this epic landscape has attracted artists, photographers and film - makers since people began settling here. the red and white canopy of poplar trees is echoed in the sea - salt used to harden camino paths ; the local sheep are small and scrappy, the tattered dresses of our don delillo - era rebels could have been sewn by the artists'quarter ; even the dramatic rock faces are figurative – they have been shaped by the wind, time and the sheer difficulty of the climb.