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JA Pollard
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Would-be adventurer. Infrequent poster. Posts are mostly about travel (& other enthusiasms). No AI.
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Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, #Paris It's construction began in the 12th century.
#travel #photography #travelphotography #church
a Romanesque golden-stoned church with regular arched windows along its side. The church stands below a rich blue sky and ia bordered, a bit, by leafy treea.
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Just off Boulevard Saint-Germain, #Paris
#Travel #photography #travelphotography
from a upper storey window: looking at an angle at a soft beige Haussman-style building overlooking a wide, tree-lined boulevard.
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Good morning.
Chester County. Pennsylvania
The sun rises over a field in autumn. Clouds hang in a pale blue sky. Warm light filters from the left.
October 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Ile de la Cite. #Paris
#photography #travelphotography #travel
view of an island thick with trees and sand-colored buildings. A stone bridge stretches to the island while a tourist boat rests against the island's banks.
September 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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"Time Unfolding," by Thomas J. Price. Piazza della Signoria, Florence.
#travel #photography #travelphotography
In a piazza (wet from rain) stands a large bronze statue of a self-assured young Black woman looking at her phone.
September 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Saint-Sulpice, #Paris
#travel #photography #travelphotography
A church with two towers (mismatched) stands beneath a bright blue sky and behind green-leaved trees
September 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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At Greenwich.
#travel #photography #travelphotography
A curious pigeon takes a break on a concrete pillar. Skyscrapers on the Isle of Dogs supply the background.
September 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Eddie G appreciation skeet. #tcmparty #keylargo
September 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Smithfield, early evening.

#London #Travel #Photography #TravelPhotohraphy
Against a darkening blue sky, a light beams from the windows of a domed tower.
August 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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The Conciergerie, early morning, from Quai de la Megisserie.
#Paris #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photography
Shot between trees, so framed in green leaves, an ornate stone building, bathed in morning sun, stands on the banks of a calm river.
July 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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St. Olave's, Hart Street.
#London #photography #travelphotography
An arched stone churchgate with gold-tipped metal spikes atop the arch and a gate with gold details. Within the arch, three carved skulls remind us of what's to come for us all.
July 12, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Such a song.
#TCMParty
#LifeofBrian
Gif of Eric Idle, last scene of Life of Brian. Idle is on a cross singing Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.
July 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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St. Katherine Cree, Aldate.
The church tower is early 16th century.
#London #Travel #Photography #TravelPhotography
A square, brown-brick church tower, topped with a small dome, stands on a street corner and against a thunderous, dark sky.
July 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Boulevard Saint-Germain, 5am.
#travel #photography #travelphotography #Paris
The corner of a white building facing a. I persecution. The street is empty but for one person just walking into frame. The sky is a brightening blue, but streetlamps are still on.
July 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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West Hill Lift, Hastings
#Travel #Photography #TravelPhotography #Hastings
Under a bright blue sky and surrounded by shrubs and grasses, a funicular railway car perches at a hilltop station.
June 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Up too early in Zurich.
Lots of shadow on the ground, but that sky!

#travel #photography #travelphotography
A backlit entry to the main train station and a passing bus under a brightening blue sky with white and gold clouds.
June 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Rain travel. Passing through Val-d'Arc
(Savoie. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) on a stormy day.
#travel #photography #travelphotography #France
Passing a lonely road with misty mountains in the background and surrounded by lush, green vegetation. A dropped railway barrier crosses the road. A single red light shines on the left.
June 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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A caryatid at St Pancras New Church (taken rather late on a moody afternoon).
#travel #photography #travelphotography #London
To the right of a scraggly evergreen shrub, a statue of a woman in flowing dress helps support a porch roof. The light is a bit murky as it was a stormy afternoon.
June 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Loggia dei Lanzi. Florence.
#photography #travel #travelphotography
Cellini's statue of Perseus hoisting Medusa's head.
June 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Avebury, Wiltshire on an atmospheric (but entirely too humid) day.

#Travel #Photography #TravelPhotography #StoneCircle #StandingStones
A tall, narrow, pointed stone stands against a greyish sky and surrounded by bright green grass.
June 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Ile de la Cite, #Paris
#travelphotography #travel #photography
A streetlamp (left, foreground) beside an elegant public building under a blue sky streaked with wispy clouds.
June 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Spot the kayak.
#travel #photography #travelphotography #Firenze #Florence
A quiet River Arno, with a tiny, lone kayaker, glides before the Uffizi and surrounding buildings. The tower of the Palazzo Vecchio rises behind all under a densely clouded spring sky.
June 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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John Betjeman, poet and writer, in St. Pancras Station.
A statue of poet John Betjeman. The figure clutches a large bag in one hand and the hat on its head. It gazes up at the marvelous roof of the railway station.
May 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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City of London, late May.
#travel #photography #travelphotography #londonphoto
A skyscraper called "the ghsrkin" stands in the background of a shot of a street. The street is lined with buildings from different eras.
May 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Stuck on the tracks here for a while as the train before us has caught fire.
#travel #photography ##travelphotography #france #train
A deserted train station with glass and metal ramps and walkways, stands before a forest of trees in full leaf.
May 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM