If you only buy one photobook this year make it this one. If photobooks are not your thing, still buy this book, if only to read the testimonies of the real people documented by Jim. See alt text. @smalltowninertia.bsky.social. @stephenfry.bsky.social #photobook #smalltowninertia #photography

My Afghan friend Kakar has sent more cartoons and his story. I’ll post them from time to time.

Bong Bong St. Bowral, NSW 0545hrs. Veterans march preceding the annual ANZAC Day dawn service. #ANZAC #Australia #auspol

Lucky day! Discovered Trent Park’s original handmade layout sequence for his photobook “Minutes to Midnight” @NGA Canberra. Alongside his “The Christmas Tree Bucket” exhibition (on until 6 Sept ‘26). nga.gov.au #trentpark #photobook

Immigrants have done more for this country than billionaire tax dodgers ever will. Share if you agree! #auspol

Walking in Bowral recently one was reminded of the children. #marypoppins #palestine #gaza

An environmental Photography Grant👇 site.picter.com/vital-impact...

If you have any reach on Bluesky, please consider reposting so I can find old and new friends (and then I’ll follow you back 😊). I'm Alexander Verbeek and publish about the climate crisis, environment, the beauty of nature, science, walking, sustainability, wildlife, photography, water, and energy.

"Be Happy, Be Horny, More Love Not War" Pretty reasonable message for these times. image ©peter john #dannylim #dannyandsmarty

Received this week, another great photobook from @photobookjunkies.bsky.social Safely delivered from the UK, beautifully packed tx! So important to support independent book sellers these days and these guys have a superb selection of new/pre-loved photobooks.

pic 1) Gibbergunyah pic 2) Highplace #bowral #suburbia #highplace #bushland #gibbergunyah #australiabush

From the "Last Parade". Tulip Time, Parade, Bong Bong Street, Bowral, NSW 2017. #bowral #DocumentaryPhotography #StreetPhotography #HumanInterest #SocialDocumentary #VisualStorytelling

From the archive: Esplanade Hotel Fire, Penarth, Cardiff, South Wales, Great Britain, UK. May 29, 1977. Sorry about the colour - old Ferrania colour trannies. #CardiffHistory #DocumentaryPhotography #StreetPhotography #HumanInterest #SocialDocumentary

ZINE GIVEAWAY!* I was going to do this ages ago on Twitter but then left (ha) so here we go, I'll give away a copy of Transporter, my first zine, featuring Middlesbrough's Transporter Bridge. Repost this & be following and I'll do a random draw this Friday. #ThePhotoHour #Photography #Zine

From the archive Piccadilly Circus, London 1980. The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, popularly known as Eros, was often a focal point for impromptu musical sessions. In the background the London Pavilion was showing "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" mockumentary film. #photography

Nelson Vave Ruhurumba Claude, founder of APDC non profit organisation organised child friendly spaces/games for the benefit of vulnerable children at Katuba area in Ngalula village, eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Please support these poor children. They need your help.Donate today

In the 70's I worked for a short while at South Wales Port Talbot steelworks when it was still British Steel. Quite an experience and I got to know no.4 blast furnace pretty well! Oct '24 the last blast furnace was shut down and now imported steel slabs are being put through the rolling mills.

Another print from the archive, runners starting off London Fun Run 1980

March 2024 our property was again hit by flooding, it’s become a regular occurrence. Made this image a few days later as the water subsided, sun came out and ground dried up. According to NOAA the March 2024 measure of atmospheric CO2 was appprox 418ppm. 50% higher than pre industry era.

To start, Jim Huggon of the Hyde Park Anarchist Forum, 1979. From the archive. Left Wales in ‘78, found myself in London and started exploring.