Lincoln Cathedral Fine Art Folio

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was born in Doncaster South Yorkshire UK in 1966 and have lived here for the best part of 45 years.

The journey of photography all the way from capturing the initial image, through the entire editing process stage and arriving at the final print is something which I thoroughly enjoy Photography should be something which motivates and moves you as an individual and the photographs which you create should be for yourself and if others happen to like them, that should be considered as an added bonus. The photographs which I make for my personal projects are mostly created with black and white in mind as I feel that colour captures the image but black and white captures the feelings that lie beneath the surface. I attempt to capture moments in time that have a quiet emotion to them and have a tendency to avoid human presence, instead focusing on the objects that humans construct, manoeuvre and discard.

In addition to photography, my knowledge extends to Fine Art Digital Printing, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom all of which I offer one to one tuition on. As well as my personal website, www.ianbarberphotography.co.uk, I also manage a website which is dedicated to Black and White photography www.digitalblackandwhite.co.uk. This website is where I enjoy passing on the knowledge I have gained over the years to other photographers who may be finding it difficult to take their own photography to the next level.

Ian Barber ~ 2014 Doncaster South Yorkshire United Kingdom

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In 1185 an earthquake caused structural damage that was repaired by St Hugh (Bishop 1186-1200) from 1192 onwards.

It provides a space for God, a place for worship, praise and private prayer.

In 1255 Henry III approved a petition by the Dean and Chapter to take down part of the Roman city wall to extend the Cathedral. This new Angel Choir was consecrated in 1280 and became an important centre for pilgrimage until the Reformation.

incoln Cathedral is the Mother Church of the Diocese, the parish church of the County, a place of national heritage and a centre of international pilgrimage.

The Cathedral dates from 1072 when William the Conqueror instructed that the bishopric of this, then the largest diocese in England (covering the lands between the river Thames and the Humber), be moved from Dorchester, near Oxford, to Lincoln.

In the 14th Century the central tower and those of the West end were heightened, and all had spires until 1549 Lincoln Cathedral when that of the central tower blew down. With this spire Lincoln Cathedral had reputedly been the tallest building in the world, at 525 feet being 3 foot higher than the great pyramid!

The first Norman Bishop of Lincoln, Remigius, had previously been a Benedictine monk and a loyal supporter of William at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

The weight of the remaining towers and their spires caused them to lean, until about 1730 when the architect James Gibb created a Narthex at the West end, whose cross walls strengthened their support.

Alexander â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Magnificentâ&#x20AC;? (Bishop 1123-48) managed to partially restore the Norman Cathedral after a fire in around 1141. His contributions include commissioning the famous 12th century Romanesque frieze on the West Front.

The spires were though eventually removed in 1807 for safety reasons, at which point the final form of the Cathedral that is still with us now was at last reached.

Duncan Grant Mural