I’m Andy Marshall – a photographer, artist, and writer, seeking out places that offer refuge, continuity, and alternative ways of seeing the world.

You can find more about how I overcame a difficult time in my life to become a photographer, writer and artist here:

About Me - Learning To See Again
For over twenty years I’ve been seeking out alternative stories in our surviving material culture and sharing them with my photographs and words.

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The Citadel

The more I look, the more they appear. It feels as though a fuse has blown somewhere in the mechanics of nature and the magic veil has been removed. 

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A Year in the life...

A year on the road shaped by photography, place, loss and grief - and the places that carried me through.

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Andy Marshall's Mini Caminos

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Losing Lincoln, Finding Dad

A story of loss and reconnection on the day the Prime Minister came to town

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In Search of Britain's Ancient Yews

An evolving record of the remarkable churchyard yews I’ve encountered on my travels - with photographs, personal observations, locations and practical details for visiting them yourself.

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Breedon on the Hill

From an Iron Age hillfort to Saxon sculpture and a medieval priory, discover a place where every generation has left something behind.

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Changing lives, unchanging places at Norbury

Continuity, self-doubt, photography and the unexpected comfort of places that remain unchanged in a fast-paced world.

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Exploring medieval York: from St. William's College to the Snickelways

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A remarkable discovery in York

Every so often my work takes me somewhere few people get to see.

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What if beauty isn't simply a matter of taste, but a glimpse of something fundamental?



An encounter at Lastingham led me from photography and art to Paul Dirac, quantum mechanics, and the ancient idea of aletheia - an unveiling of hidden relationships. 👉

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Looking Through Hockney's Eyes

How artist David Hockney helped me truly see

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Finding poetry within the mundanity of a wall.

Louth in Lincolnshire

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Struggling with present times? This might help

Where I discover a remarkable work of art hidden in plain sight in Richmond, Yorkshire

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😯 Best bookshop in the UK?

From the mighty grandeur of a hammerbeam roof to the gentle words of a remarkable poem

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A visit to Catherine Hill, Frome

Its depth of expression lies in its incremental accumulation

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The Power of Art - Why does this matter?

“For this glass is not just for the believer or the in-crowd - but for ordinary people like me.”

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Readers of the Genius Loci Digest

What stays with readers

That aura, those echoes - the muted light is transporting. What a space to feel rooted in history. I'd love to make that journey myself; you've stirred the opera lover and architectural dreamer in me.

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The vaulted nave of York Minster glowing with filtered light
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