Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 30 May 2025
In recent times, I’ve noticed a shift in my emotions—a kind of angst driven by the current state of the world, followed by a re-purposing of how I want to navigate it.
ways of seeing
In the late 1990's I had a breakdown that ultimately led me, through a journey that took me away from depression, to a new career in photography. What made all the grit of the dark days worthwhile was that I was left with something that felt like a pearl - a new way of seeing and interacting with things - more sensual, emotive and visual. These posts explore different ways of seeing and experiencing our world.
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 16 May 2025
And so it seems fitting—uncannily fitting—that the man standing in the rubble should bear the name he did. Piper. Pipe. Conduit.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 28 March 2025
I think it’s because there’s a clarity of message here - a kind of truth that asks nothing of you. Not the sort that needs proving or defending, but one that is simply known, absorbed.
☀️ 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.
☀️ Eustace Collection: The Cultural Seed Bank
Buzzing with this new perspective, I set about photographing elements like this in the hope of sharing the singularity of the occasion with others, and with the wish of disseminating the pattern like a wind blown daisy seed - a bit of heritage grafting with the aid of my camera.
📍Loci: Hiraeth
The landscape provides a correspondence with the transition of time—the valley bottoms out into flattened serenity, as the Berwyn hills rise like embattlements pitched against any sense of doubt as to the magic at play.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 17 January, 2025
Their survival would articulate a faith in the long view; it would signal that we still have the capacity to consider future generations, even when we are not here to witness the fruits of our labour.