Hopeman photographer's sunrise shot chosen by top artist Jolomo for lockdown project
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A PICTURE taken by a budding photographer from Hopeman has been selected by a top Scottish artist for a lockdown images project.
The picture by David England has already been seen by hundreds of people on social media as part of the #coloursoflockdown project being run by Argyll-based artist John Lowrie Morrison, known as Jolomo.
It is now one of a small number of images from the project being showcased to a wider audience.
David took the photograph at 4.53am one May morning on Hopeman's East Beach, using a timer on his Canon 650D DSLR camera to capture his own silhouette against the rising sun.
He said: "It was just after sunrise. The forecast and conditions were ideal and I was the only person around – total isolation."
Jolomo, who is best known for his landscapes of Scotland in high-key colour, was amazed by the response when he encouraged fans on social media to share images of the colour around them.
The artist received stunning photographs from around the world, which were then shared with thousands of others on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using the hashtag #coloursoflockdown.
John said: "Colour is very important in my work. I think the colours in my paintings developed an even brighter hue in lockdown, as if my spirit was compensating for the time of darkness the world was going through.
"When people ask me where I get my colours from, I tell them to look a bit harder. There is colour almost anywhere. I wanted to encourage people to notice the colours around them in lockdown, even if they couldn’t travel far, because it lifts the spirit.
"The response has been amazing, and some of the photographs are superb. It’s against the spirit of the project to turn it into a competition, but some of the pictures were so strong they deserve a wider audience."
People responded with pictures taken on daily walks or capturing views from windows. Images include a cow in the setting sun from Queensland, Australia, sunset on a beach in Calpe, Spain, and a view of the city lights from a balcony in Hong Kong.
Other images from Scotland include a rare fogbow, or white rainbow, in Shetland, spectacular sunsets from Oban and Machrihanish, and a little girl playing in a park in Falkirk.
