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From My Lens February 23, 2025

With the pending release of ‘The Brutalist’ film at the cinema, my son and I decided to head upto London, after dusting down one of my archived Brutalist photowalks, from Google My Maps.

Our trip into town was tailored, as the train from Brighton was delayed at Croydon, due to the perennial, ‘essential weekend engineering works’. So we jumped in the car, drove to Hounslow West Tube station, and headed in on the Piccadilly line. The was as awkward and unsightly, as Brutalist architectiture is to some…….?

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In Photo Essay Tags brutalism, brutalist, goldfinger, ian fleming, bond, architecture, manual lens, environmental, photography
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A set from Brighton, shot over a couple of months. 

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#MinoltaX500 #FujiC200 #35mm
Boxes 

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#Minoltax500 #kodak5222doublex
Headed into town yesterday and took some #fmlstreetcandids  at the @transpridebrighton March. 

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A couple of random photos of things that caught my eye on the #fujicags645s and the lovely #ilfordxp2 

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Lovely Margate. 

This set for me is the night and day difference between home and printlab developing. 

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The film was 18mths expired, but @agphotographic_photolab did a stellar job. 

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I love a good urban myth.  I also love a bit of #brutalist #architecture. 

Set from a visit to #trellicktower in early 2025. 

Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond series, named his villain Auric Goldfinger after the architect Erno Goldfinger,
One from February 2025. 

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A couple from the archive of Brighton Pavilion. 

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A couple of #LargeFormat #4x5 images taken at Camber Sands Beach, at the beginning of the year. 

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This was supposed to be the start of a new project, that I have had to defer. It's gone a little mental at work and also the house renovation
Brighton Beach, March 2025. 

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Developed a couple of rolls of #Kodakgold200 with @takeiteasylab

Turned out great, bearing in mind they expired 18mths ago. 

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Quadrophenia Alley taken with my #leicam6 and #kodak5222doublex