Davenant 📸
@marcdavenant.bsky.social
Photographer, writer, two time winner of the Portrait of Britain. My book ‘Outsiders’ documenting homelessness is available from Bluecoat Press. My website is https://marcdavenant.com
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I have been paralysed & a wheelchair user for 17 years. Since then, I have flown hundreds of times. I have never had worse service than this morning at Heathrow T4 Arrivals.
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I have been paralysed & a wheelchair user for 17 years. Since then, I have flown hundreds of times. I have never had worse service than this morning at Heathrow T4 Arrivals.
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‘A row of coal miners' houses with no windows to the street’, Halifax, 1937 by Bill Brandt. Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
‘A row of coal miners' houses with no windows to the street’, Halifax, 1937 by Bill Brandt. Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
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From my Nighthawks series.
#StreetPhotography
#StreetPhotography
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
From my Nighthawks series.
#StreetPhotography
#StreetPhotography
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Old Maggie in Downing Street calling the tune whist the right wing press danced to it. Always been the same, present government needs to break the routine and show some b*lls.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Old Maggie in Downing Street calling the tune whist the right wing press danced to it. Always been the same, present government needs to break the routine and show some b*lls.
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I always get the sense Brandt’s work is designed to be evocative as much as documentary - I don’t get all the hand wringing.. as an aside bought a house last year with no windows to one elevation - it’s on a slope and the windowless wall is North facing (and now has windows 😀)
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I always get the sense Brandt’s work is designed to be evocative as much as documentary - I don’t get all the hand wringing.. as an aside bought a house last year with no windows to one elevation - it’s on a slope and the windowless wall is North facing (and now has windows 😀)
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Pandering to far right & endlessly interviewing Farage doesn't work. Oligarchs want to destroy independent journalism. Interview time should properly reflect votes not supporters of a foreign President who hates exposure of his lies
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Katie Razzall: A seismic moment that shows rift at top of BBC
There may be more to this than meets the eye, says the BBC's culture and media editor.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Pandering to far right & endlessly interviewing Farage doesn't work. Oligarchs want to destroy independent journalism. Interview time should properly reflect votes not supporters of a foreign President who hates exposure of his lies
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m not sure why people are surprised that the BBC is biased. From its inception it’s always been biased in favour of the right wing establishment, from the use of BBC English to diminish the voices of those with regional accents to the staggeringly biased reporting on the Troubles to banning
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I’m not sure why people are surprised that the BBC is biased. From its inception it’s always been biased in favour of the right wing establishment, from the use of BBC English to diminish the voices of those with regional accents to the staggeringly biased reporting on the Troubles to banning
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Prayers in the street, Soho before the pandemic
#streetphotography
#streetphotography
November 21, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Prayers in the street, Soho before the pandemic
#streetphotography
#streetphotography
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November 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Morning all.
Photograph by David Hurn. Sheep shelter from the rain, on an artillery range Mynydd Epynt, Wales 1973.
Photograph by David Hurn. Sheep shelter from the rain, on an artillery range Mynydd Epynt, Wales 1973.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Morning all.
Photograph by David Hurn. Sheep shelter from the rain, on an artillery range Mynydd Epynt, Wales 1973.
Photograph by David Hurn. Sheep shelter from the rain, on an artillery range Mynydd Epynt, Wales 1973.
From my Nighthawks series.
#StreetPhotography
#StreetPhotography
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
From my Nighthawks series.
#StreetPhotography
#StreetPhotography
‘A row of coal miners' houses with no windows to the street’, Halifax, 1937 by Bill Brandt. Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
‘A row of coal miners' houses with no windows to the street’, Halifax, 1937 by Bill Brandt. Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
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From an article in today's Financial Times. Such an obvious statement of fact. It's hard to understand why direct public investment in social rent housing - so successful for decades - is now unthinkable.
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
From an article in today's Financial Times. Such an obvious statement of fact. It's hard to understand why direct public investment in social rent housing - so successful for decades - is now unthinkable.
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Given that the BBC deliberately reversed the footage of Orgreave during the Miners’ Strike in 1984, to give the impression that the miners attacked the police rather than the other way around, and there were no consequences, nothing about their approach to the news surprises me.
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Given that the BBC deliberately reversed the footage of Orgreave during the Miners’ Strike in 1984, to give the impression that the miners attacked the police rather than the other way around, and there were no consequences, nothing about their approach to the news surprises me.
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“What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons...”
The Grim Reaper comes to claim his prize, a composite image by Frank Hurley, Ypres, 1917.
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons...”
The Grim Reaper comes to claim his prize, a composite image by Frank Hurley, Ypres, 1917.
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
“What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons...”
