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Adrian Chandler

@adriansea.bsky.social

502 followers 330 following 413 posts

Photographer and general camera-botherer. Likes prog and jazz rock. Sometimes feels like an alien in human form.

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Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The sacred and the profane. #Photography #UrbanPhotography #aophoto #cathedral

Photo of a stained glass arched window, containing predominately richly colourful red and orange glass. The window is set in a wall above an open door that leads to a somewhat mundane service area containing cleaning and servicing materials for the cathedral.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Upper floors. #UrbanPhotography #Photography #UrbanGaze

Square photo looking up at the tops of three high-rise buildings. Each building has a different facade design and they are separated by white sky that forms a 'T' shape. The crick in my neck has nearly gone now.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bin line. #Photography #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography #UrbaGaze #aofoto

Photo of a line of seven wheelie bins standing on a pavement against a wall made of blue bricks. Above the bins, in the middle of the frame, is a blind window niche with a thick, stone windowsill. 'Which one was it that stole your phone, madam?'

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Window, framed. #BlackAndWhite #Photography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #aofoto

Black and white photo, in portrait format, of an old, metal window frame, comprising of many small rectangles, without any glass in any of them. Through one of these small frames can be seen an identical window on the far wall, which is otherwise in darkness.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Alfresco Laundry Facility #Photography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #aofoto

Photo of a white washer-dryer (Samsung OptimalDry, for you household appliance enthusiasts) standing in front of a wall made of substantial stone blocks. To the left are two heavy wooden doors, surmounted by an arch. A straggly plant stands in a square pot to the left of the door.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Workshop. Now, I put it down here somewhere... #Photography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze

Photo of a room filled with tools, bottles, boxes and machinery. Light comes through a window with many small frames of glass, in the far wall. The light and interior is slightly smeary and hazy due to the dirt on the glass the photo was taken through.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Seine Scene. #Photography #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #Paris

Photo in portrait orientation of part of the footpath that runs alongside the River Seine. A man bends at the waist to address a small dog that's standing on a low wall next to the river. behind the man a set of stone steps rises to the top left of the frame and, near the top, a woman in purple can just be glimpsed.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hung Out To Dry. Having fun with depth of field (I know how to live). #Photography #BlackAndWhite #UrbanGaze

Black and white photo of raindrops attached to a line on a rotary washing dryer. Just a single line and raindrops is in focus, the rest are more blurred the further away they are. The rotary dryer supports can be seen as blurred diagonal lines at the bottom of the frame. Fun with depth of field.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Mist on the Fells. #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Undulating #BlueSkyArtShow

Black and white photo of the sides and tops of mist-covered fells, aligned so each one is behind the other and recede into the mist and distance.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Reflective. #Photography #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze

Photo of a man walking whilst looking at his phone; on either side of him are red-framed noticeboards. The man and frames are reflected in a large puddle beneath him.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Whizz! #Photography #BlackAndWhite #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #Minimal #BlueSkyArtShow

Black and white photo of the silhouette of a man on an escalator, viewed from the side. Due to a slow shutter speed the man's figure is blurred as he travels from right to left. The escalator has transparent sides, so only the handrails are visible as diagonal lines across the frame. This photo was made inside the Library of Birmingham, an interesting space for urban photographers.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Pyramid. #Photography #BlackAndWhite #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze

Black and white photo of a glass-sided building. The viewpoint is looking up along a corner of the building, giving the impression it is pyramidal. Near the top on the right hand side are five partly open windows that interrupt the smooth side. This is the Black Diamond building in Copenhagen.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Under a big sky. #Photography #Landscape #BlackAndWhite

Black and white photo of three men walking through a field of long grass. The photo was made from a low viewpoint, so the men's legs are hidden by the long grass. The grass occupies about a third of the frame; the sky contains some white clouds and dwarfs the three men who are in the bottom right of the photo.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Grill. Grilled? Grilling? #Photography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #StreetPhotography

Photo of the corner of a restaurant. The windows are frosted and have a green tinge, the word 'Grill' and some wavy lines are printed on the glass. A light shines from within silhouetting a man and a woman who are facing each other.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Light my way. #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #Paris

Black and white photo looking up a flight of stone stairs. On the left is a tall wall, on the right a stone balustrade. At the top of the stairs, framed by the wall and balustrade, is a street light with a bowed frame supporting circular lamp shades at each end.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Balance point. #Photography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze

Photo of part of a building showing a v-shaped support, its narrowest point touching the ground. The top two-thirds of the support is covered with a dull grey metal cladding which continues up onto the main part of the supported building. The underside of the building can be glimpsed in the shadows on either side of the support.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Open water. #Photography

