What began in breakdown became a calling: to photograph the places that inform and inspire us. This is a journey of the soul, as much as the landscape.

'...a delicious respite in these uncertain times.'

Jennifer Hammel

Hello and welcome to the Genius Loci Digest and thank you for subscribing. 🤗

Every Friday I post out the Genius Loci Digest from travels in my camper van which you’ll receive in your inbox.

As people engage with the digest over the weeks and months, they come to realise that the digest is more than just a travel digest.

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That aura, those echoes - the muted light is transporting. What a space to feel rooted in history. I'd love to make that journey myself; you've stirred the opera lover and architectural dreamer in me.

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The vaulted nave of York Minster glowing with filtered light
York Minster - light through the nave01 / 04

From the heritage portfolio

This digest is an antidote to a fast changing world, and my photography is another way of telling. It focuses on slow time, refinement, relevancy, and ultimately continuity.

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Mini-Caminos Take a Mini-Camino Short photographic journeys through places that reward a closer look. Explore the journeys The Eustace Toolkit Help others see why place matters A free toolkit for revealing the memories, meanings and human value held by historic places. Open the toolkit

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About Me:

About the Genius Loci Digest
For over twenty years I’ve been seeking out alternative stories in our surviving material culture and sharing them with my photographs and words.
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Here's all the Genius Loci Digests ever written:

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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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A Year in the Life of my Camper-Van-Camino:

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A Year in the life of an architectural photographer in his time-travelling camper van. Start reading from the bottom of this page.
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Membership

The Genius Loci Digest will always remain free and public facing and I put my best photography and words into every weekly newsletter. By subscribing you’re already giving me support that’s much appreciated.

For those that might want to dig deeper. I also have a thriving Membership scheme which helps keep me on the road.

In all the Digests there are links for Members to dig deeper and take a deeper dive into the place or topic. The content is usually immersive VR's or AR or video such as the examples below.

From just £2 per month you can support my work, help provide free Member Powered Photography for places in need and also get access to this extra content.

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Some of the Member Benefits available:

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⛫ Welcome to my virtual Cast Room. On my travels, I’ve been creating augmented reality casts of things that appeal to me. The Cast Room is inspired by John Ruskin’s Venetian casts and the Cast Courts of the V&A, London, which house a vast selection of casts taken of great works of art all over the globe. Members Only.
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Almost as good as being there…
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A growing collection of videos to supplement the digest
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