The Age Of Miracles
This is Walsingham, a tiny, picturesque and extraordinary village. 500 years ago it was one of the great pilgrimage centres of Europe, focused on an immense shrine to the Virgin Mary. Today - after many troubles - history has turned full circle and each year it attracts tens of thousands of pilgrims.
Walsingham is a remarkable place that provokes strong - and sometimes unexpected - reactions. I'm still trying to work out mine. The town embodies the medieval pilgrimage atmosphere, where the profound and absurd interweave bewilderingly. Whether you're a wry American professor (fifth link here), a panicking British lifestyle journalist or a tourist with a camera, the result seems to jolt the comfy web of habit, certainty and preconception. Which is perhaps the point :)
Cue David Byrne:)
Walsingham, Norfolk. Leica IIIf, Summitar, Foma 200, 100th@f8, Orange Filter.
The Age Of Miracles
This is Walsingham, a tiny, picturesque and extraordinary village. 500 years ago it was one of the great pilgrimage centres of Europe, focused on an immense shrine to the Virgin Mary. Today - after many troubles - history has turned full circle and each year it attracts tens of thousands of pilgrims.
Walsingham is a remarkable place that provokes strong - and sometimes unexpected - reactions. I'm still trying to work out mine. The town embodies the medieval pilgrimage atmosphere, where the profound and absurd interweave bewilderingly. Whether you're a wry American professor (fifth link here), a panicking British lifestyle journalist or a tourist with a camera, the result seems to jolt the comfy web of habit, certainty and preconception. Which is perhaps the point :)
Cue David Byrne:)
Walsingham, Norfolk. Leica IIIf, Summitar, Foma 200, 100th@f8, Orange Filter.