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Paul Melling
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Photographer of many things.
Based in West Yorkshire, UK
📷 - Leica
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Top of Main Street in Haworth. Once frequented by the Brontë Sisters and still popular with tourists. A quiet day here though.
#classicmono #brontecountry
A view of the ‘cobbled’ Main Street in Haworth with cafes and shops either side. As you look down the street there are steps to the church and one of the village’s many pubs.
December 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Hockney in nails - Darley Street Market, Bradford.
#bradford2025
At the bottom right of the photo, a man stands looking up at a large picture of artist David Hockney. The picture is made up of a number of panels which use coloured nails to form the portrait.
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Light and shade in the abandoned Kirkgate Market, Bradford.
On the left of the photo is a stainless steel sink and hand wash unit. The unit is attached to a bright yellow wall which has shadow shapes and reversed text.
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Damp day on Main Street, Haworth.
#brontecountry #classicmono #haworth #leicaq2m
Looking down the hill on Main Street Haworth. An elderly couple are making their way up the cobbled street and one person is walking away from the camera down the hill.
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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On the street in Heptonstall, West Yorkshire.
#classicmono #WestYorkshire
A view down a cobbled street. On the left of the street are terraced house and a pub. On the right is a stone wall. A man is stood on the doorstep of one of the houses, looking back towards the camera.
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Darley Street Market, Bradford.
#bradford2025 #westyorkshire
A man stands at the bottom of an escalator. Behind him is a painted wall which has the words ‘Darley Street Market’.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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For #alphabetchallenge #WeekUforUnloved From The now deserted Kirkgate Market in Bradford.
A white wooden cubicle with a sign at the top that says ‘Fitting Room’. There is no door on the cubicle and it stands on its own in an abandoned market hall.
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Abandoned market, Kirkgate, Bradford.
#kirkgatemarket #classicmono #Bradford
Looking out of an abandoned market stall as a person on the right of the photos walks down a passage between other, long deserted market stalls. Photo from the soon to be demolished Kirkgate Market in Bradford. Shot in black and white with the Leica Q2 Monochrom camera.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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A bit of #escalator love from the fabulous #DarleyStreetMarket in #Bradford
Two people approaching the top of an escalator in the glow of strip lights on the escalator hand rails. Looking down on an escalator as a woman in a red coat with a shopping trolley travels down. A low angle view of the metal foot plate at the escalator. The escalator is illuminated with strip lights. A man looks at the camera as he rides up an illuminated escalator.
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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The ‘Tower of Now’ by artist Saad Qureshi in Bradford earlier today.
#bradford2025 #classicmono #bradford #leicaq2m
The Tower of Now sculpture in part silhouette here against a bright multi-storey building in the background.
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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From Skippool Creek for #alphabetchallenge #WeekUforUnloved
Photo shows the wooden hull of a boat beached on dry land. The boat is rotting away.
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Hollin Bank Mill, Nelson. Originally a cotton-weaving mill built in 1892.
#classicmono #eastlancashire #industrial #leicaq2m
Black and white image of a cotton-weaving mill in East Lancashire. Built in 1892 and in use till the early 1960s. Now part of the Pendle Village Mills retail complex.
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Murky in the moors today.
#Pendle #classicmono #leicaq2m
A lone tree stands next to a muddy path on a hillside. There are a few slabs of stone standing upright, the remains of a wall. Black and white photo from the Pendle Moors near Wycoller.
November 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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‘Tower of Now’ artwork - Bradford is Lit. #cityofculture #bradford2025 #leica #yorkshire
Photo of a sculpture erected in Bradford city centre. Shown here illuminated at night for the BD is Lit event. Created by artist Saad Qureshi, this 15-metre sculpture pays tribute to the rich variety of cultures present in the city.
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Bradford at night.
#bradford #yorkshire #leica
A woman standing outside a pub at night in Bradford. She is on her phone. In the foreground red light from the pub lights steps that lead up to where she is standing. On the right there is a blackboard sign that says Restaurant + Bar.
November 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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From ‘Happy Valley’ in Yorkshire.
#alphabetchallenge #WeekTforTelevision
#classicmono #streetphotography
A man is sat on a bench on the right of the photo. On the left is a ‘Welcome to Hebden Bridge’ notice board which is where the TV series Happy Valley is based.
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Four photos from the Bradford is Lit event last night. #bradford2025 #BDisLit #yorkshire
Bradford Town Hall is coveted in colourful light projections as people stand and watch. Two women dressed in ball gowns covered with led lights dancing through the streets of Bradford. A large coiled spring is lit in bright coloured light as a group of people stand and watch. Children running through smoke and red lights at the Bradford is Lit event last
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Halifax Market
#alphabetchallenge #WeekSforShadows ##classicmono
A large glass framed roof at the entrance to Halifax Market lets the light in and the sun casts shadows of the frame structure on the floor. On the left of the photo a woman is walking towards the market entrance.
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Light and shade. #alphabetchallenge #WeekSforShadows #classicmono #streetphotography
Two people walk down a street into a strip of light between buildings. Black and white photo from Halifax, UK.
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Piece Hall, Halifax
#alphabetchallenge #WeekSforShadows #classicmono #monochromemonday
Two women walking through an archway in the sunshine taken from above. There ling shadows in the morning stretch out in front of them.
November 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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To the beach for a final #alphabetchhallenge #WeekRforRock photo.
Emerald green sea lapping against the sandy shore as it comes in between two large rocks. The shallow water looks warm and inviting and there is a blue sky with white clouds in the background. Photo taken in Cornwall , UK.
November 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Autumn colours at Harewood House.
#yorkshire #Harewood #Ledfs #leica
A large tree trunk with many large branches spreads out under a canopy of bright yellow leaves. The floor is covered with a carpet of orange leaves. A tree trunk caught in the low light of autumn. On the right green leaves and on the left yellow autumn colours. An ornate stone balustrade is partly covered by bright red leaves which are wrapped around the stone.
November 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Young woman on the rocks at St Ives in Cornwall. #alphabetchallenge #WeekRforRock
A young woman in a blue dress is sat on rocks on a hill with a small chapel behind her. Photo from St Ives in Cornwall.
November 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Long Meg, part of a stone circle in Cumbria, thought to be around 3,000 years old. #classicmono #alphabetchallenge #WeekRforRock
Black and white photo of Long Meg in Cumbria. Legend has it, she was a witch who with her daughters, was turned to stone for profaning the Sabbath, as they danced wildly on the moor.
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Godrevy Lighthouse and rocks for #alphabetchallenge #WeekRforRocks
Rocks and rough seas at Godrevy in Cornwall with the lighthouse in the distance.
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM