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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I asked you your favourite biscuit and you said 'oh a hob nob' or 'digestive' or 'bourbon' and you thought it would make me think you authentic and real but you should have said 'the poshest ones I can find for the posh ones are the best' as that is the truth you hide and now I know you are a coward

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Only if it could be used as additional shade!

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Taken on one of the hottest days of 2026 (there were a few to choose from in the end). Now printed and hanging on the wall at @brightonphoto.bsky.social #brighton #seaswimming

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Pier Group. If you want to keep cool in a heatwave then maybe floating under the pier is just the ticket. You might get killed by a jet ski of course, but the view is unique, the sea is cool and the people above will wave and point so you can pretend you’re a b-list celebrity while enjoying a swim.

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Dylan Nardini @dylannardini.com · 12/10/2026

Caught some light warming one of the first morning frosts of the season, grasses dancing in delight along with me. #Scotland #Photography #Sharemondays2026

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Well exactly. Although I think people get annoyed that there’s no indicators on a longship so it’s hard to work out where they’re going.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

An echo of the time when this was a giant tidal estuary, leaving Caburn and its hill fort isolated above saltwater marshland. Saxon longships were able to sail right up to the hillside. These days they’d have trouble getting across the A27, roundabouts are tricky in a longship.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Hill Port. Mount Caburn (all 150m of it) floating on a sea of clouds. Part of an ephemeral archipelago of hilltops surrounding Lewes one morning last week.

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Niall McDiarmid @niallmcdiarmid.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Nieuwpoort, Belgium - July 2022

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This year it feels appropriate to spot the gobbler on the day that the weather has really turned autumnal. Yesterday was t-shirt and shorts, today I'm considering a move to southern Europe. The sea is still warm though, unseasonably so, still plenty of warmish dips ahead before the shivering begins.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

According to the meteorological calendar autumn began on Sept 1st. If you prefer the astronomical equinox then it was the 23rd. I'd argue that the correct date is the day the boat arrives to gobble up Brighton’s swim buoys, leaving the sea a little less colourful and surprisingly empty until spring.

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This has gone too far. Someone on the high street walked slap bang into me because apparently “I thought you were ai”.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This was taken the end of 2025 but I haven't got round to making any prints until now (the season approaches!). So if you fancy a closer look at this natural marvel without spending an hour floundering about in the sea in February, you can pop into my gallery on the beach and see it on the wall.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

They stay low, picking up the last few stragglers before finally settling down to roost under the helter skelter well after everyone else’s bedtime. Rebels.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Stragglers. At the end of the evening, after the sun has gone down and the rest of the murmuration has already called it a night, there's a small group of starlings that keep the party going a little further out to sea.

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As someone who draws with real inks and pens and paint, but who also enjoys drawing digitally (particularly Procreate on the ipad these days, although I have drawn in Illustrator on my computer a lot, and routinely use Photoshop for compositing work)

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I think some people have a knee-jerk reaction to concrete, that it’s irredeemably ugly. But the M5 motorway bridge in the early morning light is stunning, and starts my day with joy.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thanks Alan. Yes very dry chalky soil, recently seed drilled so a very fine smooth texture too. And very direct over head kind of sunlight to add a slight unreality to it all.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In part a response to the trend towards hotter, drier weather on the Downs, but also an experiment with making photographs in light that might not usually be thought of as ‘interesting’, A different kind of puzzle to solve. Enjoyably abstract, a little unsettling.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Three fields and ten trees on the South Downs. One of a small series of pictures made as part my ongoing ‘Fieldwork’ series, all taken in the middle of bright sunny days with little cloud, no shadows and no more than two or three colours within the frame.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New woodwork. Two pictures from an exploratory wander through a recently rearranged woodland. A tangle of wind toppled trees and man made mountains of undergrowth. Messy in the best way. #sussex #southdowns

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We all love sweeping generalisations.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I see people standing too near the sea get hit by rogue waves here quite often (I work on Brighton beach). Very easy to get knocked off your feet and can be hard to get back up on steep shingle. Maybe more so after a few drinks.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Petrichore - the name for the work involved in being first to get on social media and say how nice it smells after the rain.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Although the preview text for that is broken too. Fuck it, I'm off for a bike ride while the footballs is happening.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Latest gallery newsletter just went out. Some new work, a new exhibition outside on the beach, and a birthday discount to celebrate us making it to 12 years old! mailchi.mp/brightonphot...

Brighton and Hove seafront as seen from the sea at the end of a summer day. A glint of golden sunshine reflecting from a building across the blue sea.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Half an hour of tonight’s sunset over the Downs. (As seen by precariously balanced phone on the attic windowsill!)

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TheNewDomShow @thenewdomshow.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

"Tell Jabba I'll get him his money..."

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 17/03/2026

Today is the Spring Equilux for the southern half of the UK, where daylight is closest to 12 hours From tomorrow, days will be longer than the nights until late September Check out the explainer here 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=3Oc5...

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Pair of fighter jets just whizzed along Brighton beach. Slightly unsettling.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Waving 🌊👋. A new addition to the gallery this weekend. From a choppy swim out beyond the end of everything.

A photograph of the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs in Sussex, as seen from the perspective of a sea swimmer in choppy sea.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Out there somewhere Elon has a team of engineers working on a tiny, useless submarine to carry oil round the Straits of Hormuz.

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Now for my last, soothing, bedtime check on The War so I can really lie awake and think about it

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Brilliant. An expat im Dubai has a startling revelation, by @stephencollins.bsky.social

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