These photographs of the Peak District are not just images of pristine wilderness, but of a National Park where every inch has been affected by man over millennia and nature has remained and adapted.

They present what Paul Webster calls “an essential guide to the Peak District”. Webster has travelled widely in order to present us with images that reflect not only his perspective of well-known sites, but also hidden gems.

Using several methods including long exposures and black-and-white infrared photography, Webster aims to create dreamlike images that capture the many contradictions of this landscape, showing both the natural beauty of each scene without hiding the dark and sometimes even sinister undercurrents running through. In these photographs we find a pervasive sense that another world exists beneath the façade of what our ordinary eyes see by the light of day.