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How to spell my name | How to say it. Originally a Dubliner, then a Chicagoan, now based in Bath and Berkshire. Mostly photos of buildings, art, and assorted oddities from a designer with notions. http://garrowed.co.uk

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A bookshop on a British high street has an ornate arched doorway in a Victorian building. "1662 1892 1800" is inscribed in a frieze, then there is a pediment and a cartouche is inscribed "Broad Street Independent Chapel." Waterstones now occupies this frontage building and the old church behind it. 89 Broad Street, Reading, Berkshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

A bookshop on a British high street has an ornate arched doorway in a Victorian building. "1662 1892 1800" is inscribed in a frieze, then there is a pediment and a cartouche is inscribed "Broad Street Independent Chapel." Waterstones now occupies this frontage building and the old church behind it. 89 Broad Street, Reading, Berkshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

The top half of a stained glass window, as seen from below. The galleries of the main chapel now form part of the shop and the windows have been preserved (between the bookshelves). The glass is no longer backlit and limited light gives the artwork a brown cast, but some colour is still discernible. This scene depicts a figure in armour, presumably the archangel Michael, looking up to Christ, who is presenting them with a crown. At the top is the bible quote "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." 89 Broad Street, Reading, Berkshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

The top half of a stained glass window, as seen from below. The galleries of the main chapel now form part of the shop and the windows have been preserved (between the bookshelves). The glass is no longer backlit and limited light gives the artwork a brown cast, but some colour is still discernible. This scene depicts a figure in armour, presumably the archangel Michael, looking up to Christ, who is presenting them with a crown. At the top is the bible quote "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." 89 Broad Street, Reading, Berkshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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#ChurchOnSunday: the former Broad Street Independent Chapel, Reading.

#Churches #StainedGlass #Windows #Shopfronts #Retail #Signage #ReadingUK #RDGUK #Photography

03.08.2025 11:50 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The entrance to a walled garden is overseen by a life-size, semi-recumbent bronze statue. This is a reproduction of the Dying Gaul, a Hellenistic bronze sculpture from ancient Greece that dates back to the 3rd century BCE. Iford Manor, Iford, Wiltshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

The entrance to a walled garden is overseen by a life-size, semi-recumbent bronze statue. This is a reproduction of the Dying Gaul, a Hellenistic bronze sculpture from ancient Greece that dates back to the 3rd century BCE. Iford Manor, Iford, Wiltshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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#Sculpture #Doors #Photography #Wiltshire

02.08.2025 07:00 — 👍 19    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Ah, good timing. Wouldn't have like to be out in that.

31.07.2025 19:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A close up of a classical bronze sculpture of a young, beardless man. The figure is seated and his arms are resting on his left knee. The background is a terracotta colour, and the mix of artificial and natural light gives the bronze blue and red highlights. Mars Seated by Luigi Valadier, bronze, 1780. The sculpture is a copy of the Ludovisi Ares, which itself is a 2nd-century copy of a late 4th-century BCE Greek original. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

A close up of a classical bronze sculpture of a young, beardless man. The figure is seated and his arms are resting on his left knee. The background is a terracotta colour, and the mix of artificial and natural light gives the bronze blue and red highlights. Mars Seated by Luigi Valadier, bronze, 1780. The sculpture is a copy of the Ludovisi Ares, which itself is a 2nd-century copy of a late 4th-century BCE Greek original. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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Mars, Seated.

#Art #Sculpture #Bronze #Louvre #Paris #Photography

31.07.2025 19:19 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hey, it's BOA!

