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Laurence G. Tilley
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Sculptor, photographer, writer, father, Keeper of Secrets, history stuff. Dog person, cat person. Instagram @laurence.tilley.photography & @laurence.g.tilley York
And here's the colour version of the portrait of Bonnie @missyorkshiregold.
@YorkPhotographers See yesterday's post for the black & white version.
December 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
First of three for Bonnie @missyorkshiregold. I'm going to put up three of the same image. This one today, the colour version tomorrow and an art edit the next day.

Bonnie's a musician and runs a jolly good Instagram feed. Follow her.

#YorkPhotographers
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Have you ever seen something like this before?
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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9 ⛄📅

This block celebrates the skilled workers of York's Carriage Works. The Carriage Works opened in 1884, at one point employing over 3000 people, before its closure in 1996.

#archivesadventcalendar #archives #york #christmas #railways
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Thank you to Kath Rogers for today's #FoxOfTheDay ( @kath-r-photos.bsky.social )
December 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Third from the mini-shoot with Sarah @written.with.williams.

#laughter
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Second from the mini-shoot with Sarah @written.with.williams.

Location is The Spurriergate Centre, York, historically St. Michael's Church. It dates to the late C12th.
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
1st of 3 that I’m going to post up from a little mini-shoot for Sarah @written.with.williams as a workshop with #YorkPhotographers after a talk by @aneesaimages. Thanks to gb_photography for organising and @madisonjuliephoto and @hannahlunnphotography. Sarah runs the very useful @written.in.york
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Ceramic head pot from Roman York (Eboracum) depicting the Empress Julia Domna - wife of Septimius Severus who was based in York between AD 208-211. Now part of the collections at the Yorkshire Museum in York. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain #York #YorkshireMuseum
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Looking across the Presbytery crossing vaults at Salisbury Cathedral from the clerestory. The scissor arches are older than those at Wells Cathedral and may well have been the inspiration for them. On the roof can be seen the 'ghosts' of the original C13 murals and their C19 update.
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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What a beauty 🙂
November 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Art challenge part 2:
Choose 20 sculptures that have stayed with you or influenced you — one per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just sculptures.
#blueskyartchallenge #art #sculpture

12/20 Isaac Cordal, Politicians Discussing about Climate Change, 2011
November 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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- But darling, they’re bound to find his head there.
- Alright, we’ll move it later. And put that saw away, Harald, for crying out loud.

(with apologies to Edvard Munch)
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Toby relaxing in a casual knitted scarf
November 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Bonus cat number 1: My mom’s cat, Cilantro. Someone abandoned him. She found him and now we love him. I’ll let his charm and beauty do the talking.
November 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Norman font at St.Peter’s, Bromyard in the county of Hereford. Love the contrast between the fluid forms and the geometric shapes below. The church has many fine early features although the Victorians have been at it. #FontsOnFriday.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes): Super photo taken by Colin Hutton in the UK. #fox #redfox #nature #wildlife #foxes 🦊
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
There's a special place in Hell reserved for the bloke who designed the hand dryers that look exactly like paper towel dispensers.
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Cheek to cheek. A c1390 misericord in Chester Cathedral for #Woodensday.
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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The barrel-vaulted choir ceiling at Carlisle Cathedral. The decoration dates to restoration work carried out in 1853, but the main ceiling timbers are 14th century in date. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #CarlisleCathedral
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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28mm Lucid Eye Amazons

First steps on the path to something new...

#wargaming
#miniaturepainting
#nerdlings
#trojanwar
#myth
#FantasticScuffles
#IliumAGameOfHeroes
November 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Lots of gloom, but what's the way forward? We cannot give up.
COP30 overpromised, underdelivered, empowered distractions, backtracked on issues and once again gave big oil and big ag a free pass.

Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Last I'm going to post up from the shoot for Émilie. She is am Assyriologist & Digital Scholar (!) Compare the colour with the black and white version and let me know which you prefer.

#headshot #femaleportrait #portraitphotography #studiophtography #yorkphotographers #yorkphotography
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Last week on the North York Moors (Northeast England) - before the weather turned! The freezing cold will probably finish off most of the fungi; hopefully the birds will move out of the worst of it🤞
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#art #nature
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM