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Davenant 📸

@marcdavenant.bsky.social
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Award-winning photographer and writer. Big Issue Top 100 Changemaker 2026. Website is marcdavenant.com

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 4h
Last post on this baby before it goes back in its box for a while. On lists, and patterns, and order, whether it exists or not.
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listomania
[an exercise]
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Abandoned America @abandonedamerica.bsky.social · 5h
The auditorium of the abandoned Irem Shrine in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Opened in 1908, the Irem Shrine was a central part of the city's cultural scene. By the late 1990s, however, there weren't enough funds to maintain the building, and it was left to decay. More at www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-shrine
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 01/10/2026
For me, the act of writing is how I learn what I’m writing about. I don’t know why people want to outsource that.*
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 20h
One of the other advantages to this approach to exhibitions is that it gives you total editorial control. amateurphotographer.com/latest/get-y...
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Get your photography seen by the audience you deserve! These secrets will help you secure an exhibition of your own | Amateur Photographer
Want to exhibit your photography? Marc Davenant explains how to find unexpected venues, build partnerships and make your exhibition impossible to ignore.
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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 19h
A frightening snapshot of what this country's become 😬
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
A family suddenly realises that they are being followed by the extreme right wing UKIP protest, Oxford Street yesterday. #Photography
A family of four slightly ahead of a right wing protest on Oxford Street
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 20h
One of the other advantages to this approach to exhibitions is that it gives you total editorial control. amateurphotographer.com/latest/get-y...
amateurphotographer.com
Get your photography seen by the audience you deserve! These secrets will help you secure an exhibition of your own | Amateur Photographer
Want to exhibit your photography? Marc Davenant explains how to find unexpected venues, build partnerships and make your exhibition impossible to ignore.
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Photography by Alfie Goodrich @alfie.photography · 10/10/2026
Great work. Valuable work. The documentation of events must not be prevented by the state or its instruments.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Great thanks for letting me know
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
As a political force absolutely but extremist Christian nationalism is on the rise unfortunately and is part of a wider malaise across society.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It’s a fantastic lens but as you say heavy
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Will do!
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
She’s great and always speaks her mind
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Finally got around to selling this and I’m sad to see it go but as needs must. Will be selling a lot of kit over the next few weeks including the cameras I used for Outsiders.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Michelle, Manchester in 2019 from the Outsiders project. She became homeless at 13, having been abused as a child, and used to sleep in the bin sheds on the Offerton Estate in Stockport. She told me she felt safer sleeping rough as a child than she did at home.
A woman sitting on a sofa looks down at a small cat which is looking curiously at the camera
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Uche, one of the participants from the Outsiders project on homelessness, shows Prince William my portrait of her living in substandard housing. In this image she is explaining to him that his art exhibitions are very nice but won’t do anything to solve homelessness. Photo by Chris Jackson.
A woman with her arm raised points to a black and white photograph while talking to Prince William who is looking at the photo
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
He shouts a lot
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
‘Get your photography seen by the audience you deserve’. My interview with Amateur Photographer on how to get your photographs shown as an exhibition. amateurphotographer.com/latest/get-y...
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Get your photography seen by the audience you deserve! These secrets will help you secure an exhibition of your own | Amateur Photographer
Want to exhibit your photography? Marc Davenant explains how to find unexpected venues, build partnerships and make your exhibition impossible to ignore.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Workers Gallery is a wonderful place and Gayle and Chris are treasures!
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Thanks!
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Thanks Alfie! It’s getting much much worse and the police are now emboldened to abuse their new draconian powers.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Nothing like a bulk order to cheer up the day. With this the stocks of our Rebellion! zine are starting to run a bit low but you can still order via the website marcdavenant.com/product/rebe...
Two large piles of the Rebellion! zine with a portrait of a Red Rebel on the front
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My strategy “will horrify Gen Z” apparently!
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Very happy to say that the Nighthawks series will be shown as an exhibition next year. Date and venue to be announced nearer the time. The zine from the series is available from our shop here marcdavenant.com/product/nigh...
Black and white photo of people as silhouettes against a frosted window with the words Dean Street Express
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
‘Get your photography seen by the audience you deserve’. My interview with Amateur Photographer on how to get your photographs shown as an exhibition. amateurphotographer.com/latest/get-y...
amateurphotographer.com
Get your photography seen by the audience you deserve! These secrets will help you secure an exhibition of your own | Amateur Photographer
Want to exhibit your photography? Marc Davenant explains how to find unexpected venues, build partnerships and make your exhibition impossible to ignore.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The police threatened to arrest me when I was documenting the arrest of pensioners who were holding up pieces of cardboard in support of this group in Parliament Square last year. They said I was “too close”. The photos of those arrested are in our new Rebellion! exhibition.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This will be a collaborative exhibition inviting responses to the images from visitors in the form of poems or short stories which will then be displayed in the exhibition space.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Very happy to say that the Nighthawks series will be shown as an exhibition next year. Date and venue to be announced nearer the time. The zine from the series is available from our shop here marcdavenant.com/product/nigh...
