Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 11 August 2023
I'm heading out with a spring in my step and a heavy heart.
yorkshire dales
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A Year in the Life: 17 April 2022
Laithe, henge and church. I can’t help but think that these standing stones are of equal measure.
A Year in the Life: 2 April 2022
We sit beside the porch and take in the churchyard. Whilst we rest, billows of dust plume out of the porch entrance. The dust-busters are in.
A Year in the Life: 12 Mar 2022
I notice the ridge finial detail - it curves downwards and cups the gable - it reminds me of Sir Basil Spence’s Coventry Cathedral. The covered entrance at Coventry echoes the protective curve of the barn finial.
A Year in the Life: 6 Mar 2022
The landscape here is storied with several thousand years of human interaction. Its narrative unfolds from a single visual perspective and can, on occasion, jolt the senses from one extreme to another.
Words are not enough
Memory, place and continuity in the Yorkshire Dales
A Year in the Life: 3rd January 2022
Whilst walking along the drover’s lane I think about the energy invested in these walls over the countless years. Some of them have medieval cores. Each wall is laid by hands that stretch across generations.
Be there: Wharfedale in glorious VR
You can clearly see the line of the river Wharfe by following the mist from Grass Wood along to Linton and beyond.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest - 23 Sep 2022
Welcome! I’m an architectural photographer and writer. On my van-life travels through the British Isles I’m building up a word and photo-hoard of material culture that celebrates the value and distinctiveness of our built heritage and contributes to a sense of place.My van is my time-machine, it
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest - 12 August 2022
Welcome! I’m an architectural photographer and writer, On my van-life travels through the British Isles I’m building up a word and photo-hoard of material culture that celebrates the value and distinctiveness of our built heritage and contributes to a sense of place.My van is my time-machine, it
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest - 13 May 2022
Welcome! I’m an architectural photographer and writer. On my van-life travels through the British Isles I’m building up a word and photo-hoard of material culture that celebrates the value and distinctiveness of our built heritage and contributes to a sense of place.My van is my time-machine, it