Settle Awhile
Drystone walls and Amazonian Forests
architecture
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Phenotype
I see the pattern of the universe everywhere: in the marbling of a countertop, in the bobbing flower heads of a summer meadow, in the dust kicked up by the flick of a fish tail. Apparently, the patterns that appeal to us most are those that have natural forms. We...
A little hug every Friday
Genius Loci
Spirit of a Place
Spirit of a Place Exhibition. Bury Art Museum. On until April 2022. When people look back upon our time, I think that one of the defining phrases to describe our generation might be ‘the era of detachment.’ Perhaps it’s too harsh a description, but there is a growing sense...
A shoot in the life of...
I'm happiest when photographing a church. Here's a short film about an evening (and subsequent morning) spent photographing an ancient church in the Lincolnshire countryside. I was lucky enough to have permission to stay over on site in the campervan - so was able to see...
Ring The Bells
Finding Sanctuary in a Time of Need
A Bell Isn't A Bell Until It Rings
The scene through the viewfinder was one of pastoral beauty: a thatched and jettied cottage, with colourful Gertrude Jekyll borders full of Lupins. As my eyes drank in the peached colours of summer, a single press of the shutter button on my camera brought me tumbling back into the splintered...
The Babbling Chronograph
A photographic journal of finds from a shape shifting brook.
The Holy Host
“That what each of us must do is cleave to what we find most beautiful in the human heritage - and pass it on ... And that to pass these precious fragments on is our mission...” Michael Ventura, 'The Age of Endarkenment' * It might have been a figment of...