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A friend of a friend recently lost her life on a photography workshop. The leader of the workshop has posted the following on Facebook:
As many of you will already be aware, my Highlands & Hebrides workshop ended in tragedy last week when one of my clients, Agnes Proudhon-Smith ARPS, lost her life to the sea whilst photographing on the Isle of Harris.
My thoughts at this terrible time are with Agnes’s husband, their two sons and their friends and families, both in the UK and in France. They all have my deepest sympathy. I cannot imagine what they are going through.
Agnes was a lovely lady and, although this was the first time we had travelled together, it became immediately apparent to me that she was a highly talented photographer with great creativity and an excellent eye for composition. She also had a sense of fun that showed in her images, especially those of people and animals. I know that many of my followers will have known Agnes, if not personally then by reputation, as her photography was well known within the camera club circuit and she had won several awards. She recently successfully completed her Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society, of which she was rightly very proud. Agnes ran her own successful studio photography business from her home in Surrey. Like all the best photographers she had a real passion for her art and a determination to work hard for the best image possible.
A tragedy such as this is what all of us who run photo workshops and tours dread. We work in wild places, so there are always risks, but we do all we can to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our clients. The heartbreaking events of last week will remain with me forever.
PHOTOGRAPHERS, PLEASE RESPECT THE SEA. It has ferocious energy and can be more unpredictable than you can possibly imagine, no matter how much experience you have. At some point in the future I will write in more detail about what occurred on this fateful day to help raise awareness of the unpredictable nature of the sea when photographing in coastal locations, but now is not the time.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank my fellow photo workshop and tour leaders, many of whom I have never met, for their messages of support and offers of help last week on Harris.
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