After teaching Computer Design for over 30 years, Alan now concentrates on his three passions: photography, travel and writing. In the last few years, he’s visited New York, Tokyo, Venice, Iceland, Death Valley and Berlin always combining exploration with photography.
Alan’s work is focused primarily on events, architecture and landscape; for example, the Venice Carnival, Whitby’s Goth Weekend, the beautiful wilderness of Utah, and the graffiti of New York and Berlin.
Alan has taken most of his aerial photographs while flying the aircraft. He is principally interested in images taken from above that seem abstract, like the colours of the salt-pans round the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
People and Perspectives covers four of Alan’s favourite themes:
• Aerial photography that turns real-world images into abstract designs such as the Humber River mudflats glinting in the sun.
• Carnival photography including Venice and Whitby featuring people in glorious costumes.
• Wilderness photography that captures the magnificence of nature such as Bryce Canyon.
• City photography that includes themes ranging from rainstorms to street art.
The Art Gallery at Darlington Library is open Monday to Saturday during standard Darlington Library opening hours, all ages are welcome, its free entry and visitors are welcome to pop in and have a look (some of the work in the exhibition will also be for sale from Alan Clements to). We hope you’ll enjoy exploring People and Perspectives if you visit Darlington Library between Saturday 22 February 2025 and Thursday 13 March 2025.
