Wildflowers for the Queen, by Hugo Rittson Thomas
- Credit: Wildflower Press
Cotswold photographer Hugo Rittson Thomas is perhaps best known for high-profile photographic portraiture, including images of HM Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William, the Dalai Lama and David Cameron. He also has a deep interest in garden and nature photography, reflected in his latest publication.
You re well known for your Royal portraiture, Hugo, with the astonishing
The Queen s People coming out in 2016, but your first published book was
Secret Gardens of the Cotswolds, in 2015. What attracted you to horticultural photography?
I grew up in the Cotswolds on a farm and have always felt part of nature, being outside was far more common than being inside – whatever the weather! I recall at my prep school I was given a one-yard-square plot to cultivate, and was thrilled to win a prize for my efforts. Sometimes it exists within me as a tiny seed and sometimes it’s in full bloom – but the pass