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Mike Hindle
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Mike Hindle Photography - Derby, UK 📷 Sony a7C II & 50mm F/2.5. Unsplash & Unsplash+ Contributor. Owner, Designer & Printer at Leaflet Lion.

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A collection of shapes, angles and abandonment 📐

I don't think we'll be seeing Kelly round these parts until the warmer months ☀️

📍 Blackpool, UK

📷 Sony a7C II & 50mm F2.5
💻 Edits - Affinity

#blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #sonyalpha #affinity
January 16, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Victorian seaside shelters; a common sight in most tourist-based coastal locations in the UK.

Once loved and used a place for relaxing and socialising. Now, based on the offensive smell, mostly used as a public toilet 🤢

📷 Sony a7C II

#blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #sonyalpha #affinity
January 15, 2026 at 8:03 AM
A man and his dog, consumed by the bleak, melancholic ambience of Blackpool in the middle of winter.

📷 Sony a7C II & 50mm F2.5
💻 Edits - Affinity

#blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #sonyalpha #affinity
January 14, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Blackpool's answer to the Grand Budapest 🏨

The Royal Hotel, formerly known as The Royal Windsor Hotel until the Windsor bit was either removed or fell off 🤣

📷 Sony a7C II & 50mm F2.5
💻 Edits - Affinity

#blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #sonyalpha #affinity
January 13, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Just back from New York 🇺🇸

Unfortunately, the ride was closed for the winter, so I just had to walk around Blackpool instead 👟📷

Man it was cold 🥶

📷 Sony a7C II & 50mm F2.5
💻 Edits - Affinity

#blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #sonyalpha #affinity
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Oh yes 🥰 been looking forward to this one arriving 📬 Hans Zimmer, arguably on his best form.

A masterclass in building tension, maintaining tension and releasing tension.

#music #movie #soundtrack #physicalmedia #art #artwork
January 10, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Back in 1189, even the pubs were in black and white 🖤

The oldest inn in England. Or, at, least one of the many pubs that claim to be 🤣 Either way, it's old.

📍 Nottingham, UK

📷 Sony a7C II & 50mm F2.5
💻 Edits - Affinity & Photomator

#blackandwhite #monochrome #history #architecture #photography
January 10, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Featured on the Wallpapers page over on Unsplash today 🙌🏻

unsplash.com/t/wallpapers

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #london
January 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Album Cover Love 🤎

It's by illustrator and tattoo artist, Florence Roman. Can't find a website, but she has an IG and FB page if you want to look her up.

The album itself is bu DÖGMËN, a hardcore punk band from Wallonia, Belgium 🇧🇪

#illustration #art #artwork #music #albumart #bandcamp
January 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
The world's largest fully functioning cigarette, clocking in at 91 meters tall, can be found in the heart of Nottingham.

📍 Eastcroft Incinerator, Nottingham.

📷 Sony a7C II & 50mm F2.5
💻 Edits - Affinity & Photomator

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Next up in the Kaleidoscopic series, a dark mode abstraction made from an apartment building in London.

The residential and mixed use complex, known as The Corniche, was designed by global architecture studio, Foster + Partners.

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #london #art
January 7, 2026 at 8:39 AM
A small collection of shapes, angles and textures 📐

📍 Nottingham College City Hub.

Designed by Sheffield-based architects, Bond Bryan, completed in 2021.

📷 Sony a7C II & 50mm F2.5
💻 Edits - Affinity & Photomator

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #nottingham
January 5, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Street Art Sunday 🖤

This perfectly formed, layered collage In Dublin grabbed my attention. Always love when various posters and paste ups become their own work of art 🤩

Enjoy your day, people ☕️☀️

#blackandwhite #monochrome #art #streetart #photography
January 4, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Rooftops & Repetition 🔁

Grey, unremarkable and mundane, yet somehow beautiful and meticulous 📐

Birmingham Repertory Theatre, also known as The Rep 📍

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #birmingham
January 3, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Kicking off the second round of the Kaleidoscopic project - A black and white photography series exploring hidden symmetrical patterns unveiled through reflection 🪞

📍 Dublin 🇮🇪

📷 Sony a7C II & 50mm F2.5
💻 Edits: Affinity & Photomator

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #dublin
December 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Almost three months later 🤣 My shot of Cooltoren (or Cool Tower), Rotterdam found its way to the Unsplash homepage 🙌🏻

unsplash.com

📷️ Sony a7C II & 50mm F2.5

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #rotterdam
December 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Now Playing 💿

Special Interest - Endure (2022, Rough Trade Records).

Good energy 🔥 You can listen to thee of the tracks on Bandcamp:

specialinterestno.bandcamp.com/album/endure

#nowplaying #music #physicalmedia #art #artwork #bandcamp
December 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A common skyscraper spotted in its natural environment during the mating season.

📍 Hyatt Regency, Birmingham (1990). Shot from one of the balconies at the Library of Birmingham 📚

📷 Sony a7C II & 50mm F2.5
💻 Edited with Photomator

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #birmingham
December 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Kicking off the Sunday afternoon soundtrack with this absolute masterpiece 💿

Temples - Volcano (2007 - Heavenly Recordings).

Flawless artwork and illustration, too 🙌🏻 Lovely stuff 🤩

#music #art #artwork #illustration #physicalmedia #photography
December 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The view from the (not so) Secret Garden on the very top floor of the Library of Birmingham 📚

Nice of someone to have popped a smoke machine on one of the rooftops too, for extra added effect 💨

Happy Sunday ☕️☀️

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #birmingham
December 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Picked up a Hans Zimmer score for 50p 🤩

The soundtrack is what makes or breaks a film for me. That wasn't the case with The Da Vinci Code. Listening to it now, though, I think I'll most likely appreciate it a lot more 🎬

#music #physicalmedia #cd #movie #film #soundtrack #classical
December 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Adventures in 50mm 📷

This particular focal length helps to find order in the chaos. Calm and quiet scenes in an otherwise frantic world.

Read the full blog post: mikehindle.uk/adventures-i...

#blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #architecture #blog #writing
December 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Street photography on acid 😵‍💫

No class A substances required 🤣 just shoot into the reflective surfaces of Birmingham New Street station 🚆

Always an interesting scene to be discovered 🪞

#blackandwhite #monochrome #streetphotography #photography #birmingham
December 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The Electric - A cinema in Birmingham, UK, built in 1909, showing its first silent film on 27th December of that year.

The cinema closed for good in February 2024.

Featured on the Architecture page over on Unsplash.

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #birmingham
December 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
A revisit to the iconic Civic Centre Estate in Birmingham, UK yesterday.

A collection of four tower blocks built between 1966 and 1969.

Shot from the roof terrace of the Library of Birmingham 📍

📷️ Sony a7C II & 50mm F2.5

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #birmingham
December 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM