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Robert Ashby
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FRSA, Writer, Photographer, PhD Research, Brighton Uni
Hereford Photo Festival Director, Chair, Patron 1995-2010
Humanists UK Chair 2006-16
Director, tech startup companies,1976-2022
New Topographic photography - social/cultural issues
www.robertashby.net
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Martin Parr - great photographer, social commentator and promoter of the photobook as a major format of artistic expression. We will miss his ironic wit and authority - but what a legacy of images that will endure.
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Coombe Farm, Saltdean, East Sussex, 2025. My ongoing project, "Some New Developments", on property development on the edge of the South Downs in Sussex. I have photographed at this development for 2 years - houses are now finished, only a few occupied, so it’s like a ghost village right now.
December 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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"Status Urban Vanity", some prints in the exhibition of my work on inequality at Mid-Street Lab, Kemptown, Brighton. 11th-25th Oct. www.midstreetlab.com/whats-on/rob...
October 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Shut In Shut Out - exhibition of some of my work on inequality coming up 11th-25th October at Mid Street Lab, Brighton. #inequality #shutinshutout #gates #documentaryphotography #contemporaryphotography #newtopographics

www.midstreetlab.com/whats-on/rob...
September 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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NO NO NO - the worst thing possible to hand on a plate to an authoritarian like Fantasy Farage. Sign soon folks!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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📢 The immigration debate is going to be very different in the second half of this century, if not before. We are going to be competing with other countries to attract younger immigrants to keep our ageing and failing economy going...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Graphs showing all major European countries with plummeting populations in the absence of immigration. UK population will fall to 48 million by 2100 if all immigration was stopped.
September 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Research confirms my experience that the bluesy audience is very much more interested in and engaged with science posts. It keeps me up to date, as I have given up engaging with Instaglam and *uckbook.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
www.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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A new version of George, the Turkish/Palestinian saint's flag.
September 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Porto Montenegro Superyacht Marina, Tivat, Montenegro, 2024. My series "PRIVATE NO BOARDING", on exclusive marinas, part of my work on inequality.

#superyachts #marinas #wealth #inequality #montenegro #tivat #reportagephotography #photojournalism
#documentaryphotography #contemporaryphotography
July 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Roedean, Brighton, East Sussex, 2017. From my "shut In shut out" project and artist's book on the "security" gates of expensive houses. From my ongoing project on inequality.

#shutinshutout #inequality #gates
#newtopographics #wealth
#manalteredlandscape #brighton #beachhouses
July 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Lewes Road, Brighton, England, 2025. From my series on Brighton street art.

#streetart #brighton #landscapehead #derelict #abandoned
#newtopographics #amanalteredlandscape
#manalteredlandscape #urban #cityscape
July 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Brighton, England, 2024. From my series on Brighton Vans.

#streetart #brighton #vans #vantastic
#menandvans
July 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Porto Montenegro Superyacht Marina, Tivat, Montenegro, 2024. My series "PRIVATE NO BOARDING", on exclusive marinas, part of my work on inequality.

#superyachts #marinas #wealth #inequality #montenegro #tivat #reportagephotography #photojournalism
#documentaryphotography #contemporaryphotography
July 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Brighton, England, 2021. Personal number plate? Too wide for the parking space! #Selfish #Urban #Vanity From my "Macho Motors" series, in my Inequality work-stream.

#rangerover #inequality #SUV #carmageddon #brighton #meme #wealth #personalplates #numberplates #posh #bling #machomotors
July 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Cooden, Bexhill, East Sussex, 2018. From my "shut In shut out" project and artist's book on the "security" gates of expensive houses. From my ongoing project on inequality.

#shutinshutout #inequality #landscapehead
#newtopographics #amanalteredlandscape
#manalteredlandscape #bexhill #beachhouses
July 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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London Road area, Brighton, England, 2021. From my series on Brighton street art.

#streetart #brighton #landscapehead #fazed
#newtopographics #amanalteredlandscape
#manalteredlandscape #urban #cityscape
June 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Brighton, England, 2021. From my series on Brighton Vans.

#streetart #brighton #vans #vantastic
#menandvans
June 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Portonovi Marina, Kumbor, Montenegro, 2024. My series "PRIVATE NO BOARDING", on exclusive marinas, part of my work on inequality.

#portonovi #marina #wealth #inequality #montenegro #newtopographics #exclusive #kumbor
June 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Brighton, England, 2022. Ironic personalised number plates. From my Macho Motors series, part of the inequality project.

#audi #inequality #SUV #carmageddon #brighton #meme #wealth #personalplates #numberplates #posh #bling #ironic
June 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Barcelona, 2017. Biggest private house gates I've seen.
From my "shut In shut out" series on "security" gates of expensive houses. Part of my project on wealth inequality.

#shutinshutout #inequality #landscapehead
#newtopographics #amanalteredlandscape
#manalteredlandscape #barcelona #wealth
June 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Hanover, Brighton, England, 2021. From my series on Brighton Vans.

#streetart #brighton #vans #vantastic #motors
#menandvans
June 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Porto Montenegro Superyacht Marina, Tivat, Montenegro, 2024. My series "PRIVATE NO BOARDING", on exclusive marinas, part of my work on inequality.

#superyacht #marina #wealth #inequality #montenegro #newtopographics #landscapehead #shopping #tivat #luxuryshops #alone
June 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Dover Street, London 2025. From my Macho Motors series, part of the inequality project.

#bentley #inequality #SUV #carmageddon #london #meme #wealth
June 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Cooden, Bexhill, East Sussex, 2018. From my "shut In shut out" project and artist's book on the "security" gates of expensive houses. From my ongoing project on inequality.

#shutinshutout #inequality #landscapehead
#newtopographics #amanalteredlandscape
#manalteredlandscape #bexhill #beachhouses
June 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Lewes Road area, Brighton, England, 2025. From my series on Brighton street art.

#streetart #brighton #landscapehead
#newtopographics #amanalteredlandscape
#manalteredlandscape #urban #cityscape
June 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM