Tipping Points

In science, a ‘tipping point’ is the moment when gradual change builds into a sudden,
irreversible and often dramatic event. It’s the shift from balance to upheaval. In climate terms, tipping points symbolise urgent thresholds, where nature warns us it cannot absorb much more without consequences.

After more than 40 years of capturing landscapes around the world, Lynn embarked on her first-ever Arctic wildlife expedition in 2024. Venturing as far north as Svalbard in the Greenland Sea, Lynn produced a new body of work shaped by exposure to melting glaciers, endangered wildlife habitats, and the urgency for conservation. That 18-day expedition was a dramatic awakening.

 

In truth, it was her tipping point.

 

For travel photographer Vincent Dupont Blackshaw, what began as a simple exploration of living and working on the Isle of Wight has evolved into a visual and emotional reflection on disconnection, perspective and responsibility. Vincent’s work captures this experience from within a bubble of domestic comfort.

 

The wilds are out there, but seen from a place of shelter and distance.

 

As a body of work, these two perspectives make for some stunning contrasts. Both
communicate a sense of minute presence within the vast scale of shifting landscapes – Lynn in the Arctic tundra, Vincent capturing natural forces contained, perhaps controlled, at least for now, on the ice rink or the beach, or seen from a window.

 

For both photographers, the concept speaks to something deeply personal and human; the quiet moments when awe, fear, and reality intersect. Their pictures invite viewers to feel both the enormity of the world and the fragility and transience of human experience upon it. They explore what it means to bear witness to change while feeling isolated or powerless in the face of it.

Awarded UNESCO Biosphere Reserve status in 2019, the Isle of Wight, which both
photographers now call home, is a living example of how local efforts can contribute to global change. Tipping Points embraces this spirit by to reflect on their own stories of renewal, restoration and small actions that ripple into a greater benefit to community and wildlife habitat.

 

This exhibition is an invitation to look closer, contemplate and consider where the next positive tipping point might emerge. From the land, from the sea, or from within ourselves.

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