My name is Chris Wilkes-Ciudad, I have been taking photographs in one form or another since the age of about 7, which was many years ago now. My first camera was a little box brownie on which I took my first steps into Black and White photography and from there I progressed to a Praktica 35mm and from there on to Canon AE1. I took many colour slides , most of which I still have, however after seeing the work of Ansell Adams while studying for an A Level in Photography I decided that I wanted to concentrate on Black and White Landscape . I purchased a roll film Mamiya 645s and spent many a...more