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Graham Kidd Photography
@grahamkidd.bsky.social
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Old duffer with a camera in North Wales, UK, hoping to one day produce something worthwhile. Hiding in plain sight, swimming against the tide in a sea of indifference. LFC.
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Rustic.

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November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Randoming

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November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Agricultural Symmetry
Llansadwrn, Isle of Anglesey
21 September 2025

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Black and white photograph of the front elevation of a weathered corrugate iron or asbestos barn with large sliding corrugated iron doors either side of a slightly larger, shiny metal central door, showing weathered textures and a slightly overcast sky above.
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Cornerstones
Llandudno, Conwy, North Wales
10 October 2025

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October 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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I'm thinking of trying M42 lenses on my Olympus MFT OM-D E-M10 III & E-M1X. They can be picked up very cheaply & as they'd be completely manual, it may help improve my technique. I've never used these obsolete lenses, though. Any tips or recommendations, anyone?

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October 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A shot of Gardd Pawb, a community garden space created from a strip of unloved and overgrown ground adjacent to the Douglas Road car park in Colwyn Bay. Taken on 28 June 2025 on my Olympus OM-D E-M10 III, with an "Oreo cookie" disposable camera lens.

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October 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Ended my trip around the Northern Eye festival exhibitions in Colwyn Bay by dropping in to Porth Eirias to see "Eyes Open". A great variety of high-quality work it is, too. I couldn't miss the opportunity of making some of my own stuff; here's a small sample.

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October 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Body parts on the streets of Llandudno
10 October 2025

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Detached part of a halloween mask, showing jaw and teeth on the cracks of adjoining paving stones.
October 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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I wandered around Colwyn Bay to see the street-based exhibits from the Northern Eye photography festival this afternoon, popping off a few shots along the way on my old but fun 9MP Fuji A900 compact. Here are a few of them.

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Black and white photo of a curved concrete bench running alongside a paved walkway. Behind the bench are plants and a road with parked cars, and two people walking in the distance. Close-up of a tiled pavement showing wet footprints and splashes leading across the tiles. Black & white photo of vertical silver pipes in front of a railing, with beach and sea behind and fluffy white clouds. Colour photo of two heads of cartoon-like characters, one offset in front of the other, with pointed noses and prominent circular eyes. The front head has bright yellow hair and is wearing a yellow crown. The head a the rear has red hair and is wearing a conical blue hat.
October 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Peek-a-Boo
When you see it...
Colwyn Bay
25 October 2025
Corner window of The Olive Tree Café showing signs that read 'Café Open – All Day Breakfast' and 'The Olive Tree – All Day Breakfast' with a photo of a full English breakfast including toast, eggs, sausages, bacon, beans, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Inside, tables and chairs are visible, and reflections of nearby buildings and a KFC sign can be seen in the glass.
October 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Not drowning, but wading.
A person stands alone in shallow water with hands on hips, looking into the distance. The image is in black and white, showing gentle ripples across the water’s surface.
October 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Couple of grab shots on my phone, as we were leaving Pontio in Bangor, after seeing Dr. John Cooper Clarke a couple of nights ago.

Not great quality, but I liked the compositions.

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A nighttime photo of a brightly lit streetlamp illuminating a paved area with several metal bike racks. Beyond the paved area is a grassy slope, with trees visible in the distance under the dark sky. A nighttime view of a curved, paved pathway flanked by grass in a park, lined with modern yellow benches and illuminated by several bright streetlights.
October 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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I don't think it's false modesty when I say that I'm not one of the brightest stars in the photographic firmament. My work never really attracts much attention, but I was chuffed that my recent "Leaving of Liverpool" image was featured on Flickr's "Explore" page, and the views & Faves are... [Cont.]
October 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Am I seeing irony that doesn't exist in a painting of John Lennon's face next to a cash machine?
Mathew Street, Liverpool
7 October 2025

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A vibrant, colorful mural painted on a brick wall depicts the face of John Lennon. The mural spans multiple doors and surfaces, blending blues, reds, oranges, and greens. To the right of the mural is a black and green ATM labeled "cash zone" and a sign above it reads "4 Sgt Peppers Apartments" with an arrow pointing left.
October 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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The Leaving of Liverpool
7 October 2025

B&W or colour? I can't decide which I prefer.

