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# Member Powered Photography
- URL: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/member-powered-photography-status-summary/
- Published: 2026-08-15T09:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-06T21:30:11.000Z
- Description: Free photography for historic locations and traditional skills
- Author: Andy  Marshall
- Tags: member powered photography, Through The Lens

Member Powered Photography

# Help keep this *work alive.*

Your support is enabling me to give something back after 25 years as a professional photographer in the historic environment - sharing the Digest and providing free photography for historic places and traditional skills.

[Become a member →](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/mpp-status-summary/#/portal/) 

Membership brings benefits for you, too.  
[Explore what’s included  ↗](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/#/portal/)

**10**new members

or 

**£500**donated

\=

**1**free MPP shoot

![A carved figure resting its face in its hands beside a lion, at St Mary and St Barlok, Norbury. Photography by Andy Marshall.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/07/norbury-1-8-1.jpg) 

St Mary and St Barlok, Norbury - photographed through MPP

> “...images that do more than just document the architecture; they reveal the spiritual character of these sacred spaces.”

The Rev’d Dwayne EnghFor the parishes of St Oswald’s, Ashbourne, and St Mary and St Barlok, Norbury

## Membership helps make possible

### A free, public-facing Digest

Follow me as I explore Britain’s hidden gems.

### Free professional photography

For historic locations and the people keeping traditional skills alive.

### A sustainable creative practice

Steady support for an independent photographer to keep looking, making and sharing.

Live progress

## Help make the next shoot possible.

**Saved figures from 6 September 2026 - checking for updates**

●●● Membership-powered

[View member record ↗](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/member-funded-photography-can-you-help-me-achieve-my-goal/) 

**208**members

**2 more members** to unlock the next free shoot.

8 of the next 10 members**80%**

Next marker**210 members**

MPP rhythm**Every 10 new members**

£ Donation-powered

[View donation record ↗](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/member-powered-photography-donations/) 

**£472**of £500

**£28 to go** before donations release another free shoot.

Current £500 fund**94%**

Donation shoots**4 released so far**

MPP rhythm**Every £500 donated**

Your support at work

## Making things happen:  
15 free shoots.  
A growing shared record.

Buildings, interiors, landscapes and living craft documented professionally, without passing the photography costs on to the people caring for them.

**At least 2,000 miles covered**A conservative estimate

![Member Powered Photography at St Oswald's, Ashbourne](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/08/Oswaldi-32-1--1-.jpg) 

**St. Oswald's, Ashbourne**

“His photos have made me think differently about how we share the history of St Oswald's and welcome visitors.”

![Adam the bookbinder photographed through Member Powered Photography](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/08/Adam-36.jpg) 

**Adam the Bookbinder**

“You have managed to somehow raise it above the mundane ‘fixing old books’!”

![The Merchant Adventurers' Hall in York photographed through Member Powered Photography](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/08/mah-18.jpg) 

**Merchant Adventurer's Hall, York**

“It has been 15 years since we had any professional photos of the Hall taken and although you wouldn’t think a seven centuries old guildhall would change; the photos breathe new life into this ancient building.”

![St Wendreda's at March photographed through Member Powered Photography](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/08/St-Wendreda-March-7-1.jpg) 

**St. Wendreda, March**

“We have had a number of people contact us since you posted your beautiful pictures of St Wendreda's.”

![St Oswald's at Widford photographed through Member Powered Photography](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/08/Robin-Meech-Widford-16.jpg) 

**St. Oswald's, Widford**

“These pictures can only be an invitation to visit the church.”

![St Peter and St Paul at Broadwell photographed through Member Powered Photography](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/08/Broadwell-1-2-1.jpg) 

**St. Peter and St. Paul, Broadwell**

“What an absolutely entrancing and often intriguing set of photos - thank you so very much.”

[Explore the photography  ↗](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/member-funded-photography/)

An Invitation

## If this work matters to you,  
help me continue it.

Becoming a member supports the Digest and helps make more free photography possible. If you prefer, a one-off donation goes towards the next MPP shoot. Thank you for considering either.

[Become a member →](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/mpp-status-summary/#/portal/)[Prefer to make a one-off donation?](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/member-powered-photography-donations/)

Read more about why I set up Member Powered Photography:

[Member Powered Photography: How a Crisis, a Camera, and a Community Changed EverythingIn my thirties, I had a breakdown that led to depression. My recovery didn’t begin in therapy or with medication—it began through my senses.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/icon/Andy-438f307c-4c2b-4be2-adbb-95cc90c83b2d.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/thumbnail/Fireworks-Photoroom-1-87f30bc5-52d7-4c4d-9949-299d39e1d803.png)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/member-powered-photography-how-a-crisis-a-camera-and-a-community-changed-everything/)

## Time Travel With Me 🕰️

Let Woody - my campervan - choose our next stop: a distilled encounter with a place that still has something to say.

Click here to time travel  
somewhere else ↻ 

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