The Grim Reaper comes to claim his prize, a composite image by Frank Hurley, Ypres, 1917.
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons...”
The Grim Reaper comes to claim his prize, a composite image by Frank Hurley, Ypres, 1917.
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That occurred to me too this weekend. Also Johnson lousing up laying a wreath at the Cenotaph; the footage was quickly switched for a previous year’s.
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
That occurred to me too this weekend. Also Johnson lousing up laying a wreath at the Cenotaph; the footage was quickly switched for a previous year’s.
Given that the BBC deliberately reversed the footage of Orgreave during the Miners’ Strike in 1984, to give the impression that the miners attacked the police rather than the other way around, and there were no consequences, nothing about their approach to the news surprises me.
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Given that the BBC deliberately reversed the footage of Orgreave during the Miners’ Strike in 1984, to give the impression that the miners attacked the police rather than the other way around, and there were no consequences, nothing about their approach to the news surprises me.
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'I stood with the dead so forsaken and still, when dawn was grey I stood with the dead'
Siegfried Sassoon
Battle-scarred at barracks, Ypres, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
Siegfried Sassoon
Battle-scarred at barracks, Ypres, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
'I stood with the dead so forsaken and still, when dawn was grey I stood with the dead'
Siegfried Sassoon
Battle-scarred at barracks, Ypres, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
Siegfried Sassoon
Battle-scarred at barracks, Ypres, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
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“I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air—
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair...”
Hooge, Ypres Sector, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air—
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair...”
Hooge, Ypres Sector, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
“I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air—
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair...”
Hooge, Ypres Sector, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air—
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair...”
Hooge, Ypres Sector, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
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Thank you for keeping those memories alive.
The old pictures you post and your work in today's world are both really important to reminds us (me) to ease if not eradicate human suffering.
Again, thank you.
The old pictures you post and your work in today's world are both really important to reminds us (me) to ease if not eradicate human suffering.
Again, thank you.
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Thank you for keeping those memories alive.
The old pictures you post and your work in today's world are both really important to reminds us (me) to ease if not eradicate human suffering.
Again, thank you.
The old pictures you post and your work in today's world are both really important to reminds us (me) to ease if not eradicate human suffering.
Again, thank you.
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A year ago. Quite an experience going through the full calendar. We have many photos to sort through now the nights have drawn in, so will be back on here for that.
L&P
@lynnhenni.bsky.social @paulhenni.bsky.social
L&P
@lynnhenni.bsky.social @paulhenni.bsky.social
Two weeks now since we moved in properly and we're having a chance to look at what we've been photographing (at last).
Here's a wee thread of recent pics for you.
First up, a flat calm day yesterday, so a chance to wander over the road and play with some reflections. One from each of us - P&L
Here's a wee thread of recent pics for you.
First up, a flat calm day yesterday, so a chance to wander over the road and play with some reflections. One from each of us - P&L
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A year ago. Quite an experience going through the full calendar. We have many photos to sort through now the nights have drawn in, so will be back on here for that.
L&P
@lynnhenni.bsky.social @paulhenni.bsky.social
L&P
@lynnhenni.bsky.social @paulhenni.bsky.social
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Frank Hurley is one of my favourite photographers. His war photos, Shackleton Expedition and cinematography was ground breaking at the time and resonate today both as documents of the times as well as artistic expression.
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Frank Hurley is one of my favourite photographers. His war photos, Shackleton Expedition and cinematography was ground breaking at the time and resonate today both as documents of the times as well as artistic expression.
“What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons...”
The Grim Reaper comes to claim his prize, a composite image by Frank Hurley, Ypres, 1917.
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons...”
The Grim Reaper comes to claim his prize, a composite image by Frank Hurley, Ypres, 1917.
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
“What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons...”
The Grim Reaper comes to claim his prize, a composite image by Frank Hurley, Ypres, 1917.
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons...”
The Grim Reaper comes to claim his prize, a composite image by Frank Hurley, Ypres, 1917.
'I stood with the dead so forsaken and still, when dawn was grey I stood with the dead'
Siegfried Sassoon
Battle-scarred at barracks, Ypres, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
Siegfried Sassoon
Battle-scarred at barracks, Ypres, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
'I stood with the dead so forsaken and still, when dawn was grey I stood with the dead'
Siegfried Sassoon
Battle-scarred at barracks, Ypres, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
Siegfried Sassoon
Battle-scarred at barracks, Ypres, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
“I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air—
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair...”
Hooge, Ypres Sector, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air—
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair...”
Hooge, Ypres Sector, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
“I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air—
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair...”
Hooge, Ypres Sector, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air—
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair...”
Hooge, Ypres Sector, 1917 by Frank Hurley.