Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 8 Dec 2023
I observe how they tied the past into the warp and weft of the present - a material act of not letting go; a way to preserve the thread of history, as if the world might unravel if they didn’t.
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This digest revels in the in-between, the transitional, the presence of absence. My camera with its dials and knobs and sharp focus has taken me into the blur of things. It has taught me that because things can't be measured it doesn't mean that it isn't there. The spirit of things, the essence of our places is as real as my shutter button.
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Andy Marshall's 100th Genius Loci Digest: 1 Dec 2023
And now, we have reached 100 digests and I'd like to say thank you for your support and patience.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 24 Nov 2023
I can smell the space before I can see it. It is dark and dank, and it takes a while for my eyes to adjust to the gloomy interior which reveals itself intermittently in swags of sunlight dropping in from behind the clouds.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 17 Nov 2023
If I were a Banksy or an Emin, and presented the world with an object that had been shaped by the collated, nuanced press of several thousand people over five hundred years, I’d think I was onto something.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 10 Nov 2023
I tell myself that it will pass, but whilst it’s here, I decide to turn my troubles into alms and take advantage of my super-senses.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 3 Nov 2023
I am a totem to them. Without me they feel rudderless. They have imprinted me with their hopes and fears, their gains and losses, their happiness and sorrow.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 27 Oct 2023
Welcome For those that are new here: thanks for coming along.. I'm an architectural photographer. I travel around Britain recording and interacting with special places that have a spirit about them. I work from my camper van called Woody and I share my experiences via this digest. ⚡️ Missed the last...
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 20 Oct 2023
For a moment, I disappear: Andy Marshall the frustrated and entitled photographer, the writer, the anxiety ridden camper-van-camino chap - completely disappears.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 13 Oct 2023
"I find it hard to think how anything like this can survive the perils of our times."