Disappearing Britain
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Read MoreANDREW GIBSON
As a heritage photographer I'm constantly looking at the buildings of the past and despairing over the uninspiring state of their present day equivalent. Grand old hospitals were designed like...
Read MoreWelcome to 2019, a year that I entered into by driving to the Lake District in the dark to shoot its first sunrise. The resulting image is above - though that's far from the vision I had when I...
Read MoreNine years ago this weekend I ventured in to the former North Wales Hospital, the first of what would be four visits in the intervening decade. I'd always been curious about places like this and...
Read MoreThe great thing about the Heritage Open Days is that you can sometimes get to see the places... that you can't otherwise easily sneak into for a look round yourself. And Chatterley Whitfield...
Read MoreWell this thread keeps on giving doesn't it? I do have a fascination with days gone by and the Cornish tin mines appear at first glance to be long abandoned - more an integral part of the...
Read MoreLet's be honest, when it comes to seeking out heritage I'm not exactly your average National Trust card holder visiting stately homes and keeping behind the velvet rope. Far from it in fact. So...
Read MoreI spent an enjoyable few days in North Wales last November that included a day trip to the south to take a wander round an old colliery, so with time to pass I decided to take a full week this...
Read MoreHow do you bring a ghost train to life? Photograph it at nightfall and paint it with light... I've visited this place several times over the years and never quite been blessed with the right...
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