Beyond the Lens
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • Website
  • Prints
  • Bookshop
  • Social Media

The Entrance

17/6/2012

0 Comments

 
Picture
Winchester Cathedral, UK
I have visited Winchester a few times over the 10 years or so. Winchester Cathedral is a dominant feature of the city, and is somewhere I enjoy photographing. 

The church is one of the largest cathedrals in England, and has the longest nave and greatest overall length of any Gothic cathedral in Europe. The cathedral was founded in 642 just north of the current site. 

The front doors of the Cathedral really struck me when I first visited. The sturdy red doors contrasted the beige stone of the building, making them stand out. The door handles, for me, are just asking to knock the door. 

Picture
Winchester Cathedral, UK
Once inside the Cathedral, the sunlight (when the sun’s out) filters through the windows, casting shadows its rays as well as shadows around the building. I have enjoyed wandering through the building and capturing the light within. 
Picture
Winchester Cathedral, UK
The relatively new ‘funky font’ at Salisbury Cathedral captured my imagination when I visited the Cathedral a couple of year with family. It wasn’t something I was expecting, and hadn’t been there when I previously visited. The font was installed in 2008. 

Designed by William Pye, it is the first permanent font at the Cathedral for over 150 years. The font shows the contradicting nature of water - contrasting its still reflective quality with the more animated overflowing spouts at each of the four corners. 
0 Comments

Reaching to the Heavens

18/3/2012

0 Comments

 
Picture
Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain
I visited a Barcelona a few years ago, and fell in love with the city – and Antonio Gaudi’s work. Whether you like his architecture or not, his influence on the city is remarkable. I hadn’t really appreciated his work until I saw it for myself.

One of his most famous buildings is the Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, commonly known as the Sagrada Família. Started in 1882, Gaudi became involved in 1883 and combined Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. While the construction is still ongoing on the unfinished building, it is impressive.

I wished I had gone into the building, but hadn’t had time to. Nonetheless, I still managed to get some impressive images of its exterior. I found the building was essentially Gaudi, and the continuing construction is sensitive to Gaudi’s plans.

Generally speaking, I prefer more protestant churches as they tend to be plainer. Gaudi’s architecture is the complete opposite. What draws me to Gaudi’s architecture is its earthliness – its rootedness in nature. Perhaps I am drawn to Gaudi’s over the top manner in a rather indulgent way.

I am generally drawn to photograph his work in colour. Somehow it lends itself to colour – its richness and earthiness would be different in black and white.

Next time I visit Barcelona, I would like to see the interior of the Sagrada Família, and take photos. 

0 Comments

    Author

    Heather Martin is a London based photographer who specialises in architectural, event and B&W film photography.

    For more info, please to the About page.

    **Heather Martin owns the copyright to all the photographs and text within this blog, unless otherwise stated.

    Archives

    August 2016
    May 2016
    December 2015
    August 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010
    September 2010
    August 2010

    Categories

    All
    Annie Leibovitz
    Anton Hammerl
    Architecture
    Art
    Art Deco
    Autumn
    Barcelona
    Bath
    Battersea
    Beckenham
    Birmingham
    Book
    Borough Market
    Brick Lane
    British Museum
    Brixton
    B&W
    Byland Abbey
    Canada
    Canary Wharf
    Castle Howard
    Cathedral
    Celebrity
    Cemetary
    Channel 4
    Charing Cross
    Christmas
    Church
    City
    Clapham
    Colour
    Copyright
    Covent Garden
    Crystal Palace
    Daniel Libeskind
    Death
    Diana
    Digital
    Dover
    Dover Castle
    Dulwich Wood
    Edinburgh
    Edinburgh Castle
    Eltham Palace
    England
    Euston Station
    Exhibition
    Film
    Fisheye
    Folkestone
    Foster And Partners
    Fujifilm
    Games
    Gaudi
    Gothic
    Graffiti
    Greenwich
    Hampshire
    Hastings
    Hertfordshire
    Home
    Hoxton
    Ilford Film
    Iphone
    Isle Of Dogs
    Joseph Paxton
    Journey
    Katharina Fritsch
    Kent
    Kodak
    Law
    Light
    Lip
    Liverpool
    Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
    Lomography
    London
    London 2012
    London Bridge
    London Eye
    London Underground
    Lothian
    Mallorca
    Marketing
    Modern
    More London
    Motif
    Museum
    Museum Of Civilization
    Museum Of London
    Nathan Coley
    National Sports Centre
    Nature
    Niagara Falls
    Olympics
    Online
    Open House London
    Oscar Wilde
    Ottawa
    Paparazzi
    Photojournalism
    Photo Manipulation
    Police
    Power
    Privacy
    Project
    Public Places
    Quakers
    Quebec
    Railway Stations
    Ramblers
    Reflection
    Renzo Piano
    Riots
    River Thames
    Royal Arsenal
    Royal Liver Building
    Royal Ontario Museum
    Rural
    Salisbury Cathedral
    Scotland
    Seo
    Shadow
    Shepherds Bush
    Side Streets
    Sir Giles Gilbert Scott
    Snow
    Somerset
    South Bank
    South Downs
    Spain
    Spirituality
    Sports
    Spring
    Stairs
    St James
    Stonehenge
    St Pancras Station
    Street Art
    Street Photography
    Summer
    Sunflower
    Surrey
    Sussex
    Sydenham Hill Wood
    Technology
    Terrorism
    Texture
    Thames
    The Crystal Palace
    The Shard
    Tim Hetherington
    Toronto
    Tower Bridge
    Train
    Transport
    Uk
    Urban
    Valentine
    Velvia
    Viaduct
    Walter Aubrey Thomas
    Wapping
    War
    Water
    Waterloo
    Weather
    Westfield Shopping Centre
    Westminster
    William Pye
    Wiltshire
    Winter
    Winter Solstice
    Woodbrooke
    Woolwich
    York
    York Minster
    Yorkshire

    RSS Feed

Powered by
✕