Photographs by Andrew

A personal blog of photographs taken by me that I wish to share for inspiration, interest and illumination. These images have not been taken with expensive or fancy equipment, just very basic cameras because I believe a photographer's energy should be on the subject not the tools. Each picture tells a story. Comments are most welcome and please feel free to download or share any images you like, except for commercial use. Such use is reserved and subject to license.

Saturday, 23 October 2021

The Old Winter Gardens

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This is one of my favourite buildings along the coast of England –the old Winter Gardens on Great Yarmouth's Golden Mile. It's a bui...
Monday, 21 June 2021

Gloves and Mittens Gone AWOL -No 18

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OK, yes I know it's summer and few people are wearing gloves in the heat, but I came across this lone example of a glove gone AWOL in a ...
Sunday, 23 May 2021

Old quay

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Here's a nice place to wait for a ferry, even if it takes an hour or two to arrive. There's a bench (orf sorts) to sit on, the scent...
Sunday, 9 May 2021

Well-dressed Bin

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It's always pleasing to come across pieces of street furniture that make that little extra bit of effort to stand out. Here something as...
Friday, 30 April 2021

Reflections in Puddles

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I have found that one of the most exciting and interesting times totake pictures is after it has rained. Water on stone surfaces reflects li...
Saturday, 27 March 2021

Iconic Railway Clock

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Tonight the clocks go forward, marking the start of summer time, so I'm posting another picture of a Joyce railway clock -and this one i...
Friday, 19 March 2021

Street Clock

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Built to mark the completion of the harbour extension in 1878, this fine clock turret (made by Joyce of Whitchurch) stands in Station Approa...
Thursday, 11 March 2021

Night Train

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An empty train waiting to depart at Paddington Station late one night. Nothing special about that, except that Paddington, of all London sta...
Saturday, 13 February 2021

Gloves and Mittens Gone AWOL -No 17

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With a long-lasting cold spell having settled over Northern Europe, it is inevitable that gloves and mittens are once again taken out and us...
Monday, 1 February 2021

Board Among the Rocks

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Though I intensely disapprove of littering and irresponsible discarding of rubbish, some objects of waste can be surprsingly captivating -su...
Friday, 22 January 2021

Old Level Crossing

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This is a level crossing on the Mid Norfolk Railway –now a heritage line, but formally an important local rail route through the heart of No...
Thursday, 14 January 2021

Airplane and Sunset

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I just heard today that the airline Norwegian has decided to cut out its long-distance operations due to the ongoing economic and travel dif...
Sunday, 15 November 2020

Street Scene at Sunset

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After a long spell of absense I have returned! The world has changed much for us all since I last posted, but life goes on, and soon Christm...
Sunday, 3 May 2020

Waiting for a Train...

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Like everyone else, I'm longing for things to return to normal in these strange, unprecedented times. I long to get out and about travel...
Friday, 20 March 2020

Gloves and Mittens Gone AWOL -No 16

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Winter may be all but over, but in these corona-virus times perhaps the most sensible piece of clothing one can wear is a pair of gloves, no...
Saturday, 7 December 2019

Winter sun

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With the sun low in the sky during much of the winter (at least here in Oslo) one sometimes experiences almost blinding dazzledness (–or daz...
Thursday, 14 November 2019

Train Departure

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The Amtrak train leaves the Main Street station of Richmond on a damp autumn afternoon, crawling like a segmented snake into the mist. Above...
Friday, 8 November 2019

AutumnGate

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It's autumn and as I write snow has started to fall. But in this picture there is merely a frost, sprinkling the fallen leaves with a wh...
Thursday, 24 October 2019

Civil War Graves

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Sometimes, I feel commenting on a picture is unnecessary because an image is perfectly capable of speaking for itself. And such is the case ...
Monday, 14 October 2019

Gloves and Mittens Gone AWOL -No 15

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Yes, with autumn now upon us and temperatures dropping daily like the leaves from the trees, we once again come across single gloves and mit...
Monday, 26 August 2019

Blue Reflection

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I like buildings that are not afraid to be bold with colour. Just because the material is conventional and the form functional, there is no ...
Tuesday, 23 July 2019

Summer Sky Ices

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It's hot all over Europe at the moment and ice-cream vans like this are doing brisk business on promenades and beaches and in parks acro...
Sunday, 14 July 2019

Brick Buildings

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The late afternoon sun strikes warm rays against these fabulous brick facades in Lübeck. Unlike the facades of many other buildings in Germa...
Sunday, 7 July 2019

Cairn and Snow

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I know it's summer and our thoughts may well be focused on sunshine and beaches and warm waves. Mine often turn to the mountains though;...
Sunday, 2 June 2019

Tower Bridge

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This is probably not only the most photographed bridge in the world, but one of the most photographed man-made motives of any kind, and no p...
Sunday, 26 May 2019

Gloves and Mittens Gone AWOL -No 14

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Yet another glove takes an unapproved vacation, and this one finds a spot in the sun to stretch out and soak in the warmth of summer... Loca...
Monday, 13 May 2019

Flowers in the Park

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It's time for some colour. Spring, though late arriving, has rapidly blossomed all over in recent weeks and it's always an exciting ...
Monday, 6 May 2019

Postboxes and Creature

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I have posted pictures of mailboxes here before. I have even posted pictures of Danish mailboxes before. But I have never posted one that i...
Wednesday, 17 April 2019

Remembering Notre Dame

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Like most people, I too was horrified and saddened to see Notre Dame cathedral go up in flames earlier this week. I am glad that the damage ...
Sunday, 14 April 2019

Spring Awakening

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It's so nice to see a smiling, happy statue, but maybe that's a result of the joy of spring.Here we are in the grounds of the Kurfür...
Sunday, 7 April 2019

Letterboxes

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With so much regulated conformity around us it is always nice to discover uniqueness –not everything has to be the same. These letterboxes c...
Sunday, 31 March 2019

City Skyline

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It's been a while since I was last in Chicago so the city skyline has probably changed a little since this picture was taken –buildings ...
Sunday, 24 March 2019

Gloves and Mittens Gone AWOL -No 13

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Winter seems now to be over for another year and spring is almost upon us. But just before the snow melted I came across yet another glove t...
Tuesday, 19 March 2019

Sunset on the Beach

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The sun sets on the pebbled beach where fishing boats and fishing nets linger in the golden light. I especially like the way the late sunlig...
Wednesday, 13 March 2019

Lunch for Two

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Things that look similar or identical are often fascinating subjects for a photograph; people too, which is why twins invariable work well i...
Saturday, 16 February 2019

Going to Seed

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Spring has yet to appear in Norway; there's probably a good month or two of winter left here, but that's no reason not to start thin...
Saturday, 9 February 2019

Southbank

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Big Ben is currently surrounded by scaffolding and undergoing necessary repairs, but this picture is from before the time when this work sta...
Friday, 1 February 2019

Gloves and Mittens Gone AWOL -No 12

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Yes, the gloves and mittens continue to go AWOL, especially now that winter has taken a firm grip. Here, a musically-minded glove crawls slo...
Tuesday, 22 January 2019

Dutch Letter Box

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As I have mentioned before I am always fascinated by the uniqueness of a country's essential street furniture –telephone boxes, lamps, s...
Saturday, 12 January 2019

Quayside

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Ice, though frequently treacherous to navigate or cross, often creates interesting textures to photograph, capturing and reflecting light in...
Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Gloves and Mittens Gone AWOL -No 11

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With the return of winter comes the return of those freedom-craving mittens and gloves out on a spree. Once more they appear –almost always ...
Saturday, 17 November 2018

Window Shopping

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Christmas is a-coming and day by day more and more windows take on a festive look. I've just completed doing my own decorating at home b...
Sunday, 7 October 2018

Imposing Building

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I'm in two mind about this building –a townhouse in Nuremberg. On the one hand, I admire its individual features, such as the rounded gl...
Saturday, 1 September 2018

Police Post

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Here's quite an interesting piece of street furniture that I came across in London. I don't know if it's the only one of it'...
Thursday, 9 August 2018

Quayside Sunset

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The long, long hot summer seems to be drawing to a close, and though there are no doubt many warm days and evenings still ahead before autum...
Saturday, 28 July 2018

Summer

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This summer seems to go on and on like those summers of childhood that stretched into infinity. The heat has taken its toll, but as I write ...
Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Le Tour Underway!

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I should have posted this one a few days ago when my favourite sporting event of the year –Le Tour de France– started, but like some of the ...
Sunday, 1 July 2018

Italian Gardens

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Right at the north end of Kensington Gardens in London you'll find this fabulous feature, an Italian Garden in the heart of London. You ...
Sunday, 24 June 2018

Summer Idyll

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Summer time in the countryside; is there anything nicer? the bees are buzzing, flowers are blooming, the sky is blue and the cows are ...moo...
Sunday, 17 June 2018

Samosian Sunrise

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Everyone loves a good sunset and there are thousands or probably millions of photographs that have captured them in some way –I've taken...
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Andrew Raymond Barnes
Oslo, Norway
English/Norwegian actor, writer and creative multitasker of indeterminate age with constant curiosity as my chief gift.
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