Gravestones
Jane Wright
In Homage To...
Sir Simon Marsden
(b. 1948) "I believe that another dimension, a spirit world, runs parallel to our own so-called 'real' world, and that sometimes, when the conditions are right, we can see into and become part of this supernatural domain. The mystical quality of my photographs reflects this ancient order and they attempt to reveal what is eternal ... ." - Simon Marsden
Photographer Simon Marsden's fascination with the supernatural began in childhood as he played hide-and-seek in the ancient attic of his family's archaic house, ever vigilant for the appearance of the 'family ghost'. It wasn't until later that he discovered the craft of photography and developed an enduring fascination with the magic of time and light and the enigma of 'reality' that these elements conjure up. It was when these dual interests fused that Simon's own particular artform was born. His startlingly atmospheric black and white images reveal a hidden world and the ghostly, beguiling and often chilling images transport the reader to a different realm, a haunted realm, where nothing can be taken at face value and where what we believe to be reality may not be quite all it seems.
His poetic, romantic images can be found in many important collections, including the Getty Museum in California and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. His previous books include The Haunted Realm, Visions of Poe, Phantoms of the Isles, and The Journal of a Ghosthunter, and he is currently editing his occult and travel diaries into a volume to be titled The Twilight Hour (Memories of a Haunted Man). He was born in 1948 and lives with his wife and family in an old rectory on the Lincolnshire Wolds.
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