31.07.2025 18:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Yellow latch.
#Photography #Urban #Street
#Industrial #Art #Abstract

28.07.2025 16:39 — 👍 36    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 1
A wide-angle shot of three buildings and the sloped road in front of them. At the centre is a yellow brick, four-storey, two-bay building. This Grade II listed former warehouse was built in 1890 for Walter Parsons, corn merchants, as the legally-protected large lettering on its gable suggests. Forbury Road, Reading, Berkshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

A wide-angle shot of three buildings and the sloped road in front of them. At the centre is a yellow brick, four-storey, two-bay building. This Grade II listed former warehouse was built in 1890 for Walter Parsons, corn merchants, as the legally-protected large lettering on its gable suggests. Forbury Road, Reading, Berkshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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Walter Parsons Corn Stores

#UrbanGaze #GhostSign #GhostSigns #Signage #Architecture #ReadingUK #RDGUK #Photography

31.07.2025 08:50 — 👍 22    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Outside a shop, looking up. The building has elegant undulating bow fronts at street level. Above, the more-typically Georgian windows do not align with the center of the shopfront. Which seems odd. Old Bond Street, Bath, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

Outside a shop, looking up. The building has elegant undulating bow fronts at street level. Above, the more-typically Georgian windows do not align with the center of the shopfront. Which seems odd. Old Bond Street, Bath, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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Out of Line

#WindowsOnWednesday #Windows #Architecture #GeorgianArchitecture #Shopfronts #BathUK #Photography

30.07.2025 07:46 — 👍 24    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Yes indeed. We must preserve it for future generations.

30.07.2025 05:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A person enters an underpass and a coincidental flare of blue light seems to illuminate their trajectory. Separating the pedestrian from vehicular traffic are large iron supports which underpin the multiple railway tracks above. These sizeable structures are painted bright yellow and have been extensively tagged in black paint and white paint — a tasteful colour scheme if nothing else. Vastern Road, Reading, Berkshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

A person enters an underpass and a coincidental flare of blue light seems to illuminate their trajectory. Separating the pedestrian from vehicular traffic are large iron supports which underpin the multiple railway tracks above. These sizeable structures are painted bright yellow and have been extensively tagged in black paint and white paint — a tasteful colour scheme if nothing else. Vastern Road, Reading, Berkshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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#TagTuesday #StreetArt #Graffiti #ReadingUK #RDGUK #Photography

29.07.2025 06:25 — 👍 31    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Zigzag Habitats

Toronto, 🇨🇦

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #dailyart #art #architecturalphotography #architecture #toronto

27.07.2025 18:21 — 👍 63    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 0
A monotone photograph of a granite sculpture featuring two figures in a rounded, minimal style. One is taller than the other. The top half of Seenu's sculpture "Éclosion" ‎⁨(2007) at Parc Des Sculptures Symposium⁩, ⁨Perros-Guirec⁩⁩, ⁨France⁩. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

A monotone photograph of a granite sculpture featuring two figures in a rounded, minimal style. One is taller than the other. The top half of Seenu's sculpture "Éclosion" ‎⁨(2007) at Parc Des Sculptures Symposium⁩, ⁨Perros-Guirec⁩⁩, ⁨France⁩. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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#Art #Sculpture #PublicArt #Granite #Bretagne #Brittany #France #Photography

28.07.2025 16:59 — 👍 22    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Booking dot com was hacked years ago, but they refuse to do anything about it. Husband gave out a credit card # after getting a phone call from "the hotel" but as soon as he hung up, he realised it was dodgy and cancelled the card. When he did call the actual hotel, they explained the scam.

28.07.2025 08:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A path through a public park, where dense trees and foliage provide shade on a sunny day. Through the greenery, in the city below, the celebrated Royal Crescent Georgian townhouses can just about be discerned (at the centre of the image). Alexandra Park, Bath, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

A path through a public park, where dense trees and foliage provide shade on a sunny day. Through the greenery, in the city below, the celebrated Royal Crescent Georgian townhouses can just about be discerned (at the centre of the image). Alexandra Park, Bath, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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Alexandra Park, Bath, with the renowned Royal Crescent partially visible through the trees.

#BathUK #RoyalCrescent #Landscape #Photography

27.07.2025 15:46 — 👍 17    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A thin Gothic church window with a quatrefoil at the top and stained glass throughout. The design is contemporary and abstract, with a large area of bright pink, and delicate details in fine lines. One of a five-window interpretation of the 22nd Psalm in colour, line, and light by Johannes Schreiter (b. 1930). St. Jacobi-Kirche, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

A thin Gothic church window with a quatrefoil at the top and stained glass throughout. The design is contemporary and abstract, with a large area of bright pink, and delicate details in fine lines. One of a five-window interpretation of the 22nd Psalm in colour, line, and light by Johannes Schreiter (b. 1930). St. Jacobi-Kirche, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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#ChurchOnSunday: ⁨St. Jacobi-Kirche, Göttingen, Deutschland.

