Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the famous West Front. Although it was founded in the Anglo-Saxon period, its architecture is mainly Norman, following a rebuilding in the 12th century. With Durham and Ely cathedrals, it is one of the most important 12th-century buildings in England to have remained largely intact, despite extensions and restoration. (Source: Wikipedia)
For the month of September I chose the subject Heritage Architecture for my monthly photography project. A young city with thousands of years of history, Peterborough has lots of historical buildings in and around the city centre. The most famous of them all is Peterborough Cathedral, which celebrated its 900 years of existence just a year ago.
Peterborough Cathedral is where we bring our first time visitors as it is synonymous with Peterborough. Although an Anglican Church, it has hosted a few One Mass activities of the local Roman Catholic Church in the past. I must have been to Peterborough Cathedral dozens of times now.
All photos were taken with a micro four thirds camera (https://amzn.to/2K8BUl6) attached with a telephoto zoom lens (https://amzn.to/2YvqiMJ).
For this project, it happened that Peterborough Cathedral was hosting artist Luke Jerram's travelling artwork Gaia after a successful hosting of Jerram's Museum of the Moon last year to help celebrate the Cathedral's 900 years of existence. So it was like a case of twice lucky on the day I went to the Cathedral.
I have photographed Peterborough Cathedral on this particular day in two ways. One, I focused on Jerram's Gaia which was hung under the central tower of the Cathedral and capturing it with parts of the Cathedral as background. Secondly, for this project I concentrated on the sides and back of the Cathedral and careful not to get the huge Gaia on to the scene.
There are just so many interesting and wonderful scenes both in and outside the Cathedral that it may take several visits or mini-projects to fully appreciate its beauty. I have taken many photos of the Cathedral in the past. It may be that I will look into the Cathedral as one big photography project in the future.
Note: for a look at the other photos I took on the same day please read on my Gaia post.
(October is next in the series)
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