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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Being an ex-country boy who worked on farms in my youth, I can’t imagine how worrying this must be for farmers. Continued below 👇 #BritishFarming #Farmers #ClimateCrisis #SupportBritishFarming #FoodSecurity #RuralCommunities #ExtremeWeather #SustainableFarming #NoFarmersNoFood #Agriculture

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Meanwhile I the UK 👇😳👇😊👇😟👇😃👇 I’ve finally achieved peak adulthood: I’m so good at ignoring spam that I nearly got vaporised by Putin because I couldn’t be bothered to read the government’s national emergency alert telling me not to have a disposable barbecue. Apparently Andy Burnham has a new toy

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I’m just going through some old photography prints. I’m thinking I must come up with a photo project based in the studio. Took this photo back in 1994 it was my 1st attempt at studio work. These days though I expect you just type into Ai give me a photo of a biker with a beard & make it B&W

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I am going through my old #photography Prints. 📸👉This is a picture from The first #FatboySlim beach party, known as the original Big Beach Boutique, which took place in 2001 on #Brighton Beach #Sussex #UK #NormanCook Anybody recognise her ? #HappyDays

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Just when you thought British Politics couldn’t get any more wierd. Could we see Count Binface in the houses of parliament?

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Well thanks to @theartdictator.bsky.social & @UnOfPhoto.bsky.social for the heads up on the Gordon Parks Photography Exhibition 👉I went to see it today. Really good to see Documentary Photography work being shown in such a lovely Gallery. alisonjacques.com Free Entry👍 Check it out if in London

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

In #Brighton MP @sianberry.bsky.social received this from Letter👇. The 18th Century physician Richard Russell who proscribed water therapy by bathing & drinking Brighton Seawater will no doubt be turning in his grave. A metaphor for one of the things that made Brighton Popular is now full of 💩

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Yesterday (13th September 2025) I found myself in London, camera slung over my shoulder, moving through a crowd I wasn’t there to join but to try and understand. That’s what I do: I observe, I photograph, and I try, however imperfectly, to make sense of the world in front of me. More👇

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

It's an art - I like to use fill in flash and a big camera when shooting street photography. I am (mostly) inconspicuous up until I take the shot. After a while you get used to seeing something happen before it happens, or you see something happen and go back and wait for it to happen again.

Bag caught in the sliding doors of a London Underground train.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Hi @aaronjbastani.bsky.social I saw your interview of Paul Morland on @novaramedia.com youtube channel and I am thinking you really need to interview someone at @popnmatters.bsky.social to get the real information out to the wider public rather than the Population Ponzi scheme that is Pro-natalism

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Check out this link to my new post on Substack #Photography #StreetPhotography #Brighton 📸👇📸👇📸👇📸👇 It's all about a foggy day and a bit of street photography rupephoto.substack.com/p/brighton-a...

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Van der Poel’s gunning for a historic 3rd straight Roubaix win—only Moser & Lapize have done it. Pogačar’s debut adds excitement, but with no climbs, the cobbles might be his undoing. 259km, 30 brutal sectors, new Arenberg approach. The Hell of the North delivers again. #ParisRoubaix2025 🪨🔥🚴‍♂️

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I am still on X @rupephoto but don’t use it like I used to, I stay on to criticise Elon Musk & I’m sure he doesn’t mind because he’s into free speech. But he’s not into people listening to free speech it seems, hence my inability to get views on my posts. For example this one about going to Mars👇

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I should write something about Vance & the way he treated the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House the other day, but I’m still in shock at how moronic Vance is. As we say in the UK he is “a right Richard Cranium” But we don’t say it like that really😀what a #DickHead👇

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

📸 My best-selling photo? A protester holding There’s No Planet B. 🌍 With the Getty-Shutterstock merger looming, what happens to photographers? And why are we dreaming of Mars while wrecking Earth? 🚀 Read my latest: [Insert Link] #ClimateCrisis #ExtinctionRebellion #Photography #Getty #Shutterstock

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

But it won’t be, will it? No, no, it won’t. And I’ll still be here, photographing it. Watching it unfold. Again. And again. And again. Until the end of time. Or at least until the AI takes my job. Whichever comes first.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

And that’s it, really. That’s the end. But not the end-end. Because I could go on. I could just keep going. Keep going until the words lose all meaning. But we all know what’s going to happen, don’t we?

