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Paul Dobraszczyk

@pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social

Magpie architectural writer and image maker. 'Botanical Architecture: Plants, Buildings and Us' out now with Reaktion Books. www.ragpickinghistory.co.uk

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Kinder Scout yesterday afternoon

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Spotlight, Salford

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Colourfield shutters, Band on the Wall, Manchester

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Car park op art, Manchester

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Manchester's primary colours on the Rochdale canal

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Transfiguration in Salford

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Low sun on buildings fronting the River Irwell, including a half-demolished tower

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Some beautiful water/light melds yesterday in Manchester

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Greengate, Salford

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Walking the shadow, Fairfield Street, Manchester

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Oh Manchester, so much to answer for! But you were gorgeous today

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My day so far

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Home | The Stones of Manchester The Stones of Manchester is a photographic record of the built environment of Greater Manchester by Paul Dobraszczyk.

Great piece Theo - thanks for sending it my way. Something of the Bechers approach informed my own photographic project: www.stonesofmanchester.com

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Four views on the Bridgewater canal heading into Manchester

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A final blast of sunlight on Manchester's increasingly crowded skyline, from the Bridgewater Canal

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An hour of magical light this afternoon on the River Irwell, Salford

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A new painting: pigeon towers of Cairo

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I think their work is superb - an invaluable archive of industrial architecture.

06.11.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Four views of the Hope Cement Works, Peak District

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Stunning autumnal colours of the ancient beeches in Padley Gorge, Peak District

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nice giraffe-lik camouflage

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Thanks Tom!

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Five hikers on Houndkirk Moor, Peak District

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White horse against a dark sky near Rinninglow, Peak District

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Mind-boggling vista from Clapham Junction station

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Thanks! Never joined a political party before.

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Joining the Green Party right now...

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Thanks! Lucky to be able to do it.

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One of those special days out walking today that will live long in the memory

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City of the Dead, Cairo, a vast area that's both a mausoleum for the dead and a vibrant informal place for the living.

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