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.
Misty day in Wensleydale, a part of the Yorkshire DalesPOS DB 662 1
Langdale in the English Lake District National ParkPOS DB 662 2
Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales National ParkPOS DB 662 3
Richmond, North YorkshirePOS DB 662 4
Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales national parkPOS DB 662 5
Keld in Swaledale, Yorkshire DalesPOS DB 662 6
Greenwich Royal Palace and Observatory, river Thames, LondonPOS DB 662 7
The Smiling Angel of Reims Cathedral, FrancePOS DB 662 8
Rouen, FrancePOS DB 662 9
Gold Hill, Shaftesbury in DorsetPOS DB 662 10
The Spanish city of ZaragozaPOS DB 662 11
Holy Island, NorthumberlandPOS DB 662 12
A medieval Spanish bridgePOS DB 662 13
The Cisa Pass in ItalyPOS DB 662 14
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of La Salette in Alpine FrancePOS DB 662 15
St Michel d' Aiguille, Le-Puy-en-Velay, FrancePOS DB 662 16
Assisi, Umbria, ItalyPOS DB 662 17
The Upper Basilica of St Francis, Assisi, Umbria, ItalyPOS DB 662 18
Hadrian's Wall, NorthumberlandPOS DB 662 19
Limestone Pavements near Malham Cove, North YorkshirePOS DB 662 20
The Kissing Stones'POS DB 662 21
Dawn over Rutland WaterPOS DB 662 22
South AfricaPOS DB 662 23
Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland.POS DB 662 24
Glenfinnan, ScotlandPOS DB 662 25