the work of simon marsden has grown from a love of ghost stories and poems that he was interested in as a youth and from growing up in haunted houses. his favourite authors are Arthur Machen and M.R. James and his favourite poet it Edgar Allen Poe.
through his work he wishes to open people up the the idea of the paranormal and has no intention to convince people of ghosts but to inspire them to be open to the belief.
he became interested in photography the age of 21 when he received a Leica for his birthday and the first roll of film was used photographing cardboard cut outs of ghosts. he was intrigued by the magic of time and light and the enigma of 'reality' that these elements conjured up and liked the play with the unreality and the real.
his images have a really dark feel to them and have a great deal of depth to them. you can see that i great deal of thought has been put into his work in order to give the viewer a better experience and point of interest. these images have been good to view for me to see the shooting and editing style.
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