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CAMERAMAN John Aitchison has chosen to launch a series looking at nature with a visit to the Northumberland coast.
Jan 11 2009 by Ian Robson, Sunday Sun
John, who is also a sound recordist, combines location recordings with personal narratives in the series A View Through A Lens.
The idea is to highlight the beauty of nature and the fragility of life.
The first programme, recorded in a raging storm in autumn, looks at grey seals as John decides to take his sound equipment to Brownsman — part of the Farnes islands — to record the local seal population.
Seals give birth at night so, with huge waves pounding against the rocks, John went in search of the mothers and pups in pitch darkness to record their sounds.
The rhythmic pulse of the Longstone Lighthouse provides a backdrop to his search.
V A VIEW THROUGH A LENS, BBC Radio 4, A View Through A Lens, today, 2.45pm.
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