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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

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A closed down takeaway food hut named Kelly's Hot Food.
January 16, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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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

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A black and white photo of an empty seaside shelter on a grey and gloomy day.
January 15, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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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

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A lone man and his dog walking along the beach in the middle of winter.
January 14, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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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
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A black and white photo of an old, run down hotel in Blackpool.
January 13, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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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
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A black and white photo of a seaside pier with closed rides.
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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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
Four images of the album artwork and CD for the Inception soundtrack by Hans Zimmer.
January 10, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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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
Ye Olde Trip to Jeruselum pub in Nottingham, UK.
January 10, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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Featured on the Wallpapers page over on Unsplash today 🙌🏻

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#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #london
A screenshot of the wallpapers page on Unsplash with a selection of featured images.
January 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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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
An illustrated album cover with a bear and circular folk art behind.
January 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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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

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A black and white photo of a tall chimney with smoke coming out of the top.
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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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
Symmetrical abstract pattern of dark shapes.
January 7, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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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

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A black and white photo of various buildings with sharp angles and a black background.
January 5, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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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
A black and white photo of ripped and teared posters with a punk music theme underneath.
January 4, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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Rooftops & Repetition 🔁

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

Birmingham Repertory Theatre, also known as The Rep 📍

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #birmingham
A black and white photo of city rooftops with brutalist style architecture and a mundane appearance.
January 3, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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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
An abstract black and white symmetrical architecture photo.
December 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Almost three months later 🤣 My shot of Cooltoren (or Cool Tower), Rotterdam found its way to the Unsplash homepage 🙌🏻

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📷️ Sony a7C II & 50mm F2.5

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A screenshot of the Unsplash hompage with a selection of featured images.
December 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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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
Four images of the album artwork and CD for Endure by Special Interest.
December 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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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
A black and white photo of a skyscraper hotel in a city.
December 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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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
Four photos showing the bright, bold, illustrated album artwork from Volcano by Temples.
December 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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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
A black and white photo of a cityscape on a foggy day with steam rising from one of the rooftops.
December 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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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
The album cover for The Da Vinci Code soundtrack by Hans Zimmer.
December 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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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
A set of six black and white architecture photos.
December 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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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
An abstract black and white photo of a person walking down the street in a reflective surface that has warped everything.
December 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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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
An old building with lots of windows and cracked walls.
December 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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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

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A tall concrete building with many windows.
December 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM