about

chris friel is a british colour blind painter who bought a camera in 2006 and has not painted since.

he has been shortlisted for the sunday times landscape photographer of the year for the last 4 years, and won a judge's choice award in 2011.

his images have been exhibited in the South Bank Centre, on the Santiago subway in Chile, and projected behind the London Sinfonietta in the Royal Festival Hall.

quotes

'chris friel is a photographer with a wonderful, natural eye - a modern day fay godwin perhaps'
tim parkin great british landscapes magazine 2010

'one of the finest, most creative, startlingly innovative and exciting photographers in the uk'
douglas chimmery advanced photographer 2011

'The dazed state of Chris Friel's images provoke uncertainty - a memory that may or may not have happened; dream matter, foggy and interrupted'
raji kaur thefreakshow 2011

'one of the finest contemporary landscape photographers in the uk today'
mikhail palinchak photoslaves magazine 2011

'friel's work is beautiful, otherworldly, captivating, enchanting, surprising, and haunting'
mark fenwick facinating photography magazine 2011

'His work manages to blur the boundary between photography and abstract landscape paintings'
creative panes 2012

'is this what dreams look like?'
flavorwire magazine new york 2012

'chris friel takes breathtaking pictures that look like paintings'
trendhunter 2012

2000 images
flickr