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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Disused marker buoy, Otterspool Promenade. Canon AE-1, Ilford XP2. I opened the camera back to load a new film and found a film already in there! Head slapping moment... I lost a few but several are ok, this is one of them. #believeinfilm #filmphotography #IlfordXP2 #blackandwhitephotography

Disused marker buoy, Otterspool Promenade. Close up black and white photograph looking up at the buoy with a cloudless sky in the background. Some graffiti on the buoy in the foreground.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was curious to try out my Canon R100 against the iPhone 17 Pro. Here's what I found... gerrysimonsphoto.blogspot.com/2026/10/cano...

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Morning everyone. Here’s a lovely Moth Orchid to brighten your day. #photography #nature #mothorchid

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

'Curving into the distance'. I was drawn to the 'picture within a picture' created by the faming of the brightly it background beyond the shadow cast by the bridge. #blackandwhitephotography #transport #railways #lightandshadow #squareformat

A square black and white photograph of a railway bridge taken from below the bridge and looking along the tracks as they curve into the distance. Gantries holding the electric cables fill the upper part of the frame.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Working this afternoon on photographs for my next Substack article with my favourite analogue camera and lens. So good to shoot some film again. #Blackandwhitephotography #Believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #Photography #IlfordPhoto #CanonAE-1 #IlfordHP5+

A colour photograph of a Canon AE-1 and Canon 28mm lens with a box of Ilford HP5+ in the background.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Gothic Drinking Fountain in Sefton Park is a Grade II listed Victorian landmark located near the southern edge of the boating lake. Designed by the park's creators, Lewis Hornblower and Édouard André. #blackandwhitephotography #photography #seftonpark #Liverpool

A black and white photograph of the Gothic Drinking Fountain in Sefton Park is a Grade II listed Victorian landmark located near the southern edge of the boating lake. Designed by the park's creators, Lewis Hornblower and Édouard André.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I think bsky.app/profile/give... will appreciate these examples of automotive elegance.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

thepresenceofabsence.substack.com/p/absence-me...

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

thepresenceofabsence.substack.com/p/absence-me... The second part to my photographic study made in and around the area where I grew up in Liverpool.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

thepresenceofabsence.substack.com/p/absence-me...

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

'Buxton Opera House', dusk. Harman Phoenix (original), Olympus MJU-1. I think both the film and camera struggled with the low light, but I quite like the image, however flawed. It has character. #HarmanPhoenix #believeinfilm #filmisnotcdead #IlfordPhoto #Photography #Buxton

A colour photograph of Buxton Opera House made at dusk.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

'Royal College of Physicians'. I'm well behind the curve here but I finally got around to using some Harman Phoenix (original) which I loaded into my Olympus MJU-1 with mixed results but this image I was happy with. #HarmanPhoenix #believeinfilm #filmisnotcdead #IlfordPhoto #Photography

The Royal College of Physicians building, Liverpool surrounded by modern architectural developments. A colour photograph with a red cast.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Currently my studio is out of act due to building work. So here‘s an iPhone photo opposite the Liverpool Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Pembroke Place. The afternoon light and architecture caught my eye. #blackandwhitephotography #iphonephotography #architecture

A black and white photograph of a road with cars and modern building catching the late afternoon light. Clouds overhead.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Currently unable to scan my negs as we have workmen in doing a great job but studio is room locked up to keep out the dust. So here‘s an iPhone snap in Burton Mere, RSPB sanctuary on the Wirral. Nothing like a lone windswept tree. #blackandwhitephotography #iphonephotography #landscapephotography

A black and white photograph showing a gate and a dry stone wall. A single windswept tree appears behind the wall and clouds fill the summer sky.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Currently unable to scan my negs as we have workmen in doing a great job but studio room locked up to keep out the dust. So here‘s an iPhone snap of Barton Mere, RSPB sanctuary on the Wirral. #blackandwhitephotography #iphonephotography #landscapephotography

A black and white photograph of a landscape with a foreground of grasses and a cloud filled sky above.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Theatre, Calderstones Park Mansion House, Liverpool. Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515. Ilford HP5+ film #Nettar #Blackandwhitephotography #Believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #Photography #IlfordPhoto

A black and white photograph of an Art Deco theatre and steps with a grassed area in front and some picnic benches.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

‘Memory is reconstructed’. No.6. A series of photographs exploring memory and emotion, absence and change. Low Hill Area, Liverpool 7. Canon AE-1, FD 28mm lens yellow filter. Ilford HP5+ film #Memory #Blackandwhitephotography #Believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #Photography #IlfordPhoto

A black and white photograph of a row of terraced houses with a removals van outside one and construction work at another.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I managed to have a photograph accepted for the ‘Absence’ Exhibition at Stable Gallery, Liverpool. (Only on the screen) but very pleased. openeye.org.uk/whatson/abse... #photography #believeinfilm For any photographer in the area it really is worth a visit. Details in the link above.

