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Bristol 2019

05/04/202005/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

I'm lucky enough to work by the Harbourside in Bristol, which does make for some nice lunchtime walks - this is the sort of thing that I tend to post on Instagram (@shendy42), so quite a few of these are taken on my phone. Here's a selection of photos I took around the Harbourside area during 2019. Some of these are taken on film, from when I was testing my dad's Pentax cameras.The first section were taken at the Underfall Yard, and there's also quite a few images from Cumberland Basin which is another place I keep going back to as it's got the gritty concrete look I like. But I don't only photograph the harbourside - I do see other bits of Bristol....

Shrouds of the Somme

28/12/201628/12/2016 By shendyNo Comments

Back in November, there was a week-long art installation on College Green - Shrouds of the Somme, a very moving representation of the 19,240 people killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. As the display was right by where I catch the bus every day, I was able to take photos at various times, but was unfortunately unable to get there with the SLR and a tripod - these were all taken on my phone and compact camera....