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John Barben

@exstops.bsky.social

I'm an assignment-based street and documentary photographer, a framer of photographs and art of all types, and a husband and dad finding his best way of living his second teenage (50+teen!). Based in Cheltenham UK http://www.exstops.com

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Here's looking at you...

09.04.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Everyday is still a surprise - stay curious

08.04.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

… and dream of photography.

20.02.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve been trying to follow the process of #photosketching, capturing everyday moments without overthinking or obsessing over a self-imposed search for perfection. But maybe that’s the point. Not every #photograph needs to be a statement. Some can simply be a breath, from a moment in time.

19.02.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cirencester on a sunny Winter morning

19.02.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Part of my English out of season resorts project

15.02.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Portrait of fellow photographer John Walker.

18.11.2024 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
portrait of a young Welsh girl aged 11, eldest daughter of a good friend, clasping what i believe was an Emelle, (a fancy straw hat worn in the countryside) to her chest

portrait of a young Welsh girl aged 11, eldest daughter of a good friend, clasping what i believe was an Emelle, (a fancy straw hat worn in the countryside) to her chest

Olivia 'Llandudano' (Conwy, 2015) -- the Eldest Daughter Was 11 and Was Certainly More Reserved Than Her Younger Sister, Still, We Got Some Incredibly Emotive Shots, Hawarden, Wales, UK

#portraiture #photography
#monochrome #wales
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin #jayceecrawford

12.02.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 278    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 2
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Cheltenham Streets scans

11.02.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or Sting

Our so-called leaders speak
With words they try to jail you
They subjugate the meek
But it's the rhetoric of failure

11.02.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But when Prince wrote the song did he panic?
He did on β€œU Got the Look”
β€œYour face is jammin’ / Your body’s heck-a-slammin”

11.02.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can accept β€œI don’t have to run day” at a stretch…

11.02.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/flak...

11.02.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Westward Ho! in February

11.02.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life

10.02.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scans from my Cheltenham Streets project

10.02.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love your framing - fantastic prints - congrats

10.02.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My framing workshop in Feb '25

09.02.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Muse

09.02.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bideford docks

09.02.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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