Grasslands: Richmond Park

Grazing deer and their habit for eating tree seedlings have, since 1637, kept these ancient grasslands—the largest lowland acid grassland in the area—from reverting to woodland. I made these photographs at Richmond Park in London. My aim was to capture the rivers of texture created by the wind sculpting almost fifty species of grasses, rushes, and sedge along with an abundance of wildflowers. They thrive in patch-worked expanses amid miles of mown walking paths in this 2500-acre park.

Shown here are four of the twelve images in this series.