Paul Chambers
@paulwchambers1970.bsky.social
Time, memory, loss and love are my artistic concerns, but time, among them becomes the determinant - Sally Mann.
Wetplate analog fella doing his best in a digital world.
www.paulwchambers.com
Wetplate analog fella doing his best in a digital world.
www.paulwchambers.com
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And so, a story that will take a year to complete begins...
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An old collodion memory for a Friday morning…
February 13, 2026 at 7:56 AM
An old collodion memory for a Friday morning…
This…
For the past three mornings I have woken up with my heart aching and fragments of words in my head.
‘..one man loved the pilgrim soul in you.. And paced upon the mountains overhead..’
This morning, I remembered where they came from.
When You Are Old.
William Butler Yeats.
‘..one man loved the pilgrim soul in you.. And paced upon the mountains overhead..’
This morning, I remembered where they came from.
When You Are Old.
William Butler Yeats.
February 13, 2026 at 7:40 AM
This…
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Early stroll. My footsteps are my theme tune. I’m wearing my hood on top of my hat. Two parked cars seem to stare at each other. A security light’s sudden arrival on the scene. The Running Woman runs by.
February 13, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Early stroll. My footsteps are my theme tune. I’m wearing my hood on top of my hat. Two parked cars seem to stare at each other. A security light’s sudden arrival on the scene. The Running Woman runs by.
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Eugène Atget at the ICP — an incomplete picture of a photography master
www.ft.com/content/0038...
www.ft.com/content/0038...
Eugène Atget at the ICP — an incomplete picture of a photography master
A New York show spotlights the chronicler of old Paris — but is thin on his masterpieces
www.ft.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Eugène Atget at the ICP — an incomplete picture of a photography master
www.ft.com/content/0038...
www.ft.com/content/0038...
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Jerry McMillan, Whimsical Chronicler of LA’s Art Scene, Dies at 89
hyperallergic.com/jerry-mcmill...
hyperallergic.com/jerry-mcmill...
Jerry McMillan, Whimsical Chronicler of LA’s Art Scene, Dies at 89
His experimental photo-sculptures and inventive portraits of artists like Judy Chicago and Ed Ruscha pushed the boundaries of photography.
hyperallergic.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Jerry McMillan, Whimsical Chronicler of LA’s Art Scene, Dies at 89
hyperallergic.com/jerry-mcmill...
hyperallergic.com/jerry-mcmill...
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Early stroll. Birdsong greets my shadow. Deep tyre tracks in mud. The woman in the hi-vis jacket no longer walks up the hill. A dropped coat hanger’s metal question mark. The sky is hosting the reverse fixture of last night’s Darkness V Light match.
February 12, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Early stroll. Birdsong greets my shadow. Deep tyre tracks in mud. The woman in the hi-vis jacket no longer walks up the hill. A dropped coat hanger’s metal question mark. The sky is hosting the reverse fixture of last night’s Darkness V Light match.
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'Neoliberalism tells us that humans are selfish, self-centred individuals, and we can only survive by stepping on each other. Whereas I am saying exactly the opposite: we can only survive by seeing beauty in each other, and creating beauty together.'
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Ece Temelkuran: ‘Once you call it fascism you have to act...
The Turkish writer on the experience of being ‘unhomed’ and how we can fight the politics of cynicism
observer.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 11:13 AM
'Neoliberalism tells us that humans are selfish, self-centred individuals, and we can only survive by stepping on each other. Whereas I am saying exactly the opposite: we can only survive by seeing beauty in each other, and creating beauty together.'
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
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Minneapolis photographer's art installation shares message of connection during immigration crackdown
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Minneapolis photographer's art installation shares message of connection during immigration crackdown
As dusk settles over Minneapolis, something unexpected appears on the side of the YWCA building.
www.cbsnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Minneapolis photographer's art installation shares message of connection during immigration crackdown
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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Early stroll. I leave the house a minute later than I usually do. I see someone in the distance; he sees me in the distance. Trees like an audience wanting an encore. Birds scatter song-pepper on Wednesday’s plate. Morning’s slow unfolding.
February 11, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Early stroll. I leave the house a minute later than I usually do. I see someone in the distance; he sees me in the distance. Trees like an audience wanting an encore. Birds scatter song-pepper on Wednesday’s plate. Morning’s slow unfolding.
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Nearly four years since Outsiders was on the front cover of The Big Issue. Loise, pictured here, spent four years street homeless in London with a baby. She had no access to support due to the hostile environment. Imagine for a moment what you would do as a woman alone in London with your baby as
February 10, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Nearly four years since Outsiders was on the front cover of The Big Issue. Loise, pictured here, spent four years street homeless in London with a baby. She had no access to support due to the hostile environment. Imagine for a moment what you would do as a woman alone in London with your baby as
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Did someone say #IronAge? In 2023, I visited #TollundMan, a #bog body unearthed by Danish brothers cutting turf in Jutland. What a wonder to gaze upon his 2,400 year old visage, preserved by #peat and appearing to sleep. I photographed his peaceful expression despite the braided rope round his neck.
February 10, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Did someone say #IronAge? In 2023, I visited #TollundMan, a #bog body unearthed by Danish brothers cutting turf in Jutland. What a wonder to gaze upon his 2,400 year old visage, preserved by #peat and appearing to sleep. I photographed his peaceful expression despite the braided rope round his neck.
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Art matters. Bad Bunny knows it. Trumps knows it. The cast & crew of Casablanca knew it. And they made the greatest scene in film history. (Trump would hate it.) youtu.be/yOliU7X1fEg?...
Victor Laszlo Gets a Crowd To Sing "La Marseillaise" (Clip) | Casablanca (1942) | TCM
YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Art matters. Bad Bunny knows it. Trumps knows it. The cast & crew of Casablanca knew it. And they made the greatest scene in film history. (Trump would hate it.) youtu.be/yOliU7X1fEg?...
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Early stroll. Locking the door is the stroll’s starting pistol. The huge yawn of that empty house. A man and his shadow wait in a bus shelter. A black and white cat like an animated zebra crossing. The dialogue between silence and a cockerel.
February 10, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Early stroll. Locking the door is the stroll’s starting pistol. The huge yawn of that empty house. A man and his shadow wait in a bus shelter. A black and white cat like an animated zebra crossing. The dialogue between silence and a cockerel.
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Just 3 available copies left now of this 1st edition.
Thank you M. for coming back for a 2nd copy of my zine 'One night'
Wonderful.
www.marcwilson.co.uk/book-print-s...
Thank you M. for coming back for a 2nd copy of my zine 'One night'
Wonderful.
www.marcwilson.co.uk/book-print-s...
February 9, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Just 3 available copies left now of this 1st edition.
Thank you M. for coming back for a 2nd copy of my zine 'One night'
Wonderful.
www.marcwilson.co.uk/book-print-s...
Thank you M. for coming back for a 2nd copy of my zine 'One night'
Wonderful.
www.marcwilson.co.uk/book-print-s...
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Early stroll. A pair of dropped socks, halted mid stride. A hopping blackbird defines the path. Someone at the bus stop stares at the sky, trying to magic the bus up. Today: yesterday’s echo. An unlit car passes like a car in dark glasses.
February 9, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Early stroll. A pair of dropped socks, halted mid stride. A hopping blackbird defines the path. Someone at the bus stop stares at the sky, trying to magic the bus up. Today: yesterday’s echo. An unlit car passes like a car in dark glasses.
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive.”
February 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive.”
Sunday Still-Life
8x10 Tintype
8x10 Tintype
February 8, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Sunday Still-Life
8x10 Tintype
8x10 Tintype
February 8, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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Early stroll. The moon over the cemetery. Air is everywhere all at once. A dropped glove pointing towards Monday. That puddle holds a streetlight’s light. But what do those shards of glass and that streetlight mean?
February 8, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Early stroll. The moon over the cemetery. Air is everywhere all at once. A dropped glove pointing towards Monday. That puddle holds a streetlight’s light. But what do those shards of glass and that streetlight mean?
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Early stroll. Gatherings of enigmatic shadows. Ghost miners work beneath my feet. I have a walk-on part in the morning. This is where Keith Barlow dropped that bottle, decades ago. In the distance a dog sends a voice note.
February 7, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Early stroll. Gatherings of enigmatic shadows. Ghost miners work beneath my feet. I have a walk-on part in the morning. This is where Keith Barlow dropped that bottle, decades ago. In the distance a dog sends a voice note.
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Great conversation here between Bill and Grant. It's about IG yes, but as always it's about much much more. Strangely enough they don't discuss wether the camera used by the actor playing Ringo in the Beatles biopic was the right one or not.
February 6, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Great conversation here between Bill and Grant. It's about IG yes, but as always it's about much much more. Strangely enough they don't discuss wether the camera used by the actor playing Ringo in the Beatles biopic was the right one or not.
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Czesław Siegieda.
Polska Britannica.
He took up photography from a young age, going on to document the Polish refugee community in the East Midlands.
1974 and 1981.
Polska Britannica.
He took up photography from a young age, going on to document the Polish refugee community in the East Midlands.
1974 and 1981.
February 6, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Czesław Siegieda.
Polska Britannica.
He took up photography from a young age, going on to document the Polish refugee community in the East Midlands.
1974 and 1981.
Polska Britannica.
He took up photography from a young age, going on to document the Polish refugee community in the East Midlands.
1974 and 1981.