Mark Box

Photography Professional specialising in Digital Preservation, Cultural Heritage, Documentary & Editorial. Lead Photographer for Darwin Correspondence Project

[Mark Box @markboxphoto]

@Cambslive Car found abandoned in ditch this morning on Bannold Road, Waterbeach, resulting in road being closed while ambulance, police and fire engines blocked the road.

[Mark Box @markboxphoto]

Great presentations from everyone at the Baskerville Small Performances Launch @LibraryofBham

#baskervillesmallperformances
#libraryofbirmingham
#baskerville
#baskervillepunches
#cambridgeuniversitylibrary
#cambridgeuniversity
#artsandhumanitiesresearchcouncil
#ahrc

[Mark Box @markboxphoto]

Baskerville Small Performances Launch @LibraryofBham

Baskerville Launch | Library of Birmingham

#baskervillesmallperformances
#libraryofbirmingham
#baskerville
#baskervillepunches
#cambridgeuniversitylibrary
#cambridgeuniversity
#artsandhumanitiesresearchcouncil
#ahrc

[Cambridge UL Special Collections @theULSpecColl]

Zambia kuchalo 🇿🇲 putting Zambia on the map! Our latest blog post reflects on a recent @camvisculture fellowship to explore methods of creative intervention & new ways to engage with colonial-era collections. https://t.co/INxzBlbZ33

[Mark Box @markboxphoto]

December's @CambsEdition is out now! Pickup your festive copy around Cambridge to find out what's going on, enter the Christmas Giveaway and check out this month's HoC double page photo feature! 📷
#cambridgeedition
#cambseditonmagazine
#lifestylemagazine
#whatsonincambridge

[Mark Box @markboxphoto]

@daisyldixon Ahem... 😊

[Mark Box @markboxphoto]

November's @CambsEdition
Is out now with HoC's two page feature for this month of some of my favourite Humans. Spot anyone you know? 📷

#cambridgeedition
#cambseditonmagazine
#lifestylemagazine
#whatsonincambridge
#humansofcambridge
#hoc

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

Imagine being able to make stone translucent.

Giovanni Strazza possessed that extraordinarily rare artistic skill. His bust of the Virgin Mary, "The Veiled Virgin", executed in flawless Carrara marble, is one of the most impressive feats by any sculptor in history.

Strazza's "wet drapery" technique continued the legacy of other Italian sculptors like Giuseppe Sanmartino, who produced mind-bending veils from marble a century earlier - the famous "Veiled Christ" is a canonical example.

The tradition also dates back to much earlier sculptors well-known for carving intricate folds, in particular Renaissance artists like Michelangelo and ancient masters from Greece's Hellenistic era.

But in the mid-19th century, Strazza took the technique to its extreme. The subtle layered effect he achieved allows the viewer to easily discern Mary's facial features from the delicate veil, and at the same time creates the illusion of total weightlessness.

How he created something so soft and fluid from solid stone, using only basic hand tools, is a mystery.

[Cambridge University Library @theUL]

"The #SpittingImage archive and exhibition represents an invaluable resource for the study of British TV satire."
Michael Clarke CBE, Chair of the Acceptance-in-Lieu Panel.
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[Cambridge Edition @CambsEdition]

Take a look at this month's 'Humans of Cambridge' from local photographer, Mark Box (@humanofcambridge). 📸

Can you spot anyone you know? ✨

[Cambridge University Library @theUL]

⚠️ Review just in ⚠️

This outraged visitor thinks that our #SpittingImage exhibits are the most grotesque things he's ever seen, and highly recommends you go and see them for yourself to confirm.

Book your free ticket now (if you can handle it)
https://t.co/bpuu5YodDD

[Maciej M Pawlikowski @mmpawlikowski]

Are you interested in Heritage Science and have skills needed for non-invasive material analysis? Come and join us @theUL for the exciting new project we are embarking on early next year https://t.co/SzG2RFCfGM #ch #Science #glam #books

[Maciej M Pawlikowski @mmpawlikowski]

Looking with the microscope at the old CDs is a new territory. Has anyone tried that before? Challenge accepted @CaylinSSmith @makethecatwise in the name of #DigitalPreservation

[Maciej M Pawlikowski @mmpawlikowski]

Love working with James. He's an expert in his field very supportive of digital endeavours. People like him make our work possible. #CulturalHeritage #DH @theUL

[Mark Box @markboxphoto]

Check out this month's HoC in @CambsEdition
October edition. Comment if you spot yourself or see someone you know! 📷

Pick up your copy now or see online.

https://t.co/tRaUqeAPjy

[Maciej M Pawlikowski @mmpawlikowski]

Usually I like to stay on the other side of the camera but it was great working with @ahrcpress @UKRI_News team talking about projects and work we do @theUL for @CamDigLib. This is always a huge team effort.

[Mark Box @markboxphoto]

September's @CambsEdition is out now! Check out online: https://t.co/HraxzLBLQX

[Mark Box @markboxphoto]

July's @CambsEdition is out now, featuring another awesome double page feature of super cool Humans! Spot anyone you know? Want to get featured in a future edition? 📷
https://t.co/QlCwS4O4bc

[Amélie Deblauwe (she/her) @bird_gerhl]

It’s all happening for members of @theUL’s Digital Content Unit this week!

Here’s another blogpost looking at the evolution of digitisation in the past 20 years, by most excellent head of dpt @mmpawlikowski, & photographer Raffaella Losito.

#DigitalHumanities #CH

[Mark Box @markboxphoto]

https://t.co/dk0GdRhwxs