✨ Treasure Hoard: The Sea of Steps at Wells Cathedral
Nothing better communicates the flow of time than a place that has faithfully carried the passage of people for centuries.
Nothing better communicates the flow of time than a place that has faithfully carried the passage of people for centuries.
Across a building extruded from the Triassic and Jurassic this isn't just a parable of faith, but also the story of the cosmos itself and our part in it.
And thus I have found myself in a career where attentiveness is a necessary prerequisite. In the years since I started out, something has gradually washed over me - and through me - like wine through water.
A chance to own a limited edition print of the the Sea of Steps at Wells, leading up to the Chapter House.
I spent a whole day stood behind my camera capturing the remarkable light shift across the facade at Wells Cathedral - and it's one of my most enduring cohort of images.
The whole complex dates from the C13th when Bishop Jocelin acquired a licence to build a hall and deer park on the land to the south of the cathedral.
Come with me into the nave at Wells and witness one of the most remarkable acts of architecture in Europe.
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I chuckle at the coincidence that an act of genius of the purest wisdom should find itself settling into a combination of shapes that intimate the face of an owl.
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