Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 28 Feb 2025
The weight of history here is a press. I am so taken in by what I see that I sit down on the cold slab to absorb it. This is a place that has held fast in the eddying tides and swells of chaotic times.
Andy Marshall
Architectural Photographer in a time-travelling camper van. 📸🚐🏛️ Architecture, Travel, History, Place, Material Culture.
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Be there: Amongst the ancient landscape at Repton
One of the most remarkable churches in England.
Genius Loci: Mid-week-pick-me-up
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 21 Feb 2025
As I sketch, the people of this town come and go – their conversations rise and fall. The bar staff change shifts; time dissolves, and outside, the timber framing stands unmoved.
☀️ Start here: About Eustace
“In our world," said Eustace, "a star is a huge ball of flaming gas." “Even in your world, my son, that is not what a star is, but only what it is made of.”
📍Loci: Common Ground
Like the imprint of sand left behind by the receding tide, our absence etches patterns of meaning that linger long after we’re gone.
☀️ Eustace Collection: Connected Consciousness.
Here, I explore how these carvings form a vast network of meaning, linking past and present - thus contributing to significance.
📍Loci: A 'Wirksworth state of mind'.
I gave myself permission to stop and enjoy it, and to take time to photograph it, inspite of the curious glances from passers by.
☀️ Eustace Collection: Looking through Olive's Eyes.
Inspired by Edwin Smith’s photography and Olive Cook’s letters, uncover hidden narratives and historical layers that shape this town’s heritage, revealing new ways of seeing place, art, and memory.