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Just a guaranteed income that allows people to survive—and perhaps even thrive.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The idea is this: instead of making people jump through bureaucratic hoops to prove they are "deserving" of help, we just give everyone enough money to cover the basics. No means-testing, no punitive benefit sanctions, no absurd forms demanding that someone list every piece of furniture they own.

Charity Musamba at the March Against Poverty

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Enter Universal Basic Income (UBI). A concept so simple and yet so radical that it makes some politicians sweat more than a pub landlord in a tax audit.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

So, what now? More marches? More well-meaning but ultimately ineffective petitions? More strongly worded tweets that disappear into the void? Perhaps. But perhaps we need to start looking at solutions beyond the traditional left-versus-right political squabbles.

Richard Curtis at the March Against Poverty

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Even now, under a Labour government, the poor are still being squeezed while corporations and the ultra-wealthy play Monopoly with the global economy. Fuel allowances are cut, taxes are raised, and employment stagnates as companies tighten the purse strings.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Back in 2005, there was at least a flicker of hope that politicians might do the right thing. But after 14 years of Conservative rule in the UK, that hope has been thoroughly extinguished, trampled on, and set alight again for good measure.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Democracy becomes a fragile thing when it is swayed by the whims of the ultra-wealthy rather than the needs of the people.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

With his control over platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and his interests in AI, space exploration, and even brain implants, Musk represents the worrying trend of billionaires shaping policies and public opinion to suit their own interests.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

One of the most glaring examples is Elon Musk, whose wealth has not only granted him unimaginable power but also an alarming level of political influence.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Meanwhile, the rich, particularly those tech moguls in Silicon Valley, have amassed such eye-watering amounts of wealth that they now influence entire governments via algorithms and outrage machines disguised as social platforms.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Young people today face a future where secure jobs are about as common as phone boxes, and homeownership is a fantastical concept akin to unicorn breeding.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The wealth gap hasn’t just widened—it has expanded into a full-blown canyon, complete with billionaires flinging themselves across it in gold-plated space rockets.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

which included people like Walden Bello, Charity Musamba, Richard Curtis, Baaba Maal, Billy Bragg, Kumi Naidoo, Daniel Bedingfield, Bianca Jagger, and organisations like Socialist Worker, World Vision and Islamic Relief.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Maybe, just maybe, the world’s wealthiest nations would do something about the ridiculous chasm between the rich and poor. These photos were later published in New Statesman magazine, which at the time was not widely known for photo stories.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

In 2005, we marched against poverty. In 2025, billionaires play with rockets and infiltrate politics. while AI threatens jobs. Did we fail? & can AI actually save us? Read on. #AI #Poverty #UBI #Automation #Inequality #BasicIncom #Photography #Photojournalism #NewStatesman #StreetPhotography #wealth

Two youngsters on the March Against Poverty 2005 hide behind their posters of George Bush

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Photographers photographing photographers—an irresistible subject. This shot on the London Underground captures shared focus and movement. Why do we feel compelled to document life? Is it instinct, art, or something deeper? 📷 #StreetPhotography #LondonUnderground #HumanConnection #photography

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Keir Starmer: The Prime Minister of Everyone and No One This photo of Keir Starmer, taken during one of his many Labour Party conference speeches, captures the essence of the man: calm, composed, and entirely unremarkable. #Photography #Photojournalism #News #politics Have a read of the thread👇

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Say what you will about the method, but you can’t argue with the attention it grabbed. Big Baby made its mark, and I was there to capture it—helium, humanity, and all. Find out more about Population Matters below populationmatters.org/the-facts/

