Tolkien portraits - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 07-13-2009, 10:48 AM

Many thanks to Garm for providing the confirmation on the location and the other information - I thought it could be Branksome Chine but my visits there have been on gloriously sunny days which are rather at odds with the picture! I have some picture of it still in the camera - I will try and scan them in when I have got them developed or borrow a digital.

I didn't go to Oxonmoot last year and so missed it (though the art room isn't my usual haunt) .

garm · 07-13-2009, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Many thanks to Garm for providing the confirmation on the location and the other information -

You're welcome. By the way - I don't think that's such a sad picture of the Professor - though it's by no means a favourite of mine. I mentioned earlier that Snowdon took several photos that day; one was used for a book cover.

Look here:

http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/deta...eference=65670

- Much better!

Lalwendë · 09-01-2009, 04:04 PM

The photo by Snowdon in the woods is one I'm well used to because it's on the cover of (or at least...was) Paul H Kocher's Master of Middle-earth - a great book, though a bit out of date now because it came out before the Sil was published.

I never found it disturbing, but maybe that's me - it instead just reminds me of some woods we used to play in as kids.

garm · 09-03-2009, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Lalwendë

The photo by Snowdon in the woods is one I'm well used to because it's on the cover of (or at least...was) Paul H Kocher's Master of Middle-earth - a great book, though a bit out of date now because it came out before the Sil was published...

Actually, there's quite a bit in Kocher's book that's still relevant. His views on Sauron and the Nature of Evil have never been bettered, in my opinion. Same goes for the part about Aragorn.

And, Kocher also deals with Tolkien's shorter works - very useful.

Lalwendë · 09-03-2009, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by garm

Actually, there's quite a bit in Kocher's book that's still relevant. His views on Sauron and the Nature of Evil have never been bettered, in my opinion. Same goes for the part about Aragorn.

And, Kocher also deals with Tolkien's shorter works - very useful.

Yes, it's well worth reading for his analysis of Aragorn which is superb. I might crack this one open again soon, this thread has reminded me of it!

It's also relatively easy to get hold of a nice old copy - I even found a 1st on a market stall!

Mithalwen · 09-09-2009, 11:28 AM

I am fairly sure I have that book but I think it must have a different cover .. I am fairly sure I never saw the Snowdon before the NPG.

Mithalwen · 03-06-2010, 06:42 AM

Not sure it is good form to "Heren Istarion" one's own thread but there was a fascinating interview with Lord Snowdon on Radio 4's Front Row this week (straight after "The Archers " else I would probably havie missed it

) which I was going to transcribe but this interview in yesterday's Telegraph covers the most interesting point in relation to the Tolkien portraits about the "edge" he sought and more explicitly than on the radio of the cruelty of photography (though personally I am more liable to inflict cruelty on anyone attempting to take my picture...)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/p...ing-to-do.html

07-13-2009, 10:48 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Many thanks to Garm for providing the confirmation on the location and the other information - I thought it could be Branksome Chine but my visits there have been on gloriously sunny days which are rather at odds with the picture! I have some picture of it still in the camera - I will try and scan them in when I have got them developed or borrow a digital. I didn't go to Oxonmoot last year and so missed it (though the art room isn't my usual haunt) . __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-01-2009, 04:04 PM	#3
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	The photo by Snowdon in the woods is one I'm well used to because it's on the cover of (or at least...was) Paul H Kocher's Master of Middle-earth - a great book, though a bit out of date now because it came out before the Sil was published. I never found it disturbing, but maybe that's me - it instead just reminds me of some woods we used to play in as kids. __________________ Gordon's alive!

03-06-2010, 06:42 AM	#7
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Not sure it is good form to "Heren Istarion" one's own thread but there was a fascinating interview with Lord Snowdon on Radio 4's Front Row this week (straight after "The Archers " else I would probably havie missed it ) which I was going to transcribe but this interview in yesterday's Telegraph covers the most interesting point in relation to the Tolkien portraits about the "edge" he sought and more explicitly than on the radio of the cruelty of photography (though personally I am more liable to inflict cruelty on anyone attempting to take my picture...) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/p...ing-to-do.html __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-09-2009, 11:28 AM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	I am fairly sure I have that book but I think it must have a different cover .. I am fairly sure I never saw the Snowdon before the NPG.