In our latest issue, Sussex-based photographer Adrian Metzelaar discusses his focused approach to image-making and his love of grand vistas – from Scotland and Scandinavia to Patagonia and the USA.
Adrian says a lot of people go out in the mountains in the hope that they will stumble across a great picture, but that’s not how he approaches his fieldwork.
‘I don’t take photographs for the sake of doing it,’ he comments. ‘I’ll only go out in the mountains if I think I can get an interesting composition.’
Although Adrian has wielded a camera for as long as he can remember, it’s only in the past two or three years he’s taken his landscape photography seriously. His arresting imagery has already won him several awards, including top place in the Land category of the 2024 Scottish Nature Photography Awards.
Read Adrian’s full interview with Nick Smith in OP 326, available to buy in shops and here.
See more of Adrian’s work at adrianmetzelaar.co.uk.