Marc Wilson

Long, wet and successful day on location.
Local blackcurrant Bakewell tart to help me home on 3 hour drive.

BTS.
Afternoon all.
5am start today.
3 hour drive.
8km walked so far.
Bit cold, bit wet, very windy.
Food break then onto 2nd location.

Wonderful. Hope you enjoy it.

Thank you

Another 14 copies of ‘On the road’ going out of the door today.
To Canada, Australia, Belgium, US and UK.
70 left of this 1st edition now.
I printed 200 rather than the 150 of ‘One night’.

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... pillboxes, gun emplacements, anti-tank blocks and a radar station. RAF Bamburgh was a Chain Home Low radar station, which gave early warning of enemy raids approaching the north of England.

From The Last Stand photobook.
Bamburgh, Northumberland, England. 2013
A tidal surge in December 2013 at Bamburgh uncovered a pillbox in the sand dunes. It was constructed from hessian sandbags filled with concrete and was part of a long chain of coastal defensive sites including...

On International Women's Day, here's to the 2 strongest woman I know.
My wonderful Anna and my amazing mum, already well into her 90's and as strong as brilliant as ever.

February 2018, making work in Poland and Romania.

It is yes. I’ve self published my books (and now zines) since 2019.

From my new second zine, ‘On the road’.
Pithiviers, France. May 5, 2016

1st copy of my new zine ‘On the road’ arrived at someone’s door today.
The verdict…
‘Marc, I absolutely love On the road’.

Words to make me very happy!

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From 'A Wounded Landscape - bearing witness to the Holocaust'.
Praha-Bubny railway station, Prague, 2018. From here more than 50,000 Jews were transported to Auschwitz.
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I sent out a newsletter earlier today about my new work and the month ahead.
You can read it here…if you like :)

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From my new second zine, ‘On the road’.
Near Telenești, Moldova. September 28, 2015

About 60 zines packed up and ready to ship.
40 more to do still today.
Coffee break.

Signing prints for special editions of the zines I'm packing up and sending out today.
Copies of both 'On the road' and 'One night'.

...lucrative due to the production of fluorspar, a mineral used in industrial metal refining processes. Saved from demolition in 2017 the few surface structures that remain in the landscape include Groverake's emblematic rusted headframe, the last in Durham, as well as several stone buildings.

Plate 24, 25
From my book, ‘The Edge of Ruin’
…
Groverake Mine, Durham
This iconic mine was a significant operation from the early 19th century right up until its closure in 1999. Initially exploited for lead ore by the Beaumont Company, Groverake changed hands over the years and became...

Signing signing signing.
Zines and postcards.

Back from various photo and film shoots and I am now starting the process of packing up and shipping over 100 copies of my new zine ‘On the road’.
It’s going to take a few days but I aim to have them all in the post by the end of the week.

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From my zine, ‘One Night’.
May 9th, 2018.
Lublin, Poland

On my new book ‘The Edge of Ruin’ we used Swiss binding but where block was bound with cloth and not attached to cover at spine. So more traditional Swiss binding. I hope I’ve got these terms right…apologies to any binders if I’ve not!

We used open ‘Swiss’ binding.
So sections are bound as normal, but then the block (sewn sections) is not bound with cloth or attached at the spine, so has effect of allowing pages to lay flat.
The sections that make up the block do need what printer describes as ‘lick of glue’ to keep together.

... gun batteries protecting ports along the River Humber from attack by German U-boats and Zeppelins. During the second world war, the defences were updated and extended with anti-tank blocks, pillboxes and gun emplacements.

From The Last Stand photobook.
Spurn Point, Yorkshire, England
Spurn Point is a curving sand-and-shingle spit stretching between the North Sea and the Humber. In the first world war,
Spurn Point was leased and then purchased by the War Department, which built fortifications and...

Afternoon all.
3 hour drive.
Lots of coffee.
1st dedicated location trip in 3 months.
Still working this new work out.
15km walk, some hills, some sheep, some rain, some grey skies.
Tired feet.
Back in car now, warning up with miso soup.
Then heading home.

On the road tomorrow for a day.
Packing bags.
Checking lists.

I'd like to do it myself (feels right) but yes, most likely will have to be someone else!

I’m lucky I know…hope I can do them justice in the repair.