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A black and white photo of the RO-RO ferry ship "BORE SONG" turning on the River Mersey, preparing to set sail for Belfast. In the foreground, a group of people and two bicycles are visible on a pier, watching the ship pass. The same image, but this time in colour.
October 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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This is a metaphor for something, I'm sure, but I have no idea what.
Liverpool, 8 October 2025

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"A crushed red aluminum drinks can lying on a dark, rough asphalt surface with two dry, fallen leaves lying nearby to the right of the can."
October 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Somewhere in Andalucia, Spain
February 2007
Minolta Dimage Z2

Found while trawling through my archive.

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"Top-down view of a crate filled with empty dark glass beer bottles arranged in a 5x5 grid pattern, separated by plastic dividers. The image is in black and white."
October 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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"Victory" - outside the Cunard Building at Liverpool's Pier Head.
7 October 2025
A black and white image of the figure of "Victory" in profile, a statue of a nude male form, with a cape flowing behind and holding a laurel wreath in its outstretched and raised right hand, against a background of clouds, outside the Cunard Building at the Pier Head, Liverpool.
October 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Just returned from 2 days in my home city, Liverpool, designed to show my partner Sarah around. It was interesting to view somewhere so familiar as a tourist and to photograph it as such. Shout out to Bold St. Coffee, our breakfast venue on both mornings - a great choice, as it turned out. (Cont...)
October 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Window displays
Llanfairfechan & Colwyn Bay respectively, Conwy, North Wales
5 October 2025

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Shop window with green frame and vertical blinds. There's a gap in the blinds, revealing a mannequin clothed in a blouse with black and white vertical stripes, echoing the vertical blinds. Head-on view of a disused shop's window. There's a metal rail inside the shop to the right of the image, with a hi-vis vest draped over one side. Various items of detritus are visible in the left side of the window. The window has two shatter patterns resembling bullet holes (unlikely to be so) in front of the hi-vis vest.
October 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Colwyn Bay - the photographic gift that keeps on giving. Four random shots taken around town during the lunch break on the 1st day of the wonderful Northern Eye Festival, organised & hosted by @orielcolwyn.bsky.social in their customary excellent fashion.

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"A weathered floor sign with a large white arrow pointing upward and the words 'THIS WAY' printed on it, placed on a black and white checkerboard tile floor. The sign also contains faded social distancing guidelines, including a visual of two figures separated by '2 meters / 6 foot'. The surrounding tiles are worn and slightly dirty." A vibrant planter box filled with lush greenery and blooming pink and white flowers, set against a backdrop of wooden planks. One of the wooden planks has graffiti written in black ink that reads: “your mas tits are salt (?)” A close-up of a weathered, peeling blue-painted wooden surface. Layers of blue, green, and white paint are chipping away, revealing an underlying ornate, textured strip with a chevron pattern. A glass jar filled with preserved olives sits on a gritty pavement in front of a green industrial garbage bin. The jar has a partially obscured handwritten label that reads “Honey 9th.” Nearby, a broken piece of ceramic lies on the ground.
October 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Every time I come across this photo it completely stops me in my tracks. Crude oil supertanker Esso Hibernia under construction at Swan Hunter shipyard, Wallsend, during 1970. The scale and spectacle of this thing is incomprehensible. (📸 Harriet Berney)
Black and white photo looking down a street of terraced brick houses. Several cars line each side of the street, with many people gathered at the far end. Beyond this the bow of a large oil tanker can be seen, towering above the end of the street and the rows of houses.
September 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Autumn reflection
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September 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Llandudno Promenade, Conwy, North Wales
September 2016

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A young man wearing a black hoodie with the hood up is in the foreground, in profile from the waist up, staring down intently at a mobile phone. In the background is a statue of the Mad Hatter, who appears to be looking quizzically at the young man.
September 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Love Is Love
New York City
December 2017

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A door covered in colorful graffiti art consisting of overlapping, dripping heart shapes in red, blue, yellow, pink, and black. In the center of the door, the phrase "Love is Love" is written in black spray paint. Above the door, hashtags and a social media handle are written: "@jgoldcrown #LOVEWALL #seeyouatseamores." The door is framed by a white wall, and next to it is a glass window with white curtains and a red Zagat 2017 sticker.
September 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM