A lone white horse at Hassendean, Scottish Borders One White Horse Here's another image from a recent stay near Hawick in the Scottish Borders. The image was taken during a rather long walk and explore. So far I've been really pleased with the black and white images produced so far. [...READ MORE]
The Horses of Hassendean, Scottish Borders A Glimpse of Colour It seems to have been a long, dark winter (not helped by events in the news) but finally the signs of Spring and an approaching summer have started to appear. Even more opportunities to get out and about and see [...READ MORE]
An old boat shed on Lindisfarne in Northumberland Lindisfarne Over the past week or so I've been working on the black and white images from the Northumberland trip in December. I've been pleased with the results. The image taken on Lindisfarne seen below is probably my favourite and the strongest [...READ MORE]
Darker Skies Yesterday on my Darker Skies blog i posted some images taken in Northumberland a week or so ago. This beach shot stood out but I did wonder what a monochrome version would look like.The colour version can be found HERE. Windswept I'm rather liking the tones of the [...READ MORE]
A New Book Called Southerly Point The New Year will see the release of my third photobook called Southerly Point featuring over forty black and white images shot around the Mull of Galloway including the iconic lighthouse. Currently work is still underway on the final bits of text for the [...READ MORE]
Scotland in Miniature From the mountains to the north of the island, and the lowlands to the south, the Isle of Arran has often been referred to as a Scotland in miniature. Located in the Firth of Clyde, Arran has it all and is easily accessed by ferry. After spending [...READ MORE]
The Flying Scotman Returns It's not often that you get the opportunity to see a legend, let alone photograph one! For the second time in just over six months, I've been able to photograph the steam engine legend that is the Flying Scotsman. Bad Light and Crowds Back in December [...READ MORE]
A rainbow over Campbeltown, Scotland - 2023 Rainbow Rising The recent images of a rainbow over the harbour the Campbeltown got me thinking about previous rainbow images I've taken over the years. There's something about the colours shining through, sometimes along with a bit of rain, that has the ability [...READ MORE]
Fishing boats moored in harbour at Campbeltown, Scotland 555 Images on Redbubble The Redbubble store continues to grow further with the recent addition of photographs from around Campbeltown and the Isles of Arran bringing the total number of images available on the store to a memorable five hundred and fifty [...READ MORE]
New TeePublic Store I'm pleased to announce the Richard Flint Photography TeePublic store. A great range of photographs are now available to buy as wall art, clothing, phone cases etc via the online shop.. The site features many of my best images including landscape and documentary images from locations around [...READ MORE]
Castles and Coast Over the years, the northern county of Northumberland has played a pivotal role in my life as a photographer. It remains my favourite English county due to its rugged landscape and fascinating history. The landscape, shoreline, castles and history of Northumberland come together to create the perfect [...READ MORE]
Out with 2023 Another year has flown by and in comes the New Year. 2023 was a good year for creating images after a rather poor end to 2022. Last year had some surprises though with several online services either changing terms of service or just altering beyond recognition. After [...READ MORE]
Kuwait oil fields, 1991, by Sebastião Salgado. Photograph: Sebastião SalgadoSebastião Salgado died last week at the age of 81. Another photography hero gone. His photography was the very high quality benchmark that I have never managed to quite attain but always strived for. Salgado's superb blend of beautiful photography and getting [...READ MORE]
If you are a Formula One fan then the BBC and Getty Images have put together a great collection of Formula One photography going through 75 years of the sport.From Juan Manuel Fangio through to Lewis Hamilton, the page is a great introduction to the history of Formula One as [...READ MORE]
A dark sky over Old Boat Sheds - Lindisfarne, NorthumberlandLast week I got a message to say that my Tumblr blog had reached the grand old age of thirteen years old. I have to admit the number seemed slightly surreal as I looked at it. Then again, this blog will [...READ MORE]
