East Cork Camera Group were delighted to host international travel photographer, Rowan Thornhill, in association with Cork County Council for Culture Night 2014 at The Midleton Park Hotel on Friday 19/9/14.

Rowan Thornhill is a travel and lifestyle photographer originally from Leicester in England but now based in Cork. He studied photography at Gamleby School of Photography in Sweden, where he lived for eight years prior to moving here. He assisted the famous Swedish advertising photographer Henrik Halvarsson for over two years and has previously worked as a press photographer.

He has shot for Himalaya Magazine and Suitcase and filmed adverts for the international baby product company, BabyBjörn.

Rowan is a contributor to the picture agency Linkimage, which sell his photography all over the world.

He has a huge passion for travelling and especially for India and the Himalayas, where he has travelled extensively over three trips to the region.

Photographed during three visits to India’s north, Rowan’s exhibition (see sample images above) was entitled, ‘Beyond the Indus’, and it portrayed the diversity and beauty of the people of Ladakh, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Delhi.

The exhibition was open from 4pm and at 8pm Rowan gave an in depth talk on the subject of travel photography followed by a very interesting insight into each of the images on display which really brought the exhibition to life.

Thanks to Rowan and his assistant, Maria as well as Cork County Council and The Midleton Park Hotel for what was an excellent exhibition and a worthy event for Culture Night, 2014.

Mouse over the image below to activate the slideshow. Enjoy!

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Visit Rowan’s website at www.rowanthornhill.com