#StainedGlass #Windows #Churches #Photography #Gottingen

27.07.2025 07:24 — 👍 21    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Hundreds of stacked oil drums. A cropped photograph of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's floating sculpture “The London Mastaba.” The Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke, June 2018.

Hundreds of stacked oil drums. A cropped photograph of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's floating sculpture “The London Mastaba.” The Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke, June 2018.

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The #alternating red, pink and blue oil drums of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's “London Mastaba” (2018)

#BlueSkyArtShow #Christo #PublicArt #Sculpture #Photography #London #HydePark

26.07.2025 16:37 — 👍 39    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A red ceiling on a black staircase with concrete surrounding

A red ceiling on a black staircase with concrete surrounding

#altenating
Barbican
#blueskyartshow

26.07.2025 09:22 — 👍 65    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 0
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Somewhere in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

July 22, 2025 • 3:05 AM

#color #photography #colorphotography #streetphotography #kualalumpur #malaysia

26.07.2025 07:48 — 👍 21    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The midday sun casts strong shadows on a wide pavement. People pass a neoclassical building on the left, heading in the direction of a modern curved building. In the distance is a tree-covered hill. On the right is a dark metal monolith featuring a circular map, and people sit in the shade of a bus shelter. Southgate Street, Bath, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

The midday sun casts strong shadows on a wide pavement. People pass a neoclassical building on the left, heading in the direction of a modern curved building. In the distance is a tree-covered hill. On the right is a dark metal monolith featuring a circular map, and people sit in the shade of a bus shelter. Southgate Street, Bath, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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#Cityscape #Scape #BathUK #StreetPhotography #Photography

25.07.2025 07:16 — 👍 36    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A monochrome photograph of a pair of elaborately decorated buildings with modern offices on both sides. The crow-stepped gable structures have glazed terracotta bricks with a bracketed oriel window on the second floor to the left. They date back to 1903 and are noted by Historic England as having an “exuberant mixture of Baroque Art Nouveau and Flemish styles.” 12-15 Station Road, Reading, Berkshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

A monochrome photograph of a pair of elaborately decorated buildings with modern offices on both sides. The crow-stepped gable structures have glazed terracotta bricks with a bracketed oriel window on the second floor to the left. They date back to 1903 and are noted by Historic England as having an “exuberant mixture of Baroque Art Nouveau and Flemish styles.” 12-15 Station Road, Reading, Berkshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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#UrbanGaze #Architecture #Terracotta #ReadingUK #RDGUK #Photography

24.07.2025 06:49 — 👍 41    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A wood-panelled shopfront with an open door and two large windows. Each window is filled shelves displaying 12" record covers in a four by five grid. Artist featured include David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, KISS, and Jimi Hendrix. A stand, just in front of the shop, offers bundles of 7" singles. The Sound Machine, 24 Harris Arcade, Reading, Berkshire, UK. thesoundmachine.uk.com. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

A wood-panelled shopfront with an open door and two large windows. Each window is filled shelves displaying 12" record covers in a four by five grid. Artist featured include David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, KISS, and Jimi Hendrix. A stand, just in front of the shop, offers bundles of 7" singles. The Sound Machine, 24 Harris Arcade, Reading, Berkshire, UK. thesoundmachine.uk.com. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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The Sound Machine

#RecordShop #RecordStores #Vinyl #Records #Retail #Shopfronts #ReadingUK #RDGUK #Photography

23.07.2025 08:20 — 👍 20    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#Peknáfotkanadnes Jelení příkop, Pražský hrad #photooftheday #Prague #Praguecastle #travelphotography

22.07.2025 06:15 — 👍 21    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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At a former neighborhood heating facility in downtown #Beijing

#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#cityscape #China #bnw_zone #streetphotography
#architecture #urbanphotography

22.07.2025 05:21 — 👍 32    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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#183 Beach Huts, Portsmouth, 21/02/2018

A line of Southsea beach huts.

#photography #portsmouth #seaside

22.07.2025 09:31 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A dark interior. A man stands in silhouette, his hands behind his back. He is looking out of a window. The sash window has four horizontal panes and an arch at the top. There are two other four-pane windows, one on each side, but they are covered by curtains which allow some light through their fabric. The twilight sky beyond the glass is mostly blown out or overexposed, but in the distance is Kelston Roundhill. Bath, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

A dark interior. A man stands in silhouette, his hands behind his back. He is looking out of a window. The sash window has four horizontal panes and an arch at the top. There are two other four-pane windows, one on each side, but they are covered by curtains which allow some light through their fabric. The twilight sky beyond the glass is mostly blown out or overexposed, but in the distance is Kelston Roundhill. Bath, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

#FMSPAD #ChallengePhotoADay: Out the Window

#Windows #BathUK #Photography

21.07.2025 09:36 — 👍 26    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
A split, square, cast-iron manhole cover is surrounding by three types of paving. It has a red, die-cut, arrow-shaped sticker with the letter F (presumably indicating flow direction) applied to the top left corner. The access cover is a dark ferrous brown colour and features a raised tactile pattern of L shapes and the name of the manufacturer, Stanley John Ltd., plus EJ Group and Python. Sentinel End, Reading, Berkshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

A split, square, cast-iron manhole cover is surrounding by three types of paving. It has a red, die-cut, arrow-shaped sticker with the letter F (presumably indicating flow direction) applied to the top left corner. The access cover is a dark ferrous brown colour and features a raised tactile pattern of L shapes and the name of the manufacturer, Stanley John Ltd., plus EJ Group and Python. Sentinel End, Reading, Berkshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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F Up

#ManholeCoverMonday #ManholeCover #LookDown #Pattern #Photography #StreetPhotography #ReadingUK #RDGUK

21.07.2025 07:13 — 👍 37    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Looking through an narrow four-panel window in a yellow brick wall. A woman with white hair and a white coat crosses the white stripes of a pedestrian crossing. Platform 1, Bath Spa Railway Station, Bath, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

Looking through an narrow four-panel window in a yellow brick wall. A woman with white hair and a white coat crosses the white stripes of a pedestrian crossing. Platform 1, Bath Spa Railway Station, Bath, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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#FMSPAD #ChallengePhotoADay: Out the Window

#BathUK #RailwayStation #Windows #Photography #StreetPhotography

21.07.2025 06:19 — 👍 35    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
A business man in a white shirt and black paints is walking in front of a colourful mural.

A business man in a white shirt and black paints is walking in front of a colourful mural.

A business man walks in front of a Montreal street art mural. #UrbanGaze #photography #streetphotography #Montreal #Canada #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

17.07.2025 09:55 — 👍 49    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
A Neoclassical doorway of a round section of a building, with circular windows and a dome. The apse of Vor Frue Kirke (Church of Our Lady), Frue Plads, Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

A Neoclassical doorway of a round section of a building, with circular windows and a dome. The apse of Vor Frue Kirke (Church of Our Lady), Frue Plads, Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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#ChurchOnSunday: ⁨Vor Frue Kirke, Denmark.

#Copenhagen #Denmark #Churches #Architecture #Photography

20.07.2025 06:40 — 👍 29    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Early morning scene at the riverside. Former industrial buildings are reflected in the unusually calm and smooth River Avon. Camden Mill was a steam-powered flour mill and the red-brick building was a corset factory. Both are now office buildings. Bath, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

Early morning scene at the riverside. Former industrial buildings are reflected in the unusually calm and smooth River Avon. Camden Mill was a steam-powered flour mill and the red-brick building was a corset factory. Both are now office buildings. Bath, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

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#BlueSkyArtShow #Smooth
#BathUK #RiverAvon #Photography

19.07.2025 07:19 — 👍 30    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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