📍Loci: How Photography Taught Me How To See.
Stopping and taking time to observe is an act of faith in the material truth that surrounds us. It washes away the fake news, discomfort and confusion of present times and helps me feel rooted.
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This isn't a list of the mechanics of photography - but touches more upon the process, the use of light and my experiences with the camera. I've found that it's the experience that counts - and there's over 30 years of experience diluted into these posts.
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📍Loci: Ways of Seeing at Inglesham
J.B Priestley equated the time continuum to an omelette. Add Inglesham to the mix and time is a soufflé. Inglesham is like an odd bend in the road of time.
📍Loci: Breaking The Frame: How a Single Photograph Became a Threshold.
And perhaps this is where the photograph does its best work. Not in what it contains, but in what it releases.
📍Loci: Andy Marshall's Golden Light Digest.
After spending prolonged days wrestling with the light through my viewfinder, I’ve experienced a kind of photo-serotonin effect, as if a transfusion has taken place resulting in an inner glow, unable to stop chattering; a feeling of being baptised with the splendour of it.
📍Loci: Buildings Speak? Yes They Do.
If ever there is an argument for a building that might dispel the disbelief of a radio jock, then it is the Beauchamp Chapel at St. Mary's in Warwick.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 12 December 2025
And it’s here, at this first hint of light, that I’m always stopped short by the sight of winter trees standing in silhouette: its whole architecture pressed into sharp relief. I never quite understand why it moves me so deeply.
Divine Light: An Illuminated Journey
My journey capturing photographs for the book Divine Light: The Stained Glass of England's Cathedrals.
📍Loci: A 'Wirksworth state of mind'.
I gave myself permission to stop and enjoy it, and to take time to photograph it, inspite of the curious glances from passers by.
☀️ Eustace Collection: Looking through Olive's Eyes.
Inspired by Edwin Smith’s photography and Olive Cook’s letters, uncover hidden narratives and historical layers that shape this town’s heritage, revealing new ways of seeing place, art, and memory.