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![I’m trying to think of how to say what I want to say about Pete Shelley. I was kinda speechless when I heard so just posted up a link to […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/peteshelley-115x115.jpg "The life and death of Pete Shelley – a personal reflection")
The life and death of Pete Shelley – a personal reflection
Posted on Friday, Dec 7, 2018 | No CommentsI’m trying to think of how to say what I want to say about Pete Shelley. I was kinda speechless when I heard so just posted up a link to […] -
The street art, posters and stickers of Manchester – in photos, Dec 2018
Posted on Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018 | No CommentsI was back up in Manchester last weekend, and took time out to capture some of the incredible street art that can be found around the centre of the city: -
![A market town in County Durham, Stockton-on-Tees is famous for its associations with the friction match and the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which operated the world’s first steam-hauled passenger train in […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/stockton-street-photos-01-115x115.jpg "Stockton-on-Tees photos: street market scenes, rain, walking barrels and bargain hunters, Dec 2018")
Stockton-on-Tees photos: street market scenes, rain, walking barrels and bargain hunters, Dec 2018
Posted on Monday, Dec 3, 2018 | No CommentsA market town in County Durham, Stockton-on-Tees is famous for its associations with the friction match and the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which operated the world’s first steam-hauled passenger train in […] -
Baubles, dolphins and clock towers – the Christmas lights around Brighton, Nov 2018
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 27, 2018 | No CommentsAs seen on a chilly night last week, here’s some photos of the rather splendid Christmas lights on display around Brighton on England’s south coast. -
![The remains of Brighton’s magnificent West Pier have been doomed to slowly rust away into the English Channel after a series of unexplained fires followed by storm damage made all […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/brighton-west-pier-i360-01-115x115.jpg "In photos: Brighton’s West Pier falls into the sea while its i360 tower successor flounders, Nov 2018")
In photos: Brighton’s West Pier falls into the sea while its i360 tower successor flounders, Nov 2018
Posted on Monday, Nov 19, 2018 | 1 CommentThe remains of Brighton’s magnificent West Pier have been doomed to slowly rust away into the English Channel after a series of unexplained fires followed by storm damage made all […] -
Autumn in London – photos of street scenes, the British Museum, sweet nothings and rain, Nov 2018
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 13, 2018 | No CommentsAs autumn slowly heads into winter and the nights get longer, here’s a selection of 30 photos taken around central London in mid-November. -
PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, Nov 2018
Posted on Monday, Nov 12, 2018 | No CommentsFirst exhibited on the roof of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2016, Cornelia Parker’s Transitional Object (PsychoBarn) makes for a striking centrepiece of the Royal Academy’s courtyard in central London. -
London street photography: tourists, galleries, street art and Halloween, October 2018
Posted on Tuesday, Oct 30, 2018 | No CommentsTaken during a wander around central london over the weekend, here’s a selection of shots taken around central London last weekend. -
![The capital of northeastern Spain’s Aragon region, Zaragoza overlooks the Ebro River and is famous for its Islamic and Gothic architecture. However, my attention was more taken by the vivid colours, […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/zaragoza-photos-12-115x115.jpg "Zaragoza photos: Colours, life, street art, signs, architecture and The Monochrome Set")
Zaragoza photos: Colours, life, street art, signs, architecture and The Monochrome Set
Posted on Wednesday, Oct 24, 2018 | No CommentsThe capital of northeastern Spain’s Aragon region, Zaragoza overlooks the Ebro River and is famous for its Islamic and Gothic architecture. However, my attention was more taken by the vivid colours, […] -
Jet trails, blue skies, skyscrapers and glass lamps: a South Bank sunset, autumn 2018
Posted on Tuesday, Oct 23, 2018 | 8 CommentsHere’s a short series of photographs taken around the South bank, Blackfriars and Waterloo Bridge during the fading light of an autumnal London sunset. -
![Here’s a selection of London scenes from my archives, including scenes from Soho street scenes, the Tate’s Weather Project and St Pancras. The photos were all taken 15 years ago […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/london-photos-october-2003-01-115x115.jpg "London 15 years ago: Soho street scenes, the Tate’s Weather Project and St Pancras, October 2003")
London 15 years ago: Soho street scenes, the Tate’s Weather Project and St Pancras, October 2003
Posted on Thursday, Oct 18, 2018 | No CommentsHere’s a selection of London scenes from my archives, including scenes from Soho street scenes, the Tate’s Weather Project and St Pancras. The photos were all taken 15 years ago […] -
![Six weeks after our cable car journey over the Welsh mountains in Llandudno, we took in a very different kind of view as we drifted across Barcelona’s old harbour from Mount […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/barcelona-port-cable-car-01-115x115.jpg "In photos: A cable car trip across Barcelona’s old harbour from Mount Montjuïc to Barcelona Beach")
In photos: A cable car trip across Barcelona’s old harbour from Mount Montjuïc to Barcelona Beach
Posted on Wednesday, Oct 17, 2018 | 1 CommentSix weeks after our cable car journey over the Welsh mountains in Llandudno, we took in a very different kind of view as we drifted across Barcelona’s old harbour from Mount […] -
London street views: Discarded knickers, bins, signs and details, October 2018
Posted on Tuesday, Oct 16, 2018 | No CommentsHere’s some things that caught my eye while walking around central London a couple of days ago. Above: shoes, Hills Place, Oxford Circus. -
Somerset House art – Athi-Patra Ruga’s ‘Of Gods, Rainbows and Omissions’
Posted on Monday, Oct 15, 2018 | No CommentsOn display until the 6th Jan 2019 is Athi-Patra Ruga’s ‘Of Gods, Rainbows and Omissions,’ a work of sculpture, photography, video and embroidery. -
London street scenes: autumn shadows, Southbank book browsers, low tide Thames and random signs
Posted on Monday, Oct 15, 2018 | No CommentsWith London embracing Autumn’s long shadows and chilly breezes, I took to the streets and grabbed some photos around Soho, the Southbank and Battersea.