Black and white photo of people as silhouettes against a frosted window with the words Dean Street Express
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Nothing like a bulk order to cheer up the day. With this the stocks of our Rebellion! zine are starting to run a bit low but you can still order via the website marcdavenant.com/product/rebe...
Two large piles of the Rebellion! zine with a portrait of a Red Rebel on the front
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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Roger Mayne. ‘Photography involves two main distortions, the simplification into black and white and the seizing of an instant in time. It is this mixture of reality and unreality, and the photographer’s power to select, that makes it possible for photography to be an art.’
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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dignity and self respect. Out the window. Shit in a chair, piss in a cardboard bottle behind curtains that people appear through like manic pantomime performances throughout the day and night.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’ve been there and hope you are better soon. Will be thinking of you.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I despise Google and everything it stands for but if you now type ‘petrol prices’ into Google maps it shows all of the prices around your location which is handy in a cost of living crisis.
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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
🧵Thread. I collect photos that people took of their TV screens (in the days before video) because they wanted to capture a historical moment, or at least something that meant something to them.
1970s shot of a TV screen1950s/60s? shot of a TV screen. Female presenter1950s/60s shot of a TV screen. Unknown guitaristsBlurry pink shot of a TV screen. Women in evening dress
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Paul Chambers @paulwchambers1970.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've been shortlisted by the judges at ExposureOne Awards for Portrait of the Year for this tintype I made with Adam Pearson for a wider body of work raising awareness around facial difference with Face Equality International. There's a People's vote too! 🙏🏿 exposureoneawards.com/people-vote-...
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Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
FINAL WEEKS TO CATCH CRIMINAL Our 5* exhibition is only open until 31st October. That means you have exactly 16 open days left to come and see what the fuss has been about.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Early stroll. A fallen leaf’s soft shadow. The moon is somewhere behind this drizzle. A PUBLIC FOOTPATH sign points to darkness. Green lights garland that old tree. A black cat in an upstairs window.
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Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 09/10/2026
Morning all. For anyone who remembers the '60s beat combo: Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky Mick and Titch; this one is definitely 'Beaky'. xx www.edwardphilips.co.uk/beakybirds.h... 🪶 #beakybirds
Stylized close-up poster of a toco toucan's head showing its large orange-yellow and red bill, blue eye and cream neck against a teal background. Scientific name: Ramphastos toco toco.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just arrived, a signed copy of Don McCullin’s latest (and last) book. Not for the faint hearted but this is going to be something.
Book with a photo of Don McCullin on the left and his signature on the right
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
That’s great to hear!
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Freydis @stoutwoman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@marcdavenant.bsky.social My nephew wanted to see the place in his dad's Davenant photo when they went to London together. My brother said he tried to capture your camera angle, but it was too subtle. The people inside showed Alex around and let him handle some guitars. He loved it!
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thanks Brian much appreciated
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Brian Cutts @briancutts.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Finally got round to looking at this wonderful zine by photographer @marcdavenant.bsky.social , photos and reflections on the significant role protests play in British culture and democracy. More info (and shop) here: marcdavenant.com/product/rebe...
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paulwoodhead100.bsky.social @paulwoodhead100.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He defines the word 'iconic'. Imho.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Agreed
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
McCullin’s photos in the Sunday Times in the 1970s were the main reason why I took up photography and he’s the photographer I feel most aligned with philosophically speaking. He’s so much more than a war photographer.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just arrived, a signed copy of Don McCullin’s latest (and last) book. Not for the faint hearted but this is going to be something.
Book with a photo of Don McCullin on the left and his signature on the right
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Mike Robbins @mikerobbins.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Mountains of Bhutan: Jomolhari, Jitchu Drake and Tsherimgang, seen from the Yele La pass at about 4.600m (15,000ft). The three mountains run along the border between Bhutan and Tibet. Yes, it was cold up there! Ektachrome slide from April 1993. #Photography #MountainMonday #Mountains
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
One of the sponsors for our Rebellion! exhibition was Cartridge People who supplied all of the ink for printing both versions of the exhibition. The printer takes 12 cartridges so very expensive. The whole exhibition was printed using their own brand inks rather than Canon www.cartridgepeople.com
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Cheap Printer Ink & Cartridges | Cartridge People
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This documentary is well worth watching. My photos from many of the protests in the film can be seen in my Rebellion! exhibition which opens at the Williamson Art Gallery on 23 October. The exhibition has been developed as a response to draconian anti-protest legislation by successive governments.
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