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Finn Hopson
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Halfway between the South Downs and the sea. Photographer with a gallery on Brighton beach, come and say hello.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · Sep 30
Brighton’s only calendar made in the sea!

The 2026 edition of my ‘Sea Views’ calendar arrived yesterday and very lovely it is too. 14 pictures taken during year round sea swims, a tide table, and free salty sea air with every one.

www.brightonphotography.com/brighton-sea-views-calendar/buy
The cover of the 2026 Brighton sea views calendar. A picture of the west pier as seen from the sea, the camera is half above and half below the waterline. A grid of twelve pictures included in the 2026 Brighton sea views calendar. All views of the city, the beach, the starlings and the piers as seen from the point of view of a sea swimmer. The May page from the calendar. A picture of the city skyline and beach between the piers on a busy day. The January page from the calendar. A moment from Brightons starling murmuration, a huge cloud of birds swooping away from the Palace pier.
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16 Venetian door entry buzzers.

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All photos by us.
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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“Where’s your fucking poppy?”
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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An excellent word.

www.brightonphotography.com/woodwork-prints/apricity
A photograph of a frosty woodland being slowly warmed by morning sunlight.
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Tide table pic for the 2026 Brighton Sea Views Calendar.

The far end of Brighton’s Palace Pier, plus bonus photographer in roller coaster matching yellow. Available at all (one) good seafront galleries near the West Pier ⬇️

www.brightonphotography.com/brighton-sea-views-calendar/buy
A photograph of the far end of Brightons palace pier taken from the sea. The camera is half submerged. On the pier above are two small roller coasters, one of which is yellow. Also just visible is a man with a yellow coat on, taking a picture from the pier. A close up portion of the previous photograph of the far end of Brightons palace pier, showing the detail with the photographer.
October 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Beef Stew is short for Elizabeef Stewart and was created and named for her majesty Queen Elizabeef the I
October 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Autumn seems a good time to buy a book full of trees. Like this one perhaps…

www.finnhopson.com/photobook-products/woodworkbook

Also contains some excellent old English words like ‘nunty’, ‘shimper’ and ‘mizmaze’.
Woodwork Photobook - By Finn Hopson — Finn Hopson
A new photobook by Finn Hopson. More than 100 photographs made over twelve years in the woodland of the South Downs.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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New woodwork. South Downs National Park, West Sussex. October 2025.

www.brightonphotography.com/woodwork
A photograph of trees in a West Sussex wood. In the foreground is a large silver birch that is curving gently over to the right. It’s still in full leaf although there is a hint of autumn colour. In the background are several straight, stark trunks of tall scots pines. I’m not sure anyone had read this far so I’ll stop here.
October 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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New woodwork. South Downs National Park, West Sussex. October 2025.

www.brightonphotography.com/woodwork
A photograph of trees in a West Sussex wood. In the foreground is a large silver birch that is curving gently over to the right. It’s still in full leaf although there is a hint of autumn colour. In the background are several straight, stark trunks of tall scots pines. I’m not sure anyone had read this far so I’ll stop here.
October 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Pedal Power Remains Most Efficient Way To Travel, Confirms Scientific American www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
Pedal Power Remains Most Efficient Way To Travel, Confirms Scientific American
Scientific American confirms that human on a bicycle more efficient than salmon, seagulls, or jet planes, updating a piece from 1973.
www.forbes.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Also - some freebies!

Every calendar order gets one of my new ‘Swim Area’ fridge magnets and a set of Sea Views postcards thrown in for free.
A collection of small yellow fridge magnets, which look exactly (well, pretty accurate I think) like a swim area marker buoy. Three postcards. A6, with a different picture on each. One is a starling murmuration, one is a swim area buoy and one is the west pier.
September 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Brighton & Hove should be the second.
October 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Wrong plaice, right time.
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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In Brighton this is just a normal size gallery.
Tiny Art Show Repurposes a Disused Stairwell into a 1:6-Scale Gallery
Tiny Art Gallery is a storefront-style gallery that sits inside what was originally a stairwell in Provo, Utah.
www.thisiscolossal.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Coasting. Just offshore at Birling Gap, East Sussex.
The white chalk cliffs known as the Seven Sisters, as seen from the perspective of a sea swimmer, the viewpoint half submerged in the sea.
October 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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These restrictions are citywide and have been part of the busking rules for decades. The root of this problem is that the organisers of this petition and the majority of buskers down here on the beach haven’t bothered to actually read those rules or listen to anyone else’s concerns.
October 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Lowlifes. The tail end of a starling murmuration in #Brighton.
A photograph of hundreds of starlings as seen from the perspective of a sea swimmer low down in the water, all silhouetted against an orange sky at sunset. Does anyone read this text?
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Recent wandering...

This image will appear in my latest book 'Fragments Vol.2', available to pre-order from @anotherplacepress.bsky.social here - anotherplacepress.bigcartel.com/product/frag...

The book goes to print very soon, so please do bag one now to guarantee a copy 😊🙏
October 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Autumn in the South Downs National Park. It’s going to be a colourful one apparently.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/07/fiery-spectacular-rainbow-autumn-colour-bloom-gardens-uk
A photograph of autumnal trees in a foggy woodland. The foreground tree has two trunks that twist round each other. A photograph of yellow birch leaves against a cool, foggy woodland background. A young birch tree growing on a heather covered heathland. Lots of cobwebs. Does anyone read this stuff? Orange, green and yellow bracken growing beneath pines in a foggy Sussex woodland.
October 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Cartoon of two people in a workshop making a chair each, which are on the bench in front of them. The person on the right’s chair only has one leg. Caption under the left chair: Woodwork. Caption under the chair on the right. Woodn’twork
October 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
finnhop.bsky.social
Brighton’s only calendar made in the sea!

The 2026 edition of my ‘Sea Views’ calendar arrived yesterday and very lovely it is too. 14 pictures taken during year round sea swims, a tide table, and free salty sea air with every one.

www.brightonphotography.com/brighton-sea-views-calendar/buy
The cover of the 2026 Brighton sea views calendar. A picture of the west pier as seen from the sea, the camera is half above and half below the waterline. A grid of twelve pictures included in the 2026 Brighton sea views calendar. All views of the city, the beach, the starlings and the piers as seen from the point of view of a sea swimmer. The May page from the calendar. A picture of the city skyline and beach between the piers on a busy day. The January page from the calendar. A moment from Brightons starling murmuration, a huge cloud of birds swooping away from the Palace pier.
September 30, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Apricity - The gentle warmth of sunshine on a cold winter day.

www.brightonphotography.com/woodwork-prints/apricity
September 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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A new 'Woodwork' print for the gallery this weekend.

Hard to show all the detail of a big picture on a small screen, but perhaps this gives some sense of it.

www.brightonphotography.com/woodwork
September 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Beech leaves.
September 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM