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Guardians of Time: Journeys Through Sacred Landscapes

Derry Brabbs

This exhibition traces a journey through places where landscape and faith, memory and movement intersect. From the abbeys, castles, and coastlines of Britain to the cathedrals and hill towns of France, Spain, and Italy, and onward to the dramatic escarpments of South Africa, these photographs explore how belief and belonging are inscribed in the land.

Pilgrim routes, river crossings, and defensive high ground emerge as waypoints in an ongoing dialogue between people and place. Light reveals stone shaped by weather, paths worn by footsteps, and vistas that continue to guide travellers today.

Rather than presenting a single national story, the work follows a wider arc, showing how sacred topography resonates across regions and cultures. The result is a visual map of resilience and reverence, where history remains present and the land continues to shape how we gather, remember, and move.


POS DB 662 2Misty day in Wensleydale, a part of the Yorkshire DalesPOS DB 662 2
POS DB 662 3Langdale in the English Lake District National ParkPOS DB 662 3
POS DB 662 4Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales National ParkPOS DB 662 4
POS DB 662 5Richmond, North YorkshirePOS DB 662 5
POS DB 662 6Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales national parkPOS DB 662 6
POS DB 662 7Keld in Swaledale, Yorkshire DalesPOS DB 662 7
POS DB 662 8Greenwich Royal Palace and Observatory, river Thames, LondonPOS DB 662 8
POS DB 662 9The Smiling Angel of Reims Cathedral, FrancePOS DB 662 9
POS DB 662 10Rouen, FrancePOS DB 662 10
POS DB 662 11Gold Hill, Shaftesbury in DorsetPOS DB 662 11
POS DB 662 12The Spanish city of ZaragozaPOS DB 662 12
POS DB 662 13Holy Island, NorthumberlandPOS DB 662 13
POS DB 662 14A medieval Spanish bridgePOS DB 662 14
POS DB 662 15The Cisa Pass in ItalyPOS DB 662 15
POS DB 662 16The Sanctuary of Our Lady of La Salette in Alpine FrancePOS DB 662 16
POS DB 662 17St Michel d' Aiguille, Le-Puy-en-Velay, FrancePOS DB 662 17
POS DB 662 18Assisi, Umbria, ItalyPOS DB 662 18
POS DB 662 19The Upper Basilica of St Francis, Assisi, Umbria, ItalyPOS DB 662 19
POS DB 662 20Hadrian's Wall, NorthumberlandPOS DB 662 20
POS DB 662 21Limestone Pavements near Malham Cove, North YorkshirePOS DB 662 21
POS DB 662 22The Kissing Stones'POS DB 662 22
POS DB 662 23Dawn over Rutland WaterPOS DB 662 23
POS DB 662 24South AfricaPOS DB 662 24
POS DB 662 25Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland.POS DB 662 25
POS DB 662 26Glenfinnan, ScotlandPOS DB 662 26