 Old Boat Shed on Lindisfarne, Northumberland - December 2024Another year started and hopefully it will be a good one. Two photo book releases are planned, one at the start of the year and then another around November. That's the plan I intend sticking to at least.The end of the year [...READ MORE]
 A home on the Kintyre Coast, Scotland - September 2023Not long left now. Almost the end of the summer. It's been a summer of consolidation for me this year. Not much in the way of travel but plenty of progress made on a number of projects that I've wanted to [...READ MORE]
 'Spain, Valencia, 1952, Robert and Mary Frank' By Elliott ErwittBack in November of last year, I posted about the OMD album cover for their brilliant 1980 album Organisation which featured the wonderful photograph shot by Richard Nutt of the cloud-covered peak of Marsco in the Red Cuillin mountains, on the [...READ MORE]
 American troops land on Omaha Beach on D-Day. June 6, 1944. Photograph by Robert CapaEighty years ago Allied forces waded ashore on the Normandy coast and started the liberation of Europe. Quite a few photographers accompanied the armada across the Channel, but the D-Day photographs that get talked about most [...READ MORE]
 Lost running shoe - Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk - 2016There is a moment when you suddenly realise that your photography has aged. Those images you printed up in the darkroom, ah it seems like just yesterday, are in fact suddenly 25 years old. The very age you were when to [...READ MORE]
 Small Field on the Isle of Skye, Scotland - 2015The last few weeks have seen me search for new sources of photography news after significantly reducing my use of social media these past couple of years. With the removal of Twitter (X) from my day-to-day life, I suddenly realised that [...READ MORE]
 Photograph by Bert Hardy - The Gorbals Boys, 1948You can't really talk about British documentary photography during the mid-20th century without talking about Bert Hardy. So it's fantastic to see that The Photographers' Gallery in London is having a long overdue retrospective of his work.I first came across Bert Hardy's [...READ MORE]
It's been a week or two of veteran bands making a return to the spotlight. Even The Beatles released their final song which I actually thought was a wonderful finale and liked a lot. The band I want to talk about though is Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark who are currently [...READ MORE]
 Sometimes we judge things before we actually get to see them. I did that many years ago with the photography by Linda McCartney. I blame naïve youthful ignorance and also the massive Beatle hype bubble that will go on existing until the end of music.I never was a big fan [...READ MORE]
 Claymore Swords - Edinburgh Castle, 2015It's been catch-up time over the past few days regarding the blog. A tweak or two to the design and a new background and the site is ready for another few years.Looking back through the old posts was a strange experience. It was like reading [...READ MORE]
 Maersk shipping container on the WCML rail route - November 2015It's been a long time since i posted on this blog, but what goes around comes around and the blog isn't closed quite yet.I've posted on my Darker Skies blog about the changes to Twitter (or X as it's magnificently [...READ MORE]
No not the band but the high altitude aircraft that has been in service for over 60 years with the U.S military.Probably the most fascinating part of this documentary (around 17.30 mins) regards the cameras and photography used to capture the recon photos. Even with the leaps in digital technology, [...READ MORE]
With the eighty year anniversary of the end of World War Two fast approaching, i thought posting the photograph of my Grandad celebrating the end of the war would be the perfect image. The photograph was found on my late Uncle’s Facebook page a good few years ago now. I [...READ MORE]
The Christmas decorations are down and packed away. Another Christmas over. I did think, though, that there should be just one more flash of colour before it’s back to drab January. Both photographs are of the Tenantry Column in Alnwick. The images were taken with a new Nikon 50mm I [...READ MORE]
Luna’s paw print in the sand on Bamburgh Beach, Northumberland, UK [...READ MORE]
Christmas Past Another Christmas gone and soon 2024 will join it. It’s been an usual year for me. One of consolidation rather than disconnection that will hopefully help me in 2025. As always there will be the usual New Year’s resolutions that may or may not be broken. I certainly [...READ MORE]
In April, I posted some experimental photos taken accidentally when changing my photo app setting at Blickling Hall in Norfolk. Here are some more images from that visit in July 2011. These photographs remind me of the images you’d see in the Cokin filter catalogues that you got with the [...READ MORE]
An image from the archive and something closer to home than my usual Scotland images. This old railway wagon is just up the road from me in Consett, County Durham. It’s a ladle wagon used in the steel-making process that now acts as an impressive monument to the town’s industrial [...READ MORE]
These images were shot in 2011 and came about completely by accident. It was a very hot day and exceedingly bright to the extent that I didn’t notice I’d altered some settings in my photo app. I don’t think I’ll ever find out exactly what the settings were but the [...READ MORE]
Well, this image nicely meets the criteria for the Darker Skies blog name! The image was shot from the ferry heading over to the Isle of Arran. The clouds were gradually being burnt through on a rather hot and very humid day. Not the best kind of weather for travelling. [...READ MORE]
A few more images from the Flickr folder and a follow-up to another Norfolk post added in 2019. These photographs were taken during the summer of 2009 using my first smartphone – a Nokia 5800. The phone itself was pretty good with the camera using a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens. [...READ MORE]
There is a folder on my computer containing a rag-tag collection of photographs. The folder comes from a backup of images uploaded to Flickr many years ago that have mixed during the backup process. I’ll be rummaging around in that folder and posting any images that catch my eye over [...READ MORE]
I think if I hadn’t called the blog Darker Skies, some fourteen-plus years ago now, I’d have probably called it Darker Shores as I always seem to gravitate toward shorelines during wild or moody weather. I’m still slowly, very slowly, editing through my images shot around the Isle of Arran [...READ MORE]
Almost time to go home. Its been great visiting Campbeltown and the Kintyre peninsula. Dramatic weather combined with a dramatic coastline. What more could a photographer want? With the ferry cancelled its going to be a long drive home but with plenty of rest stops it shouldn’t be too bad. [...READ MORE]
My stay on Arran is nearly over. It’s a diverse little island with a lot to offer. Often described as ‘Scotland in miniture’, I’d have to say i agree with that. The north of the island does sepcially feel like the Highlands of Scotland. The island is very peaceful and [...READ MORE]
Fourteen Years The Darker Skies website celebrated its 14th year online last week. After a wild few weeks on Twitter (now known as X) I’m so glad that I have this blog to fall back to. This summer we appear to have reached a crossroads when it comes to social [...READ MORE]
joeinct:Kingston Racing Motors, Olinda Terrace, Leeds, Photo by Peter Mitchell, 1975 [...READ MORE]
agelessphotography:Concorde Wallpaper, Devon Road, Peter Mitchell, 1970s [...READ MORE]
joeinct:Sir Yank’s Records (& Heavy Disco), Gathorne Street, Leeds, Photo by Peter Mitchell, 1976 [...READ MORE]
joeinct:Mr and Mrs Hudson, Newsagents, Seacroft, Leeds, Photo by Peter Mitchell, 1974 [...READ MORE]
joeinct:RIP - Sebastião Salgado, Fishing in the Piulaga Laguna in Mato Grosso, Brazil, Photo by Sebastião Salgado, 2005 [...READ MORE]
colonellickburger:Tony Ray-Jones. Beachy Head boat trip, England 1967 [...READ MORE]
agelessphotography:High Sierra, Winter, near Big Pine, Inyo County, California, Ansel Adams, circa 1949 [...READ MORE]
joeinct:Public School, Yorkshire, Photo by Tony Ray-Jones, 1967 [...READ MORE]
undr:Willy Ronis. Boulevard Saint-Germain. 1955 [...READ MORE]
undr:Brassaï,Couple D’Amoureux, Gare Saint-Lazare, c.1938 [...READ MORE]
joeinct:Early Morning at the Kumbh Mela, Allahabad, India, Photo by Don McCullin, 1989 [...READ MORE]
joeinct:RIP - Sebastião Salgado, Serra Pelada, Pará, Brazil, Photo by Sebastião Salgado, 1986 [...READ MORE]
agelessphotography:A traffic jam in New York City on Memorial Day weekend, Cornell Capa, 1949 [...READ MORE]
davidhudson: undr: Bert Hardy. A group of men sit around chatting in the streets of Londonderry. Northern Ireland. 1955 Bert Hardy, May 19, 1913 – July 3, 1995. [...READ MORE]
gacougnol:Vladimir StepanovAn old man and pigeons, 1950’s [...READ MORE]
Released monthly, the Richard Flint Photography audio podcast covers recent website updates, project news, New photography, photobook news, photographers, exhibitions plus links to photography, videos and multimedia and lots more.
