Andrew Lambirth

‘At last I wasn’t worried about making pictures’: an interview with Mark Shields

An artist who dreads unthinking habit seeks new inspirations in his childhood interests

‘Poet’s Head — O Singing God’ by Mark Shields [© Photography Bryan F. Rutledge B.A.] 
issue 01 March 2014
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