
Why the Digest?
For over twenty years I've been seeking out alternative stories in our surviving material culture and sharing them with my photographs and words.
For over twenty years I've been seeking out alternative stories in our surviving material culture and sharing them with my photographs and words.
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. But what was the spark that ignited my journey?
St. Patrick in Patrington is a wonderful creation of the Decorated period of Gothic architecture in the early C14th.
A church that leads to the sea, with a delightful C12th nave and an unusual ship grafitto on a column in the arcade.
St. Patrick in Patrington is a wonderful creation of the Decorated period of Gothic architecture in the early C14th.
These patterns are telling in their own right - they tell us of a melting pot of cultures. They tell us of association, assimilation and diversity, and they connect the vast stream of human consciousness that flows through these objects.
MEMBERS ONLY I recently photographed the chapel of ease at Thornton-le-Beans in Yorkshire for the Friends of Friendless Churches. I thought I'd share my process with you so here's a quick video from my day....
This walk is all about the experiential and the transformative - it takes us into a canopy of trees and then through to the heights of Gothic splendour and on to the pyramids of Egypt.
It's almost surreal to think that a place as enchanting as Edinburgh truly exists. Whenever I visit this capital city, which exudes the charm of a quaint village, I have to pinch myself to believe it's only a few hours' drive away.
Walks in the Yorkshire Dales
Step back inside and enjoy a pure scroll through this lovely Georgian building.