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over 20 years ago I had someone calling at my door asking how I would rate the way the updated telephone directory was delivered, on a scale of one to ten; I was so flummoxed the interaction dragged on, to the manifest annoyance and suprise of the door-knocker

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 1h

Autumn in Tokyo / Ginkgo tree at Meiji Jingu Gaien. Photography by Yoshihiro Ogawa on Flickr.

Captured along the famous avenue of Meiji Jingū Gaien in Tokyo, this photograph by Yoshihiro Ogawa presents a vertical perspective through a tunnel of ancient ginkgo trees (ichiyō). Thick, dark trunks with deeply furrowed bark align in rhythmic succession along the left foreground, their massive, gnarled branches reaching upward and arching gracefully across the frame. Above, the dense canopy transitions from vibrant lime-green into brilliant, luminescent gold, glowing under soft, diffused autumnal light. On the ground below, lush green ground-cover plants are sprinkled with fallen golden fan-shaped leaves, bordering a low wooden fence line that recedes into the soft-focus distance on the right.

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 1h

The Trent and Mersey canal outside Alsager looking rather different than back in its heyday.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 7h

Dazzle camouflage was created during WW1 to protect British ships from German artillery - it works by making it difficult to estimate range of speed and heading. Edward Wadsworth supervised the design of of the camouflage patterns. This is his 'Dazzle Ships in Drydock,' from 1919

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Man on a bus, Dublin, 1984, photo by Tony O'Shea, Irish photographer.

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Martin Glew @mdglew.bsky.social · 7h

A Farewell to Arms Length

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 19h

Evening” in Osaka, Japan. Photography by Huang Louis on 500px

Visual and Sensory Analysis
Captured at nightfall at the entrance of Hozenji Yōchō in Osaka, this photograph by Huang Louis frames a narrow stone-paved alleyway (ishitami) through a traditional wooden gateway topped with a small tiled roof. At the center, a suspended wooden plaque displays the gilded calligraphy "法善寺横丁" (Hozenji Yōchō), illuminated by two warm overhead lanterns that cast a soft golden glow upon the timber grain. Two radiant red cylindrical lanterns frame the entrance, their dark characters echoing the alleyway's name. In the background, the lane recedes into an intimate, layered depth where the shadowed silhouettes of evening strollers mingle with the soft, inviting lights of traditional izakaya and dining establishments. The rain-slicked granite paving stones catch and scatter the vibrant crimson and gold reflections of the glowing signboards.

The scene awakens an enchanting, multi-sensory urban atmosphere: the gentle hum of electric lanterns, the muffled murmur of night conversations drifting from behind wooden sliding doors, the appetite-arousing aromas of simmered dashi, roasted soy sauce, and charcoal smoke, and the soft, rhythmic click of footsteps echoing across wet stone in the cool evening air.

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 19h

By Thomas V

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The impressive and unusual Monk’s Door in Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire 🤩

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Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

#stunday “Just” the entrance to an ordinary English small parish church Chollerton Northumberland

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

On the streets of Osaka, Japan. 1938

Four women stroll arm-in-arm down a sunlit street in Osaka in 1938, their backs turned to the camera as they navigate the urban pavement in crisp white tabi socks and lacquered wooden geta clogs. Each wears an expressive Meisen or patterned silk kimono tied with a distinct, boldly designed obi sash: a large plaid pattern paired with a grid obi on the far left, a swirling floral robe matched with a dynamic cartwheel (genroku-guruma) obi, a dark ensemble anchored by a wheel-and-floral motif, and an outer haori jacket trailing dynamic butterfly or bird silhouettes on the right. Modern streetlamps and concrete architecture frame their path, capturing a lively snapshot of pre-war metropolitan fashion. The photograph resonates with a vivid sensory atmosphere: the sharp, rhythmic clatter (karankoron) of wooden clogs striking smooth pavement, the crisp rustle of stiff silk weaves brushing together in motion, the low, warm murmur of laughter and conversation shared between companions, and the dry, lingering scent of starch, silk, and urban dust under an afternoon sun.

Captured in Osaka during the thirteenth year of the Showa era (1938), this street photograph offers a compelling window into the casual elegance of urban women during a transitional chapter of pre-war Japanese history. Osaka, Japan's bustling commercial and industrial powerhouse, was a vibrant center for the production, retail, and popular styling of meisen textiles—innovative, machine-spun silk garments produced using stencil-dyed warp and weft yarns (ikat or kasuri). Meisen offered young women an affordable, durable, and highly expressive canvas to embrace bold graphic motifs inspired by Western Art Deco, avant-garde geometry, and classical Japanese iconography.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Dolly Peel, fishwife and smuggler, South Shields, 1850. When her husband and son were press-ganged, she snuck on board ship and hid. Discovered, she was allowed to work as a nurse and stay with her family.

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Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The late 12th Century Galilee Chapel at Durham Cathedral, dominated by the shrine of St Bede. The large collection of medieval and continental glass in this chapel was set here in the 1960s. It includes glass from Ackworth Grange, Warwick Priory and several York churches.

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c @3boxesofsighs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

sky as rothko

stratosphere paying homage to rothko’s painting style in layers of white/blue/grey

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Laurent Peraldi @tintamarre.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Sonia Costa

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 11/10/2026

Early Morning Train Karel Otto Hruby, 1959

silhouette od a man waving a train on, the trains lights looking like two bright eyes.

