Spectacular photos of North Wales

Colourful autumn landscape around Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall. Credit: Simon Kitchin

The castles, mountains, beaches, lighthouses and waterfalls of North Wales, including its five UNESCO World Heritage sites, have been captured by photographer Simon Kitchin in his book, Photographing North Wales.

Land of myths, legends and mystical beasts, North Wales is rugged and mysterious with beautiful beaches, tumbling rivers and, of course, the mountains, lakes and waterfalls of Snowdonia.

The dramatic landscape, which has inspired artists, writers and scientists from RS Thomas to Charles Darwin, has now been captured in Photographing North Wales by Simon Kitchin, which is published by fotoVUE.

As Welsh naturalist and television presenter Iolo Williams writes in the foreword to Kitchin’s book: “North Wales is like an unpredictable best friend, sometimes sunny, sometimes gloomy, sometimes dangerous and unpredictable, sometimes light and welcoming. The art of the photographer is to capture these ever-changing moods using the landscape and its characters. This book has done just that.”

Sunset at Tyr Mawr lighthouse in Anglesey. Credit: Simon Kitchin
Sunset at Tyr Mawr lighthouse in Anglesey. Credit: Simon Kitchin
Sunburst at Penmon Point, Anglesey. Credit: Simon Kitchin
Sunburst at Penmon Point, Anglesey. Credit: Simon Kitchin
Caernarfon Castle. Credit: Simon Kitchin
Caernarfon Castle. Credit: Simon Kitchin
Autumn at Miners' Bridge, Betws-y-Coed. Credit: Simon Kitchin
Autumn at Miners’ Bridge, Betws-y-Coed. Credit: Simon Kitchin
Mawddach Estuary. Credit: Simon Kitchin
Mawddach Estuary. Credit: Simon Kitchin
Autumn light in Fairy Glen, Betws-y-Coed (left), and
Left, Autumn light in Fairy Glen, Betws-y-Coed. Right, A slate spoil below Ynys Y Pandy mill. Credit: Simon Kitchin
Winter snowfall on the Snowdon Horseshoe and reflected in Llynnau Mymbyr. Credit: Simon Kitchin
Winter snowfall on the Snowdon Horseshoe and reflected in Llynnau Mymbyr. Credit: Simon Kitchin

 

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