> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Silvered Glass - URL: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/silveredglass/ - Published: 2020-05-11T11:55:50.000Z - Updated: 2024-01-30T08:23:51.000Z - Description: A mirror, lockdown and me. - Author: Andy Marshall - Tags: My Work, nature, Personal, #exposure, #Import 2023-02-28 18:49 > “The hardest thing of all to see is what is really there.” J A Baker ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/vl7xj6n3a9jkvt4s74gd99kz8etf68o2jvl5/original.png) Many years ago I filmed an artist called Colin Gilbert who lived in a council flat in Middleton, Greater Manchester. He had mirrors on all his walls. He told me that it helped create more space, but it wasn’t until lockdown that I understood the genuine reason for the mirrors: it provided another self. I realise that I’ve been using the mirrors around my house to do this all the time - more often during lockdown. It takes the form of a quick glance as I pass a mirror. It’s not narcissistic. I’m checking in with myself - an affirmation that I’m still here - still surviving. Since my work with Colin, on my photo shoots, I’ve taken a mirror with me in my bag, and I’ve asked passers-by to hold the mirror for a portrait. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/rygpsaavbge4ixqvd03p934s9jbwbe0pg38a/original.jpg) During lockdown, I’ve started using mirrors and photography to explore my feelings - in my home and on my designated walk. There’s always a possibility that by using a mirror this way it falls into the trap of being pre-conceived. But all images are reflections of the person behind the camera - even if you can’t see them. There’s a long tradition of artists revealing their presence in mirrors - photo-cryonics - freezing the state of being - holding it in suspension within the boundaries of the image. This exhibition isn’t about the mirror. I sought places that expressed the vast swathe of emotions that I’ve been going through, and used the mirror to project myself into the frame. My reflection is an imposition on a scene which hoards my feelings. The process was cathartic and helped sooth my raw emotions. The mirror became a window into another world. It was a comfort to see another self. I saw Colin in there too - as a memory of a past that can’t be retrieved. It expanded my boundaries and became a point of reflection and introspection. With the mirror I garnered an empathy with our need to make a mark, which produced an atavistic urge to record my hand in the reflection. I’ve called this exhibition ‘Silvered Glass’ - because that’s what’s really there isn’t it? ## Silvered Glass ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/qa0839qbt56snj3atij4v3z3xv0j0y4kd76j/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/p7coueobxurfj35jo3apygp83m26ar5jt5o9/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/y5ptmsju1ctof8hw3b2j54ko3b1gmeou50zf/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/97wb9znhnn4ir83fw7jyiubx4lyr5pzpfobs/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/q2kussn66mev421glpz0ulcjugx4nnn6u1o5/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/c2xuvzs79cj1nl3wx7yuxrjlqsashxxuibsv/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/ofu9z0vcndkpgjnp6aqydgeiilp85vqi1vva/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/8yh2qwtxxvrcp22glrmqmh0jq17pexqaytgo/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/ujczw4zy8ul24cvzzivr0pl6flbmjkvr3p91/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/sd3elhpiku9tfizqnjwwababx87ffpdq6h85/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/d43r3jmyekbeleeheqn9zf1n6cjh02d01cdu/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/sa0oezr07qdql0473zj11oegftiwaratflc4/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/hgg4snv9xkp6eo659iakq8kh7wykm9jna6nx/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/ldjapz89pandie3o8ep3hk7jdt2iivne32rq/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/8xsixxuitb73i7d6ybc54l2c7bmlcnzsncil/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/rak3quymqn6r7j80eakqm73frg62j7bxv2rh/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/3yawnqt2adjcbipp9iu5yn3loo1ctfbj7c70/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/yeuy9ab930e5uok6tropp7szuv6t6byhdv6h/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/rkv4w2qbyji8r9xxr9lhlsl7mtbcmsffw5p5/original.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/dpfewe2yi76qvsk9z26mxnjr557ek2skvodm/original.jpg) This online exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Colin Gilbert. [Here's the film I made about him and his remarkable work](https://vimeo.com/49218797?ref=digest.andymarshall.co). ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/pn9g1xv5rl4jum1wtokrkolp6ibcrird7qqd/original.png) ## Andy Marshall is an architectural and interiors photographer based in the UK. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/b08soeqvllgp19ayt479pwrbcjnvz2nhalp5/original.jpg)