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Writing tagged: ‘photography’

Articles primarily about photography.

The gaping void between fact and fiction

Boulevard du Temple by Louis Daguerre
Boulevard du Temple by Louis Daguerre

Fact and fiction should be recognised as discrete things, not parts of a continuum.

Published 17-Jun-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: factual writing, fiction, on writing, photography, W.G. Sebald

2021: a year in photos

New-year snow

My eleventh annual video slideshow.

Published 01-Jan-2022
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: photography, slideshows, videos

23 January 2021

Snowy Hebden Bridge, and a non-snowy owl.

Published 31-Jan-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: barn owls, birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, photography, snow, winter

New-year snow

New-year snow

There’s been snow on the ground since before Christmas, and throughout the first week of the year.

Published 07-Jan-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, photography, snow, winter

2020: a year in photos

Common lizards

My tenth annual video slideshow.

Published 01-Jan-2021
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: photography, slideshows, videos

28 May 2020

International Space Station

More International Space Station photography.

Published 28-May-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, barn owls, birds, Calder Valley, cuckoos, Hebden Bridge, International Space Station, photography, swallows

27 May 2020

International Space Station

Photographing the International Space Station.

Published 27-May-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, bats, birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, insects, International Space Station, photography, tawny owls

25 May 2020

New moon, Mercury and Venus setting over Heptonstall

The new moon, Mercury and Venus setting over Heptonstall.

Published 25-May-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, photography

12 May 2020

Heptonstall

A second swift, and some spectacular light.

Published 12-May-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, photography, swifts

25 April 2020

Hoverfly

More garden macro photography.

Published 25-Apr-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, hoverflies, insects, photography

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