Visiting this remarkable old church was not particularly on our agenda when we stopped in Chester, England. We had some extra time so we made a several-hours layover during a train ride between two other cities, thinking that while it wasn’t worth an overnight stay it would be fun to poke around in Chester. The central part of this English town contains lots of fascinating old buildings, and it is surrounded by an old defensive wall.
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We made a brief stop in Chester, England last June during our travels in Scotland, Ireland, and England. When I write “brief,” I mean a matter of hours! We had heard that Chester has interesting old buildings, a bit like Shrewsbury, so we scheduled our trains between the latter town and Liverpool to give us a layover there of a few hours. We had just enough time to grab a bite, walk a good section of the town walls, wander past some downtown shops, and visit the Chester Cathedral.
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A photograph may resonate in multiple ways and for many reasons. Sometimes the fact that it captures an interesting or important moment is sufficient, regardless of technical or esthetic quality. Or it might be about composition and the relationship among its component parts in the abstract. It might evoke a memory or an association. It could appeal on its intrinsic visual qualities — tonalities, light, color, and more. Many photographs work in more than one of these and others not listed here.
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