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Alex Grove
@photoalex.bsky.social
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Film photographer, darkroom dweller..
Based in Bristol UK
-Prints available, DM ✌️
https://alexgrove.photography/
(He/Him)
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deborahparkin.bsky.social
I have just written a blog about this body of work that I call 'Home'. If you have a spare moment to read it, I would be extremely grateful. Many thanks in advance.🖤

deborahparkinphotography.blogspot.com/2025/09/i-ha...
Deborah Parkin Photography
I have recently revisited this body of work that I call 'Home.'  I haven't really shared it as I was never quite happy with it - the film ...
deborahparkinphotography.blogspot.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Street ghosts in Bristol..
Experiments in urban long exposures, work in progress (looking forward to shooting more on medium format in future)
🎞️ #filmphotography #ilfordphoto #longexposure #bristol #believeinfilm #filmisntdead
Black and white long exposure photograph of grafitti wall with the blur of passers by Long exposure photograph of train platform with blur of train. Graffiti on rooftop in background Long exposure photograph of train blur heading into distance Long exposure photograph of underpass with blur of grass in foreground
July 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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mariegardiner.bsky.social
Trying not to wang on about this too much, but Changing Landscapes (my second zine) is available for £10 including (UK) postage. It contains many awesome ruins of houses, former industrial sites, abandoned vehicles... it's even got some sheep.

#Photography

www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
a chimney standing in a moorland a mostly hidden red shell of a car by grass, there's a ruined house in the background and bare hills behind that a ruin in the middle of the frame, facing to the side. The bottom half of the image is grass and the top is grey flat sky bright blue skies with a ruined house in the middle and a tree behind it. The foreground is longish yellow-green grass
July 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Transport ghosts on Stapleton Road, Bristol
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🎞️ Delta400
#filmphotography #ilfordphoto #longexposure #believeinfilm #monochrome #photography #grainisgood #10Foot #Bristol
Black and white long exposure photograph of a railway bridge, the blur of a bus driving under the bridge with the blur of a train going over the bridge. 10Foot and Shrub tags cover the bridge.
July 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Romanian rail riding prt2...
🇷🇴❤️🚂
🎞️ #filmphotography #believeinfilm #streetphotography
Lady looking at her phone on train platform at night A little dog in front of some decaying steam trains Train departures board with mannequin heads on a market stall Many sleeps on bench in front of grafitti covered train
July 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Romanian rail riding..
🇷🇴❤️🚂
🎞️ #filmphotography #believeinfilm #romania #trains #streetphotography
Train conductor waves a yellow flag from train door as it approaches station Ladies with shopping bags are surrounded by pigeons on a train platform Shot from train window of man in cap on platform A dog sits on train tracks in the snow
July 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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A handsome lad being a very good boy..
🎞️ #filmphotography #dogsofbluesky
Black and white photo of my Jack Russell puppy
July 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Skatepark Crow 🐦
Bristol, UK
🎞️ #FilmPhotography #ilfordphoto #blackandwhitephotography #Photography #BelieveInFilm #Monochrome #Bristol #Delta400
Black and white photograph of a foggy concrete skatepark with a crow sitting on a ramp
July 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Wanderings..
Bristol, UK
🎞️ #filmphotography #Bristol #Streetphotography #Believeinfilm #monochrome #darkroom
Black and white photograph showing a small dog walking past two sets of mannequin legs. Other peoples legs are showing in the background. Black and white photograph of a man dressed as the Mad Hatter, smoking outside a building with pillar. Black and white photograph of a lady in a striped top carrying balloons on a high street. Black and white photograph of a collection of people on a street corner in fancy dress.
May 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Bristol wanderings..
Bristol UK, 2025
🎞️ #IlfordDelta400

#filmphotography #IlfordFilm #StreetPhotography #Believeinfilm #Photography
Black and white photograph showing graffiti on a fence saying 'Be Gay Do Crime' with two birds on ground Black and white photograph of man jet washing a wall of an office building Black and white photograph of two signs in a shop window saying 'We Got Fish, We Got Salt Beef' and 'On Sale, Cow Foot, CH Foot, Oxtail, Goat Foot & Tripe, Cow Skin' Black and white photograph of a lady on the high street smiling at camera, wrapped up warm in beanie and white puffer jacket, carrying a teddy bear and bag with dog photo on
May 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Street daydreams..
Bristol UK🎞️
#filmphotography #streetphotography #believeinfilm #photography #filmisnotdead #bristol
Photograph of a statue of two swans in a front garden Photograph of a lady approaching a butcher with a newspaper covering her head. Photograph of a pink cowboy hat full of sick in a shop doorway Photograph of a man dragging a pig carcass from a shopping trolley into a van
May 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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deborahparkin.bsky.social
Still no new work but here is one of my Jackdaw images & a chance to pop in and say hello 💙

