Cameron Newham
Cameron Newham | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 |
| Other names | C. B. Newham |
| Occupation(s) | Heritage photographer, IT consultant |
| Known for | Documenting England's rural parish churches |
Cameron Newham FSA (born c. 1965) is an Australian-born British photographer, author, and independent heritage documentarian. He is best known for his ongoing effort to photograph every rural parish church in England, a project that has spanned more than two decades and produced over 500,000 images from more than 9,000 churches.[1][2][3]
Biography
[edit]Newham began photographing rural parish churches in 1997, shortly after moving to Britain from Perth, Australia. Initially inspired by the architectural guides of Nikolaus Pevsner and the early 20th-century photographic work of John Stabb, his project gradually expanded to include the detailed documentation of church architecture, sculpture, and interior features such as pre-1900 monuments, fonts, and wall paintings.[2] By the mid-2020s, Newham had photographed more than 9,000 churches and compiled an archive exceeding 500,000 images.[1] His work has been used by scholars in the fields of medieval architecture, sculpture, and funerary art. Notably, his images of knightly effigies were featured in Tobias Capwell’s monograph Armour of the English Knight 1400–1450, praised for offering overhead views that emulate a devotional perspective.[4] Newham has also contributed to the Post-Reformation Wall Painting Project (PRWP), a scholarly initiative cataloguing later church murals in England.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Addley, Esther (27 December 2019). "Australian on mission to photograph every parish church in England". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ a b Laing, Jemima (3 September 2009). "A photographic labour of love". BBC News. Archived from the original on 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ Howse, Christopher (27 July 2019). "Sacred Mysteries: One man's photographs of 9,000 rural churches". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "Armour from God's point of view". www.theartnewspaper.com. 23 January 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ Pridgeon, Ellie (5 February 2015). "PRWP App". Post-Reformation Wall Painting Project. Archived from the original on 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.