An image of a screen showing a photograph in an exhibition in front of of a lit brick wall.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

‘Memory is reconstructed’. No.5. A series of photographs exploring memory and emotion, absence and change. Low Hill Area, Liverpool 7. Canon AE-1, FD 28mm lens yellow filter Ilford HP5+ film #Memory #Blackandwhitephotography #Believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #Photography #IlfordPhoto

A black and white photograph showing a paved area in the foreground with a grassed area in front a row of Victorian terraced houses. A large cloud hangs overhead.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

‘Memory is reconstructed’. No.5. A series of photographs exploring memory and emotion, absence and change. Kensigton Fields Area, Liverpool 7. Canon AE-1, FD 28mm lens yellow filter Ilford HP5+ film #Memory #Blackandwhitephotography #Believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #Photography #IlfordPhoto

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

‘Memory is reconstructed’. No.4. A series of photographs exploring memory and emotion, absence and change. Kensigton Fields Area, Liverpool 7. Canon AE-1, FD 28mm lens yellow filter Ilford HP5+ film #Memory #Blackandwhitephotography #Believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #Photography #IlfordPhoto

A black and white photograph showing a metal park bench covered in graffiti and scuff marks. Rough uncut grass and shrubs are behind with a fence and housing in the distance.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

‘Memory is reconstructed’. No.3. A series of photographs exploring memory and emotion, absence and change. Low Hill Area, Liverpool 7. Canon AE-1, FD 28mm lens yellow filter Ilford HP5+ film #Memory #Blackandwhitephotography #Believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #Photography #IlfordPhoto

A black and white photograph showing terraced housing. In the foreground, beneath a bay window artificial flowers sit in pots illuminated by the bright sunshine. In the far distance large modern buldings fill the horizon/

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

‘Memory is reconstructed’. No.2. A series of photographs exploring memory and emotion, absence and change. Kensington Fields Area, Liverpool 7. Canon AE-1, FD 28mm lens yellow filter Ilford HP5+ film #Memory #Blackandwhitephotography #Believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #Photography #IlfordPhoto

An open grassed over deserted space that used to be a park. A concrete path leads from the entrance area toward the horizon. Flat roofs and a chrich tower sit along the horizon. Clouds fill the sky above.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

‘Memory is reconstructed’. No.1. A series exploring memory and emotion, absence and change. Low Hill Area, Liverpool 7. Canon AE-1, FD 28mm lens yellow filter Ilford HP5+ film #Memory #Blackandwhitephotography #Believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #Photography #IlfordPhoto

A series of household waste collection points with an open spce of grass behind surrounded by terraced houses.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The iconic Royal Liverpool University Hospital boiler house chimney with cantilevered base used as water tanks was part of the original hospital completed in 1978. Now recently demolished. Canon AE-1, FD 28mm lens yellow filter Ilford HP5+ film #Blackandwhitephotography #Believeinfilm #filmisnotdead

A black and white photograph showing the Royal Liverpool University Hospital boiler house chimney with cantilevered base used as water tanks pictured against a largely cloudless sky. A number of birds are visible flying around the towering brutalist designed structure. This once iconic building has sadly recently been demolished.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Apparently it’s Folder Week. Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515, cleaned up, loaded and ready to go. This model is approx 1937 and was gifted to me. After a thorough clean up it’s looking good. Never used one before and so fingers crossed for the results… #FolderWeek #believeinfilm #filmphotography

A colour photograph of a vintage folding camera pictured on a garden table in the sun.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Edge Hill station, Liverpool, is one of the oldest railway stations in the world. This part was opened in 1836 and has been in continuous use ever since. I used my Canon AE-1, FD 28mm lens with a yellow filter and Ilford HP5+ film… #photography #Blackandwhitephotography #Believeinfilm #filmisnotdead

A black and white photograph showing an old railway station with electric overhead cables and track below running into the distant tunnel. Bright sunshine illuminates the platform and red brick buildings. White clouds cross the sky above.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Forton Services was built on the Preston-Lancaster section of the M6. The architect was T. P. Bennett and Sons . It fully opened on Wednesday 14 July 1965, with 276 staff. #blackandwhitephotography #architecture #lightandshadow

A black and white photograph taken from inside Forton Services. Long shadows are cast by the overhead walkway on to the motorway below.

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The former Royal Liverpool Hospital was designed by Holford Associates in a Modernist style and built by Alfred McAlpine between 1963 and 1969. The second phase was completed and the hospital eventually opened in 1978. It was demolished in 2026. #photography #blackandwhitephotography #architecture

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

A black and white photograph of The former Royal Liverpool Hospital designed by Holford Associates in a Modernist style and built by Alfred McAlpine between 1963 and 1969. The second phase was completed and the hospital eventually opened in 1978. It was demolished in 2026. #photography #blackandwhitephotography #architecture

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Gerry Simons @gerrysimons.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

St Johns Beacon (also known locally as the Radio City Tower) is a Grade II listed communications and observation tower in Liverpool, England. Designed by James A. Roberts Associates, it was built in 1969 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II. #photography #blackandwhitephotography #architecture

A black and white photograph of St Johns Beacon (also known locally as the Radio City Tower) is a Grade II listed communications and observation tower in Liverpool, England. Designed by James A. Roberts Associates, it was built in 1969 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II.

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