Cyanotype print - Jackdaw series.
A cyanotype print of two jackdaws on a hawthorn tree that is in blossom.
May 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Cape Bonavista Lighthouse

Prints: https://jon.framer.art/image/cape-bonavista-lighthouse-bonavista-newfoundland-and-labrador-canada?source=bluesky
Cape Bonavista Lighthouse on a foggy morning, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
May 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Sunny Corner in SoHo

#photography #streetphotography #nyc #newyorkcity

Prints: https://alex.framer.art/image/sunny-corner-in-soho-manhattan-new-york-united-states?source=bluesky
Couple shields their eyes from the sun, SoHo, Manhattan, New York City
May 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Street daydreams..
Bristol, UK
Home developed C41 🎞️
#filmphotography #believeinfilm #photography #Bristol #streetphotography
Photograph of The 49p Shop on a residential street A man feeding birds in a graveyard A Jack Russell dog peering through some railings A decaying watermelon lying on an abandoned mattress, surrounded by rubbish
May 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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My new muse Bram 🧛‍♂️
I'll try my best not turn this account into purely dog photos, but I can't promise anything #dogsofbluesky
Picture of a beautiful good boy Jack Russell cross puppy with his tug toy
May 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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M32 Motorway on a foggy night, Bristol UK
🎞️ Delta400
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#filmphotography #nightphotography #believeinfilm #Bristol #photography #monochrome
Black and white photograph taken at night in fog overlooking the M32 motorway in Bristol, with light trails from passing cars.
April 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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iainsarjeant.bsky.social
If you have friends or family with connections to Iona, or just who you think would like this book, I'd be really grateful if you might share it with them. All reposts much appreciated! 🙏
iainsarjeant.bsky.social Iain Sarjeant @iainsarjeant.bsky.social · Apr 13
My elderly dad has been visiting the Isle of Iona regularly for over 50 years (as have I!). We're working together to release a small book of his paintings & ink drawings from the island.

Now available to pre-order!

Just £16, only 200 copies: ionapaintingsandsketches.bigcartel.com/product/the-...
April 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Ghost stories

#experimentsinart #darkroomprinting #contemporaryartwork
April 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Part of my photo essay Under London — London Underground in the 1980's: photography.hamishreid.com/Photo-Essays..., bits of which will appear here every now and then…
Photo Essay: Under London (London Underground in the 1980's)
A photo essay on the London Underground of the 1980's on Hamish Reid Photography.
photography.hamishreid.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Under the Eiger, Switzerland
2024
🎞️ #filmphotography #landscape #believeinfilm #filmisntdead
Colour photograph of a house surrounded by wildflowers and mountains. Lots of lens flare from bright sunlight.
April 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Burnout, Bristol UK
🎞️ 5x4 (DSLR Scan)
#filmphotography #largeformat #photography #bristol #believeinfil #filmisnotdead
Black and white photograph of a burnt out moped under a motorway flyover.
March 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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If you're into film based photography and haven't checked out www.thedarkroomrumour.com then it's worth doing the free trial at least. I found some good docs on there 👍
thedarkroomrumour.bsky.social The Darkroom Rumour @thedarkroomrumour.bsky.social · Jan 30
👋 Hello BlueSky!

We are The Darkroom Rumour, a space for #photography lovers. Our platform hosts a unique collection of #documentary films about photography.

We hope to share stories that inspire you and spark your passion for images.

#Introduction #Inspiration #VisualArt #TheDarkroomRumour
March 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Night flight..
Bristol, UK
🎞️HP5+ 5x4
#filmphotography #nightphotography #believeinfilm #bristol #photography #blackandwhite #largeformat
Black and white photograph of an industrial estate at night where you can see the front of a passenger plane behind a fence.
March 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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🎞️ Ghost sign/Pyracantha
(Home-developed in some Bellini soup)
#filmphotography #streetphotos #believeinfilm #photography #filmisnotdead #shotonfilm
Photograph of an abandoned yellow and blue frame of a old sign, standing up straight, surrounded by pyracanth berry bushes.
March 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM