On SEEING, A Journal. #527

The View Overhead

May 16, 2023

 

 

In the studio, the subject matter is straight ahead,  perhaps at a vertical, oblique or horizontal, off the perpendicular, but straight ahead nonetheless.

When out of the studio it is imperative that one looks in every direction, to the sides, behind, down and certainly up.

These images are each the result of looking and directing my camera up, ever so carefully.

 

Ceiling 131; Westminster Abbey, London.

 

Ceiling 131; Westminster Abbey, London.

 

Ceiling 129; Westminster Abbey, London.

 

Ceiling 128; Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

 

Ceiling 127; St. Paul’s Cathedral, London.

 

Ceiling 126; St. Paul’s Cathedral, London.

 

Ceiling 125; St. Paul’s Cathedral, London.

 

Ceiling 124; St. Paul’s Cathedral, London.

 

It its quite remarkable to me how much thought, architectural challenge, artistic design and craftsmanship are required to construct such creative masterpieces.