Simon Marsden

Simon Marsden was an English photographer and author who passed away recently.  He used to work as an assistant to photographer Ruan O'Lochlainn.  His early work was published in photography periodicals around the end of the 1970's.  In 1975 and 1976 he traveled The United States, Europe and The Middle East, having the chance to photograph numerous architectural subjects and magnificent landscapes. 

The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore from the Pazzietta San Marco, Venice, Italy

Marsden's main interests were gloomy, creepy subjects such as haunted houses, graveyards, dark towers and the fairytales and legends that are often connected to them. An interesting fact though, is that the dark atmosphere in his photographs is not created by the subjects alone, but by his choice of using infrared film. 

St. Andrew's Church, Sausthorpe, Lincolnshire, England

His photographs are already world famous and are exhibited in many museums and galleries, including the Saatchi Gallery in London, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. Simon Marsden also published a number of illustrated books, the latest having been used as an album cover of the English black metal band 'Cradle of Filth's second album and as an adveritsment for the Japanese manufacturer Toshiba. 

References:

http://www.simonmarsden.co.uk/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/9067498/Sir-Simon-Marsden-Bt.html