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Finn Hopson
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Halfway between the South Downs and the sea. Photographer with a gallery on Brighton beach, come and say hello.

www.brightonphotography.com
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The video in question. Very much not AI of course. Unless that stands for Actual Immersion, or Authentic Imagery, or Ah fuck It’s cold in here.
November 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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People are so confidently wrong.
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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“Where’s your fucking poppy?”
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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An excellent word.

www.brightonphotography.com/woodwork-prints/apricity
A photograph of a frosty woodland being slowly warmed by morning sunlight.
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Tide table pic for the 2026 Brighton Sea Views Calendar.

The far end of Brighton’s Palace Pier, plus bonus photographer in roller coaster matching yellow. Available at all (one) good seafront galleries near the West Pier ⬇️

www.brightonphotography.com/brighton-sea-views-calendar/buy
A photograph of the far end of Brightons palace pier taken from the sea. The camera is half submerged. On the pier above are two small roller coasters, one of which is yellow. Also just visible is a man with a yellow coat on, taking a picture from the pier. A close up portion of the previous photograph of the far end of Brightons palace pier, showing the detail with the photographer.
October 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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New woodwork. South Downs National Park, West Sussex. October 2025.

www.brightonphotography.com/woodwork
A photograph of trees in a West Sussex wood. In the foreground is a large silver birch that is curving gently over to the right. It’s still in full leaf although there is a hint of autumn colour. In the background are several straight, stark trunks of tall scots pines. I’m not sure anyone had read this far so I’ll stop here.
October 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Coasting. Just offshore at Birling Gap, East Sussex.
The white chalk cliffs known as the Seven Sisters, as seen from the perspective of a sea swimmer, the viewpoint half submerged in the sea.
October 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Lowlifes. The tail end of a starling murmuration in #Brighton.
A photograph of hundreds of starlings as seen from the perspective of a sea swimmer low down in the water, all silhouetted against an orange sky at sunset. Does anyone read this text?
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Autumn in the South Downs National Park. It’s going to be a colourful one apparently.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/07/fiery-spectacular-rainbow-autumn-colour-bloom-gardens-uk
A photograph of autumnal trees in a foggy woodland. The foreground tree has two trunks that twist round each other. A photograph of yellow birch leaves against a cool, foggy woodland background. A young birch tree growing on a heather covered heathland. Lots of cobwebs. Does anyone read this stuff? Orange, green and yellow bracken growing beneath pines in a foggy Sussex woodland.
October 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Also - some freebies!

Every calendar order gets one of my new ‘Swim Area’ fridge magnets and a set of Sea Views postcards thrown in for free.
A collection of small yellow fridge magnets, which look exactly (well, pretty accurate I think) like a swim area marker buoy. Three postcards. A6, with a different picture on each. One is a starling murmuration, one is a swim area buoy and one is the west pier.
September 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Brighton’s only calendar made in the sea!

The 2026 edition of my ‘Sea Views’ calendar arrived yesterday and very lovely it is too. 14 pictures taken during year round sea swims, a tide table, and free salty sea air with every one.

www.brightonphotography.com/brighton-sea-views-calendar/buy
The cover of the 2026 Brighton sea views calendar. A picture of the west pier as seen from the sea, the camera is half above and half below the waterline. A grid of twelve pictures included in the 2026 Brighton sea views calendar. All views of the city, the beach, the starlings and the piers as seen from the point of view of a sea swimmer. The May page from the calendar. A picture of the city skyline and beach between the piers on a busy day. The January page from the calendar. A moment from Brightons starling murmuration, a huge cloud of birds swooping away from the Palace pier.
September 30, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Apricity - The gentle warmth of sunshine on a cold winter day.

www.brightonphotography.com/woodwork-prints/apricity
September 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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A new 'Woodwork' print for the gallery this weekend.

Hard to show all the detail of a big picture on a small screen, but perhaps this gives some sense of it.

www.brightonphotography.com/woodwork
September 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Truleigh Hill, or thereabouts. South Downs National Park, West Sussex.
Fog blanketing the landscape in pre dawn light. Three communication masts are the only things visible above the fog.
September 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Some spreads from the book.
September 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Happy autumn equinox to my fellow northern hemispherers.
September 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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End of Terra…

Birling Gap, East Sussex.
A photograph of one of the last remaining cottages on the cliff tops at Birling Gap, as seen from the sea below. The cottage is the only thing visible above the waterline.
September 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Tha Shard (not that one). Seaford, East Sussex.
A chalk stack, the shape of a pointy little tooth or something, as seen from the sea.
September 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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✳️ Autumn on the South Downs ✳️
A photograph of a small white windmill on a hill below a big, stormy looking autumn sky.
September 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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A couple of details from the picture. Very pleasing as a big print.
September 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Madeira Dive.

A new addition to the gallery, photographed during a summer swim at the eastern end of Brighton beach. Madeira Drive, Kemp Town and the hospital (where I was born!) pleasingly piled up onshore.

www.brightonphotography.com/brighton-sea-swimming
September 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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The rough with the smooth. Sussex coast, summer 2025.
White chalk cliffs as seen from the sea. Some rough and crumbly, some unnaturally well groomed.
September 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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A sunrise swim between the piers. #Brighton
August 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Feels distinctly autumnal in Brighton today, and I rather like it.

Here’s four pictures from ‘Woodwork’, in happy anticipation of a new season on the horizon.

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August 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM