Photographing Thornton-le-Beans
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....
Andy Marshall
Architectural Photographer in a time-travelling camper van. 📸🚐🏛️ Architecture, Travel, History, Place, Material Culture.
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A Year in the Life: 23 March 2022
I’m there first thing and I feel anxious - there’s an overwhelming sense of inertia. I walk out into the churchyard to gather my thoughts and catch a dash of red text on a gravestone silhouetted against the rising tide at Y Foryd.
A walk along Oxford Road, Manchester
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.
A Year in the Life: 19 March 2022
The early morning light is dancing around the stone carvings. It’s the foliate sculpture that renders this space a marvel of the Gothic genre.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 17 March 2023
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.
The Georgian House, Edinburgh
Step back inside and enjoy a pure scroll through this lovely Georgian building.
A Year in the Life: 12 March 2022
I notice the ridge finial detail - it curves downwards and cups the gable - it reminds me of Sir Basil Spence’s Coventry Cathedral. The covered entrance at Coventry echoes the protective curve of the barn finial.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 10 March 2023
The vast matrix of interaction between humans, throughout huge stretches of time, has diluted into a collective consciousness enriched by remarkably beautiful and striking things that have been passed on to us with their meaning intact.