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Shooting in the Battle Area
2015-02-21 21:26:00 UTC
I recently had the opportunity to photograph in the army training area (STANTA: the STANford Training Area) near Thetford. Covering over 30,000 acres, the area was requisitioned for military training in 1942, and its six settlements depopulated. Many of the soldiers who landed on the Normandy beaches in 1944 underwent…
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Up in the Roof: A Few Photographs from St Nicholas…
2015-01-13 23:42:46 UTC
Eye-to eye with roof angels at King’s Lynn, November & December 2014: Pt. 2
The angel roof at St Nicholas shows signs of several earlier restorations, with replacement work of varying quality. But most of the full size angels - which are about 4 1/2ft tall - appear (barring some…
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Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
2015-01-13 23:14:31 UTC
Eye-to eye with roof angels at King’s Lynn, November & December 2014: Pt. 1
St Nicholas, Kings Lynn has the earliest dateable angel roof in East Anglia (ca. 1405-10). The church, which is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, is currently undergoing a major restoration, and will reopen…
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