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A unicornfish from Raja Ampat, feeding on plankton in open water over a reef. I think this is a sleek unicornfish (Naso hexacanthus) but could be one of its relatives. #MarineLife #Wildlife 🐟🌿

An oval fish with a triangular tail. It has two sharp blades at the tail base. It is light blue, with a yellowish tail fin margin and belly. The lower and rear edges of the operculum are dark. The fish is pictured alone, against blue water, but is part of a much larger aggregation feeding over a reef.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Gustaf Fjæstad (Swedish, 1868-1948) "Moonlight over Racken," 1900 Oil on canvas 109 x 75 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Otto Hesselbom (Swedish, 1848–1914) "Alley in Autumn Colors", 1899. Oil on Canvas, 105 × 73 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 10/10/2026

My liege, we are off hunting. Have you brought your falcon? Nay for I have brought my snail.

We are looking at a manuscript of a hare sat on a fearsome looking greyhound. The hare is wearing a gauntlet on which sits a snail who is absolutely up for the hunt.

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Martin Glew @mdglew.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

my grandma would be "Well, I'll go to the top of our stairs"

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Janet K. MacKay (Canadian Artist, born 1952) "Red On Red", 2021. Oil on Canvas, 36" × 36". Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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ZD @zincdata.com · 09/10/2026

Crossing the street #streetphotography #b&w

A person walking on tunnel-shaped above-ground street crossing

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Gilbert White @gilbertwhite.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

1777: Selborne. Vast fog, sun, sweet day. Gossamer abounds. Several swallows. Swallows left Fyndon.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Oct 8: Feast of Iwig (Ywi) (7thC), monk. A disciple of Cuthbert at Lindisfarne who decided to follow the practice of peregrinatio pro Christo, ‘exile for Christ’. One day, he boarded a boat which took him to Brittany, where he lived the eremitical life until death. 📸xlibber

Lindisfarne Castle sitting atop Beblowe Crag.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Leeds, c.1950, photo by Roger Mayne (1929-2014).

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John Vigar FSA @johnevigar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Picking grapes. Medieval roundel in Norwich Castle Museum.

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

this shouldn't be a real photo at all

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A Tranquil Scene on Lake Ashi, Japan, with Mt Fuji in the background. Dating from the late 19th or early 20th century, this photograph was produced from glass-plate negatives by pioneering Japanese photographers such as Kusakabe Kimbei or T. Enami.

A serene, mirror-like expanse of Lake Ashi (Ashinoko) rests in quiet morning stillness, perfectly capturing the crisp reflection of a traditional flat-bottomed wooden sailboat (wasen) in the lower foreground. The vessel's rectangular cloth sail and long wooden steering oar (ro) reach into the glassy water, where two seated figures in dark garments navigate the gentle current. Low, luminous bands of morning mist drift across the dark, forested ridges of the surrounding Hakone caldera. Rising majestically in the central distance, the snow-dusted, symmetrical peak of Mount Fuji floats above the horizon, its base softly veiled by cloud layers. Captured on a Meiji-era albumen print, the scene glows with warm sepia and rich umber tones that evoke an atmospheric sensory experience: the profound silence of an early morning mountain lake, the faint drip of water off a wooden oar, the crisp chill of alpine air carrying the scent of damp cedar and pine, and the serene stillness before the sun fully clears the surrounding peaks. Dating from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, this photograph belongs to the golden age of Meiji-era Yokohama-shashin (Yokohama souvenir photography), produced from glass-plate negatives by pioneering Japanese photographers such as Kusakabe Kimbei or T. Enami. Hakone was historically a pivotal mountain pass and barrier station (sekisho) along the famous Tōkaidō highway connecting Edo (Tokyo) with Kyoto. For centuries, travelers along the Tōkaidō paused on the shores of Lake Ashi to gaze across the water at Mount Fuji—a classic vista immortalized in ukiyo-e woodblock prints by masters such as Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige.

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

'Moonscape'. Marius van Dokkum.

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Fading Facades. Noor Elden

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Mary @mjwyatt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Fog in the foothills this morning. Wishing you a beautiful and peaceful day. 🫶🏻🌲✌️ #Photography #Scape #PNW #PDX #Oregon #Mountains #Forests #Sunrise

Sunrise. Cascade foothills. Deciduous trees in autumn colors, tall conifers with low clouds through the treetops.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

1/x Two of the best-known coats on any high street began as working kit for sailors on cold decks. Both carry names from my little corner of the North Sea: Duffel, a small town near Antwerp, and the Dutch word "pij". The story of the duffel coat and the peacoat. #maritimehistory

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Morning all. Photographer John Bulmer, Black Country 1960.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

good morning

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Gilbert White @gilbertwhite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

1777: Bramshot Place. Sun, fine autumnal weather. Mr Richardon's nectarines & peaches still in perfection.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach" 1885 Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857-1947) British Artist Oil on Canvas 118.5 x 154 cm The Box Museum, Plymouth, England #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Osuga Yuichi (Japanese, born 1939) "Japanese Maple Leaves", 1954. Woodblock Print, 10.5" × 15.5". Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Fiona Chartres @chartresfi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Such a beautiful mix of textures. A little bit of everything to be seen looking at the rear wall of Trinity College, Trinity Lane, Cambridge. #WallsonWednesday

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Tube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni @tubemapper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

PRINT OF THE DAY Today’s print of Southgate Station is one of my favourite photographs. It perfectly captures why we call it the Tube, just look at how tight that space is! If you like this photo, or would like to see more from the collection, check out the attached post.

A train fitting snugly in a tunnel at Southgate London Underground station

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