Behind The Photograph: The Minstrels at Selby Abbey
The minstrel appears to gaze out across the city while we stand beside it. For a moment we share its viewpoint. We are no longer simply looking at the abbey; we are heavenly minstrels too.
Andy Marshall
Architectural Photographer in a time-travelling camper van. 📸🚐🏛️ Architecture, Travel, History, Place, Material Culture.
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Behind The Photograph: in the steps of Edwin Smith
I went away from Didmarton with a new and profound understanding of space and light but I also held a nagging feeling that there was something left unfinished.
Behind The Photograph: Planes and Surfaces, Burano, Venice.
What looks at first like a picture of three flat facades slowly becomes something else...
Behind The Photograph: A Decisive Moment at Barnstaple
There is an element of chance in photography that no amount of preparation can control.
Behind The Photograph: Evensong at Lichfield Cathedral
We don't need to have professional equipment with us to capture an emotion - sometimes worlds align, atmospheres become visible and we just have to record it from our perspective.
Behind The Photograph: Winter at Cowside, Yorkshire.
The house is not simply there to be looked at, but something we feel ourselves moving towards.
Behind The Photograph: The remarkable roof at Carlisle Cathedral
A different viewpoint does more than show us something new. It dismantles what we thought we already knew.
Behind The Photograph: Beverley Minster Sunrise.
It isn't just one photo - but a set of photos that took around ten years to make. I'd always wanted to get the shot, but the clouds had their part to play in stopping me from getting the ultimate photograph. These images are my most published....
Behind The Photograph: The Value of Light Upon A Facade
We imagine that a camera records what is there. But perhaps it also records the conditions under which something finally became visible to us.