My Top 10 Most Popular Photos: No 2

Sanctuary Upshot Saint Mary's Studley Royal, Yorkshire UK

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REMARKABLE IT IS: THE FLOOR AT SAINT MARY...

Flickr Top of the Shots (once again)

This image of Rievaulx Abbey at Dusk has made it to # 1 of the TOP 20 Long Exposure group at flickr

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MINI PLANET VENICE

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Saint Mary's Studley Royal Yorkshire Interior HDR

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Spinningfields Development Manchester

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RIEVAULX ABBEY YORKSHIRE AT DUSK

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THE MEETING PLACE

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Last Days of the Baptist Church

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AMBULANCE

Building Types: Ecclesiastical

1. Saint Mary's Studley Royal Yorkshire Interior HDR, 2. Stained Glass by Clayton and Bell, 3. Stained Glass by Clayton and Bell, 4. Dead Frosty, 5. Beverley Minster Choir, 6. Niche detail Beverley Minster UK, 7. Contemporary Stained Glass Beverley Minster UK, 8. Sanctuary, Beverley Minster Yorks UK, 9. Memorial, Beverley Minster UK, 10. Beverley Minster font detail, 11. Beverley Minster Nave, 12. York Minster Chapter House, 13. Door furniture Selby Abbey, 14. The Coffin Road, 15. Winged Lion of Judah, 16. Gothic Nave, 17. Angelic Detail from Choir Stalls, 18. Sainte Chapelle, Paris, France, 19. Romanesque Capital York UK, 20. Last Words, 21. Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire UK, 22. Pews, 23. Label stop head sculpture Bury Parish Church UK, 24. Union Flag Bury Parish Church UK, 25. Label stop head sculpture Bury Parish Church UK, 26. Stained Glass by Clayton and Bell, Bury Parish Church UK, 27. Stained Glass by Clayton and Bell, Bury Parish Church UK, 28. Choir Stall carving by Paley and Austin Bury Parish Church UK, 29. Alter Table Bury Parish Church UK, 30. Choir Stall carving by Paley and Austin Bury Parish Church UK

My Most Popular Photo's on Flickr

1. Organ staircase Saint Mary's Studley Royal, Yorkshire UK, 2. Sanctuary Upshot Saint Mary's Studley Royal, Yorkshire UK, 3. Remarkable it is: the floor at Saint Mary..., 4. Mini Planet: Piazzeta San Marco Venice, 5. Saint Mary's Studley Royal Yorkshire Interior HDR, 6. Guess Where - Manchester?, 7. Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire UK, 8. The Meeting Place, 9. Last Days of the Baptist Church, 10. Ambulance, 11. Mini Planet: Little Moreton Hall Cheshire UK, 12. Communion, 13. Mini Planet: Beetham Tower Manchester UK, 14. Stop the world I want to get off!, 15. Aumbry, 16. Manchester Cathedral and Wheel at night, 17. Last Days of the Rag Trade, 18. My own personal tureen, 19. York Minster Chapter House, 20. View from the Altar, 21. Mini Planet: Tatton Hall UK, 22. Last Days of the Rag Trade, 23. The Church Piano, 24. Double Yikes!, 25. Winged Lion of Judah

All things Gothic

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My del.ico.us account has now reached 700 bookmarks - most have been saved under an architectural or building conservation theme.

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Charles Eamer Kempe

1. Stained glass window by Charles Eamer Kempe, Bury Parish Church UK, 2. Stained glass window by Charles Eamer Kempe, Bury Parish Church UK, 3. Stained glass window by Charles Eamer Kempe, Bury Parish Church UK, 4. Stained glass window by Charles Eamer Kempe, Bury Parish Church UK

One of the most individual of Victorian Stained Glass artists.

Kempe's work can be recognised by the soft almost pastel colouring, angels wings detailed like peacock feathers and after 1895 the use of a wheatsheaf symbol

Charles Eamer Kempe photoset

Charles Eamer Kempe on my del.icio.us

Stained Glass photoset

Clayton and Bell photoset

Hardman and Co photoset

Stained Glass on del.icio.us

Stained Glass on my blog

Andy Marshall is a professional architectural photographer. Most images can be downloaded 24/7 at Alamy as stock photography

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4. Stock photography architecture themes....
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The George Pace Project

1. Former South Aisle now Nave of Saint Martin-Le-Grand, York UK, 2. Exuberant cames by George Pace at Selby Abbey, 3. Saint Martin Le Grand York, 4. Saint Martin Le Grand York

George Pace is one of my all time favourite architects and I am planning on visiting a few more of his churches in the new year to photograph them.

I have set up a flickr group called 'The George Pace Project'. The aim of the group is to collate images and information about George Pace's works.

Here's a bit more about George Pace:

English Architect George Pace 1915-1975, was born in Croydon Surrey.

During his formative years he became a member of the Society of Antiquaries and won many prizes as a student including the Pugin studentship in 1937 and the RIBA Asphitel prize for the best architectural student in England.

Mackintosh was an early influence and a fellow student quoted "whilst most of the students enthused about Lloyd Wright or Gropius, George was more concerned with the ideas of William Morris, Lethaby and Burges". (taken from The Architecture of George Pace by Peter Pace, Batsford, London, 1990)

Pace, however declared a respect for Gropius whilst at the same time pursuing a passion for medieval Gothic nurtured by his childhood years drawing churches with his father.

During the early stages of his practice, Pace developed a strong relationship with the Ecclesiastical. He formed a close bond with the Dean of York Minster and through his patronage became architect to several major Cathedrals.

Pace believed strongly in the tradition of skill and craftsmanship and developed long lasting relationships with several firms.

Pace's later designs for completely new buildings were rooted in this unique mix of the modern and the conservative, the Gropius and the Morris. Added to this mix, was the belief that industrial architecture was an underestimated art form.

I believe that it is the combination of these elements which take George Pace's architecture to a new level of Gothic - beyond Lethaby but retaining it's roots (and therefore not cut off from such cultural nutrients) within that tradition.

Whilst walking around one of Pace's buildings, I am always struck by its contemporary resonance, the spatial poetics, and the symbiotic relationship with the past Gothic tradition often articulated in traditional materials, textures and methods.

More on George Pace on my blog

George Pace on My del.icio.us

My George Pace flickr set

Top of the Night Shots

This image was no. 1 in the flickr Top 20 Night Shots this week. It's a pic of Rievaulx Abbey at Dusk (Yorkshire UK).

More here on how the photo was taken....

Andy Marshall is a professional architectural photographer. Most images can be downloaded 24/7 at Alamy as stock photography

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Communion

Andy Marshall is a professional architectural photographer. Most images can be downloaded 24/7 at Alamy as stock photography

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Sacred

We often walk past old monuments without taking much notice - but if we stay awhile and ponder and take in what is actually being said; then we can perhaps open up a brief wormhole to the past - and in doing so - realise how close we are to our ancestors in feelings and thoughts.

Check out my latest photostory on flickr to see more..

Andy Marshall is a professional architectural photographer. Most images can be downloaded 24/7 at Alamy as stock photography

1. Website
2. Portfolio
3. Search 7000 stock images....
4. Stock photography architecture themes....
5. Video's
6. The ARCHIPHOTOGRAPHICAL OASIS
   

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Sketching

As a photographer I find that sometimes you need to understand the form and texture of a subject to get a better image. So I try and sketch as much as possible - this helps both my photography and also my knowledge of the subject. I'm not an artist - but I enjoy it all the same - Here's a slideshow of some of my sketches

Manchester Town Hall Extension by Vincent Harris

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