Wendy E Gould - UK

I’m privileged to have been given a sneak preview of “Wanderlusting” the eagerly anticipated photographic journey publication by John Byford.

As I turned each page I was totally captivated. I immersed myself into the fascinating, visually stunning and compelling universe of John’s unique perspective. Each image told a story and invited me to explore and interpret the everyday experiences of a visionary photographer. This book is an engrossing pictorial journey of one man observing his surroundings and all the fascinating characters who have traversed his daily life. It reflects his humanity, his humour and spans a spectrum of relatable emotional responses. I would urge readers to take their time in exploring this beautifully crafted book and connect with John’s artistry.

Cy Langner - Germany

I find the book quite interesting. It shows the differences between humans, cultures and nature alike. I find that some pictures follow a certain aesthetic while others are taken at the perfect time and fit perfectly into it as a whole.

These pictures don't seem to be staged, with someone posing for a period of time, only to get the one perfect picture out of a hundred. No, they seem casual instead and this casual nature makes the pictures more real while almost everything else in my world is staged.

It truly is different!

Thomas Fischer - Germany

It was warm again this Monday morning at the state garden show in Bad Gandersheim. Brexit or not, the "Pavilion" platform was entirely in British hands today. The national flag on the outside wall of the building unmistakably identified the pavilion as an English island in the realm of the State Horticultural Show.

This included a well-known personality from Bad Gandersheim's English twin town of Skegness - the artist and photographer John Byford.

John happily presents his latest work of art to me. A thick book with a series of his most beautiful, original and cheeky photographs all made on different trips. The title of this photo book is funny: "Wanderlusting", Byford's new neologism. A linguistic symbolism.

Byford's photographs tell many stories. And they're not just aesthetically beautiful. His point of view comes across as authentic. That means bitterly serious, cool and funny. "I don't look at it...", Elke Pilz commented on my question as to whether she could interpret all the photographs with her Christian self-image. Nina answered the same question simply and confidently: "I'll have to explain some of the pictures to my child...".

That's exactly how it is. Byford's picture book stimulates discourse on art and more!