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If you are a Formula One fan then the BBC and Getty Images have put together a great collection of Formula One photography going through 75 years of the sport.F1 at 75https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/extra/v7yykmbyey/f1-at-75-by-bbc-sport-and-getty-images
In the podcast: Changes to the website store, a post about a found WW2 family photo and more. In the links, the winners from the 2025 World Press Photo awards and a camera lost in Loch Ness for 55 years is found!The Podcast LinksPortrait of injured Gazan boy named World Press Photo of the yearhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crm347kpljkoCamera set up to catch Loch Ness Monster discoveredhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx20g82y1k8o
It's an iconic image from the Vietnam War... but who took the Pulitzer Prize-winning picture? The strange story of a new documentary castings doubt over whether Nick Ut took that remarkable image after a napalm attack on the village of Trang Bang and the six month investigation by Associated Press. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Ut AP Report: Investigating claims around ‘The Terror of War’ photograph https://www.ap.org/about/ap-report-terror-of-war/ He is credited with one of history’s most
In the podcast: Richard talks about The Bang Bang Club Book he recently found in a second hand bookshop as well as the Northumberland images shot just before Christmas in the fantastic locations of Bamburgh, Seahouses and Lindisfarne. Podcast links include recent photography from the L.A fires Links Photos: The Palisades Fire Scorches Parts of Los Angeles https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2025/01/photos-palisades-fire-los-angeles-california/681241/ THE BANG BANG CLUB The Bang Bang Club Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang-Bang_Club Capturing Humanity
It's an iconic image from the Vietnam War... but who took the Pulitzer Prize-winning picture? The strange story of a new documentary castings doubt over whether Nick Ut took that remarkable image after a napalm attack on the village of Trang Bang and the six month investigation by Associated Press. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Ut AP Report: Investigating claims around ‘The Terror of War’ photograph https://www.ap.org/about/ap-report-terror-of-war/ He is credited with one of history’s most indelible photos. A new documentary questions who took it https://www.ap.org/media-center/ap-in-the-news/2025/he-is-credited-with-one-of-historys-most-indelible-photos-a-new-documentary-questions-who-took-it/ Nick Ut Photography Gallery https://leicagalleryla.com/gallery-view/nick-ut-from-hell-to-hollywood/
In the podcast: Richard talks about The Bang Bang Club Book he recently found in a second hand bookshop as well as the Northumberland images shot just before Christmas in the fantastic locations of Bamburgh, Seahouses and Lindisfarne. Podcast links include recent photography from the L.A fires Links Photos: The Palisades Fire Scorches Parts of Los Angeles https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2025/01/photos-palisades-fire-los-angeles-california/681241/ THE BANG BANG CLUB The Bang Bang Club Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang-Bang_Club Capturing Humanity Through the Lens: Kevin Carter https://fstoppers.com/historical/capturing-humanity-through-lens-kevin-carter-662720 The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War by Greg Marinovich (Author), Joao Silva (Author) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bang-Bang-Club-Snapshots-Hidden-War/dp/009928149X
In the Podcast. remembering the photojournalist Paul Lowe who died in October and who was a big influence during my photography students days. In the links, a look at Paul Lowe's work, Ian Macdonald’s magnificent north-east and Is the era of the pro photographer over? An interesting article about the future of professional photography. The Podcast Links Bruce Gilden says "I'll be broke in a year". Is the era of the pro photographer over? https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/features/bruce-gilden-says-ill-be-broke-in-a-year-is-the-era-of-the-pro-photographer-over Son charged with murdering war photographer father https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgj4e9p1nw3o A kid playing with a ball next
In the podcast... A WordPress website optimization recommendation plus links to great photography from the Paris Olympics, images of the beach defences of WW2, remembering the Magnum photographer Thomas Hoepker and Paul Fusco is captured in a photograph as he photographed America from Robert F Kennedy's funeral train in 1968. PODCAST LINKS Remarkable images from the Paris Olympics fhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-c9425ca9-5c30-4ae0-b059-3eae6abcc18f Remembering Thomas Hoepker (1936–2024) https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/remembering-thomas-hoepker-1936-2024/ The Nazis’ Atlantic wall that failed to prevent D-day https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/03/the-nazis-atlantic-wall-that-failed-to-prevent-d-day RFK Funeral Train: The Reversed Perspective https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/rfk-funeral-train-the-reversed-perspective/ Robert Capa Podcast Episode https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-flint-photography/episodes/The-Ageless--Changeless-Robert-Capa-e2k8d2c John Steinbeck's excellent book
A new post on the Magnum website looks at the life and legacy of Robert Capa, along with a superb letter from John Steinbeck written shortly after Capa died in 1954. The Ageless, Changeless Robert Capa https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/the-ageless-changeless-robert-capa/ John Steinbeck - A Russian Journal book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Russian-Journal-Penguin-Modern-Classics/dp/014118633X Robert Capa - the rare 1947 radio interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYe4ynXnqug
In the podcast... the main website gets a BIG, and rather unexpected, spring clean to give it a bit of a refresh. A quick discussion about the recent royal photo manipulation story. In the podcast's recommended photography links we have four great photographers covering the last five decades including Chris Killip, Akihiko Okamura and Tim Hetherington. Podcast Links The extraordinary life and photography of Tim Hetherington The work and legacy of photographer Anja Niedringhaus endure 10 years after her death A new exhibition brings together Chris Killip and Graham Smith’s
In this podcast: Richard heads back to the RSS feeds as a way of getting new sources of photography news and content after stepping away from social media. Dusting off those old blog feeds and seeing what works. The main website gets a new portfolio gallery with Northumberland: Castles and Coast added to the site. The podcast links look at the legendary photojournalist Bert Hardy who has a retrospective exhibition on at The Photographers' Gallery in London until June 2nd. Podcast Links The Gorbals of the 1940s - through Bert
Podcast links look at the diverse work work of legendary Magnum photographer Elliot Erwitt who died back in November 2023. A big influence to many photographers, his ability to capture iconic images of events, portraits, and even dogs showed the broad range of his skills. Magnum Profile - https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/elliott-erwitt/ Guardian Obituary - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/dec/21/elliott-erwitt-obituaryhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/dec/21/elliott-erwitt-obituary View the podcast links page at darkerskies.wordpress.com/podcast
In the podcast: I'm looking back at 2023 and my favourite images from my travels during the past year. Also, I take a look at what may be coming in 2024. No podcast links in this episode but an Elliott Erwitt link podcast will be recorded soon for the end of January.
A location podcast from a wet and windy Campbeltown (Mull of Kintyre) looking back at two weeks of travels around the Isle of Arran and the Mull of Kintyre. Lots of photography with the weather adding some drama to the skies and coastline. Check out the websites and the richardflintphoto Instagram feed for some images from my travels.
In the podcast: With Twitter, now called X, making further changes to its platform and its lifespan up for debate, is it time to move back to blogging? Four great photography links including a history of photography TV series via YouTube. Photography links International Portrait Photographer of the Year 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/aug/15/2023-international-portrait-photographer-of-the-year-in-pictures BBC | Extraordinary photos of July's extreme weather https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-bcea7bff-641f-4cbf-b091-26491409fbdc BBC History Of Photography Complete (Episodes 1,2, and 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMZsjYCUfpo Zak Waters - Birdmen. Great Documentary photography about Pigeon Racing https://britishculturearchive.co.uk/zak-waters-documentary-photographer-birdmen-british-culture-archive/
A bonus podcast talking about the first of two favourite photographs shot in Northumberland in late April 2023. The image of the harbour at Seahouses is my second favourite photograph. View the photo at darkerskies.wordpress.com/podcast
In the podcast: More drama from Twitter with the tweet feed vanishing from the website, the new social media platform Threads arrives and looks promising, and there's more website improvement work. In the links, Eve Arnold's excellent portrait and documentary work, a love letter to the industrial part of the Melbourne suburb and the makers who work there and an 84-year-old photo mystery is solved! Photography links Mystery of Holocaust escape girls solved after 84 years https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66040197 Roller Door: Moorabbin makers at work https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/jul/09/roller-door-moorabbin-makers-at-work Brothels, bartenders and film stars: Eve
In the podcast. Details on April's visit to Northumberland and photographing a couple of fantastic castles, the landscape, and more. Streamlining work on the website, to make the site a little more slick and light, and the problem with old WordPress plugins. Instagram and Twitter thoughts and RFP's social media future. The podcast link is for the excellent Railroad through the American landscape video work of Acme Cinematography on Youtube Podcast link https://www.youtube.com/@AcmeCinematography
In the March podcast: Changes to the podcast page including an audio player on the darker skies website, social media accounts including the RFP Instagram feed start up again... slowly. In the photography links... The flaky remnants of adverts painted onto the walls of Bradford buildings years ago are being recorded by photographer Jenna Greenwood and Alex Boyd is using a photographic process developed by the Victorians more than 170 years ago to create images of Scotland and Ireland. Ghost signs: Bradford's faded adverts photographed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-64798380 The photographer using a
35 years or more after seeing it as a tennage photographer just starting to take images, I've rewatched the BBC Arena documentary 'Mentioned in Dispatches' about Vietnam war photographer Tim Page. I thought I'd capture some brief thoughts about Tim's images, his influence on my photography and how the documentary looks now.
In the podcast: A catchup about what's been happening and the plans of the podcast, photobooks etc, and in the links, I take a look at one of my early heroes Vietnam war photographer Tim Page who died in August 2022. Tim had a huge influence on me as a young photographer. The 'Mentioned in Dispatches' BBC documentary especially sparked my interest in photojournalism. Links mentioned in the podcast Time Page's obituary in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/01/tim-page-obituary Tim Page: the Vietnam war photographer’s career in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2022/aug/24/tim-page-the-vietnam-war-photographers-career-in-pictures Tim Page 'Mentioned in
Back with an update about the Podcast for 2023. Regular episodes, short 5 minute podgrams and more.
After taking a break from social media and the Podcast for a few months, it's time to start posting again. This podcast is a update about the break with a quick photo link for the photographer Eric Treacy. Check out his photography on Google.
Back after an enforced break with a quick update. The RFP Redbubble shop gets close to 400 photos available to purchase as prints etc with a new collection of archive photos. In the links are award winning photographs by Sally Mann, images from a British Army Tank unit and a look at the work of street photographer Sabine Weiss who died recently aged 97. All the links can be found on the links page. Details at richardflintphoto.com/podcast
A bit of a switch around this month due to the delay in getting the September podcast recorded. September's Scotland trip will now be talked about in next month's podcast complete with a recording originally made for a bonus Scotland podcast. I'll also cover recent website news in that podcast too. Â In this podcast, however, I talk about the move to new podcast hosting that should improve the podcast no end. Better distribution, links in the show notes, and more! Some great photo links are thrown in at the end
In the August podcast... talking about the recent bonus podcasts released to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Sea, Sky, Sand and Street. In the links, two from Afghanistan looking back at the twenty years of photography from the war torn country and a collection of images from this year's Olympics in Tokyo. All of the weblinks for the digital content mentioned in the podcasts can be found on the dedicated podcast links page at darkerskies.wordpress.com/podcast
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