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Dame Jane Goodall, a woman who’s probably had more meaningful conversations with chimpanzees than most of us have with other humans, also weighed in. Her take? Educate women, empower families, & think twice before having a third child.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I find myself photographing what might be the oddest subject of my career—a 7-metre-high helium-filled inflatable baby. Yes, you read that correctly: a gargantuan infant looms over the square, an unlikely figurehead for a campaign with a weighty message about climate change and family planning.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Captured Big Baby, a 7m helium-filled infant in Parliament Square, raising a bold message: smaller families can help tackle climate change. A surreal yet powerful shoot for @popnmatters.bsky.social 📸🌍 #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Baby #climate #Photography #FamilyPlanning #environment #London

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Brighton's Seafront Lift: A Victorian Marvel and Why It Deserves Our Care If you find yourself wandering along Brighton's promenade at night, bathed in the glow of the seafront’s flickering lights, you might just stumble upon a slice of history that is equal parts elegant and surprising.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Nigel Farage & the Aftermath of Brexit Captured at a "Leave Means Leave" rally in Westminster, this photo reminds us how Brexit divided the UK. With Farage now MP for Clacton, what does the future hold? Thoughts on leadership, & British politics to follow.👇 #Photojournalism #Brexit #UKPolitics

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

All said with a bit of humour, of course! Angela and Simon are a brilliant team, but if the need arises for an extra photographer with experience at Labour conferences, I’m happy to offer my services. 😉 #Humour #LabourConferences #Photography

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Angela, Let’s Save Britain – One Snap at a Time! So, Deputy PM Angela Rayner’s got a personal photographer? I’ve photographed her before, so here’s my pitch: I’ll do it for £10k less. Taxpayer saves, Simon Walker gets a break, & Angela still looks fabulous. Win-win! 😎📸 #AngelaRayner #Photography

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

"Johnny Marr on Brighton Beach: A Night of Shimmering Riffs and Rock Reverie" Under Brighton’s salty sky, amidst a sea of pebbles & indie anthems, Johnny Marr lit up the stage with The Cribs, crafting a musical memory as timeless as the waves crashing behind him. #JohnnyMarr #LiveMusic #Photography

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

"NO and the Waiting Woman" Photographic Print circa 1997 Waiting for a train in the city, where stillness meets motion and the Underground seems to whisper: 'NO.' #StreetPhotography #LondonUnderground #VisualStorytelling #BlueskyStories #London #Photography #Underground More info in the thread👇

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The barrels, sponsored by local pubs, are ceremonially lit after a few rounds of celebratory drinks (it wouldn’t be properly British otherwise). Once ablaze, they’re carried through the streets, with a tussle breaking out among carriers keen for their turn. #Adventure #Culture #History

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The origins of this ritual are delightfully murky. Some say it’s rooted in pagan fire-cleansing ceremonies; others suggest a link to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Whatever its beginnings, the people of Ottery have elevated it into an art form—a combustible celebration of tradition and tenacity.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

But the reality is far more exhilarating, chaotic, and, frankly, a little dangerous—not so much for the carriers, but for the crowd. More injuries happen in the scramble to dodge the barrels than from the flames themselves. It’s part spectacle, part survival exercise, and all heart-stopping fun.

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The event’s premise sounds simple: wooden barrels, soaked in tar, are set alight and then hoisted onto the shoulders of fearless volunteers, who charge through the crowds like human torches. #Celebration #Devon #Festival

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Forget the fireworks—this is Bonfire Night on steroids. At the heart of it all are the flaming tar barrels, carried through the streets by locals in a dazzling display of bravery, community pride, and more than a touch of madness. #Thrill #Flames #Spectacle #Ottery

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Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

TAR BARRELS: WHERE OTTERY ST MARY TURNS UP THE HEAT On the 5th of November, the normally sleepy town of Ottery St Mary in Devon becomes the stage for a fiery spectacle that’s equal parts history, tradition, and pure adrenaline. #Photography #Photojournalism #StreetPhotography #Devon #Documentary

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