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Mark Hillyer

@markhillyer.co.uk

Studio Photographer for work, documentary photographer the rest of the time, Harmonica Player, Bonsai Grower, cyclist & Coffee Lover https://www.markhillyer.co.uk/links

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One of my Bonsai trees seems pretty sure that it isn’t fake Spring and it’s the real deal.
#bonsai #tree #spring #blossom

10.03.2026 08:55 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I was doing a bit of work in Newcastle this week. On the quayside there’s a lovely cat cafe. I photographed this handsome dude in the window, eyeing up the pigeons. Have a good Caturday people.
#cats #photography #streetphotography #newcastle #thephotohour

07.03.2026 07:24 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a Ricoh GRIV as an every day carry camera.
I don’t think a camera has ever surpassed my expectations more!!
These are just some low res jpeg transfers to my phone from a work overnight in Newcastle. #photography. #ricohgr4 #newcastle

04.03.2026 10:20 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Gizmo, taking a coffee break and contemplating life, between making picture frames.
#portrait #coffee #ricohgr4

03.03.2026 06:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What a difference a bit of sunshine makes!!
#leedsigers #summeriscoming

25.02.2026 08:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hole in a fence. There’s not a lot more to say about it really, other than I think what drew me to it was the structured lines of the building against the chaotic lines of the hole torn in the wire fence. #leeds #documentary #photography

21.02.2026 09:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A couple of things that I saw last week. #photography #leeds

16.02.2026 08:07 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A bit more work featuring Tunstall beach on the Yorkshire Coast, as the Royal Observation Corps nuclear monitoring bunker, built in 1951, makes its final journey due to coastal erosion.
There’s more ROC Tunstall work on my website (link in bio).
#photography #documentary #yorkshire #coast

03.02.2026 07:49 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks for the repost @ianbartlett.bsky.social

02.02.2026 23:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks for the repost @jasonlee.ie

02.02.2026 07:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tunstall ROC bunker fell into the sea last week. It was 100m inland when it was built in 1951. Parts of the Yorkshire coast are eroding at nearly 2m a year.
#documentaryphotography #photography #environment #yorkshire

02.02.2026 07:35 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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Finally starting to get on top of the work pile and the life issues that have been swallowing my time up for the last few months and getting back to some project work.
Tunstall, on the Yorkshire coast is a perfect example of a settlement that’s struggling against the erosion of the coastline.

30.01.2026 08:05 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Last days of Tunstall ROC Bunker — Mark Hillyer Images from my documentary photography project to show the scope of coastal erosion on the Yorkshire Coastline: When Tunstall ROC was built, it was 90-100m back from the cliff top, safe from erosion. ...

A little bit more from my Yorkshire Coastal project, please feel free to take a look - comments welcome (mostly).

#documentary #photography #yorkshire #coastal #erosion #environment

www.markhillyer.co.uk/blog/tunstal...

28.01.2026 08:44 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Foto A new photography platform has arrived.

The Foto App has the new profile links active now. If you’re on the Foto App, here’s mine (very flattering profile picture):

Check out Mark's profile on Foto: the.fotoapp.co/markhillyer

28.01.2026 07:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Alexandre - she was a fantastic mum and grandmother. It’s been a tough month.

20.01.2026 21:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A bit of project work today. It was good to get out of the house and put the last month into perspective after mums funeral yesterday.

20.01.2026 20:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That’s a really good idea - small, cheap and stable

09.01.2026 06:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think it’s a Rialto

07.01.2026 18:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

😂😂

07.01.2026 18:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I remember seeing more of them around when I was growing up - there was a guy who lived near is - his was pale blue

07.01.2026 12:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I think I’d want to lean into the corners

07.01.2026 12:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

😂

07.01.2026 12:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Was there nothing similar in Europe at the time?

07.01.2026 12:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Walking back from the station the other night, I saw this rather splendid beast. Petrolheads will be salivating :-)
I've never actually been anywhere in one - do they feel as unstable as they look?

#photography #3wheeler #car

07.01.2026 10:51 👍 27 🔁 0 💬 12 📌 0

It’s a good day for it Patrick :-)

26.12.2025 14:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Boxing Day walk in the woods - took the Polaroid camera. My home made pocket film warmer seems to be working well :-)
#polaroid #film #instant #photography

26.12.2025 12:47 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Lost — Mark Hillyer How do I fill the time when work finishes for Christmas and doesn't start agin until next year? Why can't I motivate myself? All images on Leica M11 with Voigtlander 35mm f1.5 lens.

It's that strange time of the year when work winds down for the holidays.
I used the time this morning to post some photos of a dog walk. Probably not the most productive use of my newly discovered free time.

www.markhillyer.co.uk/blog/lost

#photography #photographer #documentary

17.12.2025 10:41 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The earliest TV that I remember my parents having was B&W but it was a push button. It was a big deal when we got a colour one for Christmas 😂

15.12.2025 14:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Big photo job in one of my favourite cities in the world today. #Newcastle #photography

15.12.2025 13:24 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Today’s adventures in #polaroid.
Getting better at judging parallax on close up images.

#instantfilm #filmphotography

14.12.2025 20:42 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0