Photo containing a small section of the end of a wooden landing jetty jutting out diagonally from the bottom right corner of the frame into blue water. Diagonally opposite, in the top left corner of the frame is a small sailing dinghy with an orange and white sail and a woman leaning over the side to steady the craft. Between the two is a large expanse of empty water. Rules of composition - never heard of them.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Orange garland. #Photography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #VW

Photo of part of a white and orange VW campervan. Above an orange side panel is a window and a small, crescent-shaped vent, surrounded by white paint. Through the window can be seen part of a seat back over which is draped a garland comprising of white and orange flowers.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Swan workshop. Answering the question, where do swans come from? #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze

Black and white photo of a swan-shaped paddle boat, surrounded by tools and equipment in a cluttered workshop. The swan is partly framed by the doorway to the workshop and is illuminated by a strip light hanging overhead.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Search history. #Photography #BlackAndWhite #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze

Black and white photo of a three-pin electrical socket with a white switch and surrounds to the plug holes. The socket has been painted a dark colour to match the wooden pew it's attached to. There are lots of small scratch marks across the face of the socket where people have attempted to locate the socket's holes with the pins of plugs and have missed, a sort of search history.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Reflections. #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze

Black and white photo from inside a parish church of a mirror behind a window. This has caused reflected images of a candle, a tall, leaded window, the rood screen and arches from inside the church to be superimposed giving a sense of layers and depth.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Missing piece. #Photography #BlackAndWhite #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #London

Black and white photo of the top part of the London Eye, a big wheel-like structure. The wheel arcs across the top of the frame with spokes meeting in the centre at the boss. The individual pods dot the wheel at regular intervals, except in one place where a pod has been removed, presumably for maintenance purposes.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Three. #Photography #Water #BlueSkyArtShow

Photo of three paddleboarders on a calm sea. Near sunset colours give the image an overall orange tone and the three figures are silhouetted against the light. A tumble of rocks cuts the frame in the bottom third.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This book is a delightful collection of photos that I've had the pleasure of owning for a while. I realise my endorsement is not worth a great deal, but I recommend getting a copy so you can enjoy Marie's work too.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Walk towards the light. #StreetPhotography #Photography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze

Photo looking through an underpass. Being in Paris it has a stylish, gently arched roof with lights that cast beams across the roof. At the top of a set of wide stairs is the silhouette of a man walking away from the camera towards a second set of steps that lead up into the daylight.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Window Light Instax photo of patterned light falling on gravestones set into the floor of a parish church. #BlackAndWhite #Photography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #Instax

Black and white photo of light from large, leaded windows falling obliquely across carved slate gravestones set into the floor. The photo is hazy and soft giving it a slightly dreamy feel.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Flower arrangement #Photography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze

Photo in portrait format of a window with glass with a vertical stripe pattern to provide privacy. Immediately behind the glass is a tall vase which contains an arrangement of small, white and larger blue flowers. The flowers are distorted by the patterned glass.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Walk the line. #Photography #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze

Photo of the inside of the ruined Coventry Cathedral. Between flagstones a long drain cover runs the length of the photo. A woman in bright pink clothing walks along the drain cover and she is framed by the dark of a doorway.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Stone cross. Evening light catches this feature on the redundant St. Peter's church, Wolfhamcote. #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome #ClassicMono

Black and white photo of the end of a sloping roof. On the top is a small stone cross. It is lit up by light of the setting sun, in contrast to roof which is in deep shadow.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Criss-cross #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze

Black and white photo of two curving sections of road overpasses, with one going over another. Both sections stand out against a black sky.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Into the Sea #Photography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #Weymouth #BritishSeaside

Photo of a small, striped tent on a beach, next to which is a partially folded pushchair. A man's head can just be seen, poking out of the tent; he seems to be watching the woman walking away from the tent, into the sea.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Yellow bin. #Photography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #Birmingham

Colour photo in portrait format of four, square, wooden-poled street lights with angular light shades, standing in a row. We look down the row towards a dark, panelled wall, against which stands a bright yellow salt bin.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Reach for the sky. Part of the Discovery sculpture by Lucy Glendinning. #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #Northampton

Black and white photo of part of a sculpture (Lucy Glendinning's Discovery) comprising of part of a square-sectioned arc of stainless steel on top of which is a human figure, back arched and one arm stretched outward. The sculpture is white and grey against a black sky.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

At the seaside #Photography #StreetPhotography #UrbanGaze #Weymouth

Photo of two deckchairs on the promenade in Weymouth. Through the mesh backs of the deckchairs can be seen a man and woman, both wearing hats and between them can be glimpsed their sandalled feet resting on railings in front of them. They seem to be looking out over the beach with people sunbathing, and beyond that the sea.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Vanishing Point #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #UrbanGaze #UrbanPhotography

