but for me, it has been his landscape photography that has left me spellbound on every occasion for the last few years - it really is captivating.
His work is instantly recognisable as being predominantly moody which, for me, is what Dartmoor is most renowned for. It is this very weather that has given Dartmoor an infamous reputation, the site of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Hound of the Baskervilles' and Great Grimpen Mire, based off of the notorious Foxtor Mires. This aspect makes Dartmoor the place that it is, but few, if any, photographers in my opinion successfully capture this evocative landscape better than Paul.