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Tray 03 · 33 frames

Town

Lanes, shopfronts, painted walls, and hard light — the Devon town looked at slowly.

  1. A white townhouse wall painted with a wisteria mural behind a black iron balcony, red geraniums blurred in the foreground
    FR.18 Wisteria, Painted Devon 28.07.26
  2. A man leans against a wall checking his phone in a narrow back lane of painted and brick houses, a round stone tower under scaffolding at the end
    FR.19 Back Lane Devon 28.07.26
    A narrow brick-paved passage between pastel cottages in low sun, a lamp post halfway down and washing lines crossing the sky
    FR.20 The Passage Devon 28.07.26
  3. A grey stone Victorian church in low evening light, its tower and clock rising between two pitched gables with arched windows
    FR.21 The Church, Evening Devon 28.07.26
  4. A tall gothic church tower with pinnacles and a pale clock face, half in shadow against a clear evening sky
    FR.22 The Clock Tower Devon 28.07.26
    A narrow flagstone alley in golden evening light between a high hedge and white cottages, a St George flag hanging overhead
    FR.23 The Cut Devon 28.07.26
  5. A shop window lettered "the RED pizzeria" in bright red, the whole scene washed in pink light, empty white shelves and a red postbox inside
    FR.24 The Red Pizzeria Devon 28.07.26
  6. Hard evening light throws the shadow of a sign bracket across a pale wall framed by deep black shadow
    FR.25 Shadow, Cast Devon 28.07.26
    A small Pay & Display sign on a stained pebbledash wall in raking evening light, half the frame falling into shadow
    FR.26 Pay & Display Devon 28.07.26
  7. A round red No Entry sign on a weathered pole in front of backlit foliage, the low sun flaring through leaves beside a house gable
    FR.27 No Entry Devon 28.07.26
  8. A weathered fairground-style sign painted with "Take a Peep" on blue ribbon scrolls, set in a peeling wooden hut door in hard sunlight
    FR.28 Take a Peep Devon 28.07.26
    Potted plants on the sill of an open sash window above the painted "Quayside Bookshop" sign of a white quayside building
    FR.29 The Bookshop Devon 28.07.26
  9. Close-up of a dark grey Jaguar alloy wheel and red brake caliper, photographed through out-of-focus copper-coloured foliage
    FR.30 Jaguar, Parked Devon 27.07.26
  10. A yellow Mini parked at the kerb beneath a Thatchers cider banner, sports bar signs and hazy pink light behind
    FR.31 The Yellow Mini Devon 01.08.26
  11. Black and white photograph of a fire-gutted house, charred roof timbers visible through an empty upstairs window in a cracked white gable
    FR.32 The Burnt House Devon 01.08.26
    A black and a blue wheelie bin locked behind iron railings in an overgrown back yard, ivy closing in on every side
    FR.33 The Bins Devon 01.08.26
  12. Black and white study of a scarred medieval door: an iron ring handle on a flower-shaped plate below an ornate keyhole escutcheon
    FR.34 The Old Door Devon 01.08.26
    Close black and white detail of the same door: an iron ring hanging from a flower-shaped backplate on deeply grained wood
    FR.35 The Knocker Devon 01.08.26
  13. A powder-blue gothic arched door with peeling panels set into a weathered wall of pink and ochre render
    FR.36 The Blue Door Devon 01.08.26
    Seen between railings, a woman lays out lunch at a long table under a dark canopy in a stone courtyard, an arched wooden door behind
    FR.37 The Long Table Devon 01.08.26
  14. An old verdigris water valve with a rusted handwheel bolted to a wall of bright yellow pebbledash
    FR.38 The Valve Devon 01.08.26
  15. A slate house sign reading 58a Waterleat House set into a brick pier, half swallowed by ivy and dry grass in hard sun
    FR.39 Waterleat House Devon 11.08.26
    A white wooden sign lettered BRAMBLEDOWN lies along the top of a stone wall beneath a bank of ivy in evening shade
    FR.40 Brambledown Devon 11.08.26
  16. A long flight of steps climbs a narrow lane between a golden hedge and a high trellised wall, dappled light on the concrete
    FR.41 The Steps Devon 11.08.26
  17. A man in a Gas Monkey Garage t-shirt walks up a narrow seaside lane past a parked black car, a couple coming the other way beside a red sandstone wall
    FR.42 Gas Monkey Shaldon, Devon 15.08.26
  18. A narrow lane between tall rendered walls runs down towards the estuary, double yellow lines curving away to a blue regatta hut and the town rising beyond
    FR.43 Down to the Regatta Shaldon, Devon 15.08.26
  19. A brick and stone clock tower with a dark Roman-numeral face and gilt hands stands against a flat grey sky
    FR.44 The Clock Shaldon, Devon 15.08.26
  20. A dark, narrow lane runs between a rubble stone wall and white rendered houses, opening at the far end onto the bright estuary and the town beyond
    FR.45 The Back Lane Shaldon, Devon 15.08.26
  21. Three small planters — two white, one blue — lined up on the sill of a sash window in a cream rendered wall above a black-painted plinth
    FR.46 Three Pots Shaldon, Devon 15.08.26
    A heavily panelled green door with a worn brass letterplate set into a rough red sandstone and lime-mortar wall
    FR.47 The Green Door Shaldon, Devon 15.08.26
  22. A coir doormat printed with the words BUGGER OFF lies on tarmac at the foot of a black front door
    FR.48 Welcome Shaldon, Devon 15.08.26
  23. A black carriage lantern throws its shadow across the red rendered wall of a house above a white panelled garage door, framed by a dark tree trunk and a rubble stone wall
    FR.49 The Lantern Shaldon, Devon 15.08.26
  24. A nameplate reading LITTLE QUAY on a cream wall beside a narrow passage, at the end of which someone sits out in a deckchair behind a PRIVATE sign, the town on its hill across the water
    FR.50 Little Quay Shaldon, Devon 15.08.26