Black and white photo looking along a long corridor. There are two travellators running down the middle of the photo, the handrails of these and the lines made by the lights on the ceiling converge at a point near the centre of the frame.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Sunspots #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #UrbanGaze

Black and white photo of a white, spherical lampshade that nearly fills the bottom two thirds of the frame. It is suspended by a cable from a dimly seen ceiling. At the base of the lampshade are two small, dirty smudges that bear a resemblance to sunspots. Much to the bafflement of other diners, this photo was made whilst seated at a restaurant table, waiting for my order to arrive.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Best feet forward. #Photography #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #Rugby

Black and white photo of two people from the waist down, mid-stride, in step with each other. One man wears white trousers, the other black.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Quack #Photography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #Duck

Photo of a detail of a small merry-go-round at a local event. The head of a yellow duck with a bright red bill is framed within the windows of a vehicle that forms part of the ride.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Tiers #Photography #BlackAndWhite #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze

Black and white photo of a set of wide curving steps leading up to three flagpoles. Behind the flagpoles is a high stone wall in front of a monumental building. A shaft of sunlight illuminates a window high up on a wall and, silhouetted against the light, the head and shoulders of a woman with remarkable hair styling.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Loungers #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Hidcote

Black and white photo of two loungers standing on grass, next to a tall yew hedge. The hedge stretches the width of the frame, above the hedge dark trees loom, blocking the sky.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Door Guardian. #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #UrbanPhotography #Northamptonshire

Black and white photo of an old wooden door, set beneath a pointed arch in a stone wall. To its right a pine tree's trunk bends round at almost 180 degrees to pass over the door.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Point me at the sky. #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #Paris

Black and white photo of the top part of the obelisk that stands in Place de la Concorde, Paris. To its left is the top part of a lantern-style street light. High in the sky and crossing the top of the obelisk is the contrail of a plane, making a sort of scratch across the frame..

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Celestial light. Graham Sutherland's masterpiece, Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph, and a beam of light. #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #UrbanPhotography #CoventryCathedral #UrbanGaze

Black and white photo of Graham Sutherland's tapestry 'Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph', hanging in Coventry Cathedral. The viewpoint is from near the base looking up and a shaft of light forms a connection between the figure of Christ and the large figure at the top of the tapestry. Light flares from long, thin windows on either side and a cluster of three lights glow star-like from the top of the frame.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Giacometti shadows Part of the exhibition of his work at the Tate Modern. #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Art #Giacometti #London

Black and white photo of shadows cast on a concrete wall by two pieces of Albert Giacometti's artwork on display at the Tate Modern in London.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Tyrannosaur. Please keep the roaring to a minimum so as not to disturb the neighbours. #Photography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #Weedon

A square format photo shot through a van windscreen. On the dashboard is a plastic model of a Tyrannosaurus Rex with its mouth agape, as id roaring. Through the back window of the van can be seen a notice affixed to a wall requesting that noise is kept to a minimum to respect the neighbours. Mr. Rex seems not to be caring.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Nonconformity. #Photography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Rugby

Square black and white photo of the outside of an office block. The facade is composed of windows and panels of concrete forming a uniform pattern of squares and rectangles. In a bottom right window the venetian blinds have become damaged and part of them hang down in a fan shape, completely at odds to the uniformity of the rest of the building.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Walkway #Tall #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography #Birmingham

Photo of a walkway / bridge between two tall buildings on which a woman is walking whilst talking on her phone. In the background in another high rise office block.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Me and my shadow. #Photography #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Birmingham

Black and white photo looking almost straight over a man walking on the pavement below, in the top right of the frame. The man is hooded and has his hand up to his head. Aa angled dark line appears to cordon off where he's walking, but his shadow stretches out beyond the line. The whole frame is overlaid with a mesh pattern - insert your fitting into boxes / regimented life metaphor here.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The portal. #Photography #UrbanPhotography #UrbanGaze #Birmingham

Photo of lift doors, on each side of which are narrowly spaced vertical bars. Above the doors is a plain grey panel and pavig stones cover the floor in front of them. The doors themselves are transparent and through them can be seen, slightly blurred, the green leaves of trees. The splash of natural colour is in contrast to the austere construction of the lift.

Adrian Chandler @adriansea.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Tulip #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #StillLife #Tulip

Black and white photo that shows half of an earthenware vase in which some tulips have been placed as a flower arrangement. One tulip has a long stem that has drooped, forming a sinuous shape. The vase is on a cloth-covered table of which only a corner can be seen. In the background is a blurred stone wall in which is set an arched niche.