People say

I suppose I do like to hear about what people think about my work… so here are a few emails I have received..so you can see what they say too!

Harris Tweed book reviews are listed below.

Lara,

I felt I must congratulate you on an impulse buy this morning, of a copy of Harris Tweed. It is both a beautiful and informative publication. You explained the remarkable process so well and being a tweed wearer myself, you have inspired me to consider taking a trip to the islands myself.
Your book was such an unexpected delight and the photographs quite exquisite. Thank you.

Annabel Watts

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Dear Lara,
I’ve had a look at your gallery from Spa and I want you to know that I think they are really, really beautiful. Rarely have I seen such evocative photos of one of our historic race meetings. Good work…….
……..All I know is that they are great photos. I’m so glad you decided at the last minute to hitch a lift to Spa!
Best Regards, Carol
(Carol Spagg Managing Editor, Historic Motor Racing News)

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Dear Lara, As promised I wired into your website, partially out of inquisitiveness but really as a result of your passion for your chosen subject of diary photography.

Your first cameo of Goodwood is an hors deurve of tastes. Wizzo Williams, Surtees,Tony Dron costume dresses, chocolate dribbles..its all there to remind us of the party to which Lord March  invited us to join.

Anyway, think the website is a shop of curiosity, you undoubtedly have great talent.

Nick

 

Dear Lara,
My name is Willem kemper from Holland, and I´m just back from the Spa 6hours and your pictures are the best. It is a sheer master-class in photography (and the proof you need big apertures!)I found it hard conditions to make decent photos but you turned this into an advantage and created some of the most romantic and warm pictures I have ever seen in motoring. I am truly impressed.  I’m just a amateur and can’t, photo-wise, even stand in the shadow of your right hand, but I want to learn and I’ve learned more from your website (well just a part of it, I´m working my way through your archives!) then I did in several workshops. So please regard my writings in the relevance of who is talking.

Met vriendelijke groet/ Regards

Willem Kemper.

No one has posted anything yet and it’s the 3rd of January already – I saw plenty of people taking pics and I’m sure a couple must have been Members !  So I’ve resorted to scouring t’interweb and found a nice personal view of the day by Lara Platman on http://www.girlracer.co.uk here : –
http://www.girlracer.co.uk/motoring/news/8127-brooklands-new-years-day- gathering.html

Tim Morris
BTM Administrator

Reviews of Harris Tweed from land to street: Available to purchase here

It’s the biggest fictional hero endorsement to hit the Hebridean textile industry since Sherlock Holmes chose a Harris Tweed deerstalker. Our revelation on Saturday that the jacket worn by the eleventh Doctor Who, Matt Smith, is a vintage Dunn & Co two-by-two dogtooth will, we hope, galvanise fresh interest in this great, 100 per cent new wool cloth — a material that should be as synonymous with Britain as denim is with the US. – The Times 31 March 2010

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Harris Tweed: From Land to Street is a beautiful book that attempts, through photographic vignettes and small bits of text, to capture the feeling of Harris Tweed. This is no small endeavour: part of the appeal of Harris Tweed is in its texture and feel, something difficult to represent on paper. Nonetheless, Lara Platman’s book does a phenomenal job of capturing a little bit of the essence of Harris Tweed, following it from its woolly beginnings to its finely crafted result. Wellcultured.com

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Lara Platman’s beautiful book celebrates the industry with a series of photographic portraits that show how deeply rooted Harris tweed is in its landscape and indigenous culture. Her ability as a photographer to get under the skin of her subject, her eye for colour, light and local identity, make this book a must for anyone interested in the iconic Hebridean textile. – Country Life

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A celebration of craftsmanship, dedication and a way of life. – Dundee Courier & Advertiser

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I have a number of wonderful photographic books about the Western Isles – The Hebrideans by Gus Wylie was the starting point for the E Tautz autumn/winter 2010 collection – but they’re all in black and white. This volume, in full colour, is less romantic but more real than all the others. – GQ magazine

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A timely look at the people behind the cloth. The text presents a thorough history and the images are excellent – Lara Platman has produced a fascinating book. – Amateur Photographer

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Platman outlines the journey from sheep to fabric, and from the Hebrides to Savile Row, all lovingly illustrated with her beautiful documentary photography. – Crafts

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Lara Platman spent a year with the farmers, mill workers and weavers who produce the cloth, and with the tailors and designers who fashion it into some of the most stylish garments around. Her evocative portraits of the people and the place tell a remarkable story of craftsmanship and survival. – Homes & Interiors Scotland

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Her intimate portraits, laid out in Harris Tweed: From Land to Street, follow the fabric as it is created: from the birth of the Cheviot lambs, to their shearing, the washing and sorting of the fleece and the creation of the yarns, right up until the final moment – the gentleman’s suit, proudly displayed, on a mannequin in a Savile Row tailor’s window. – Independent

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