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General, Landscape Mark Hillyer General, Landscape Mark Hillyer

Woodland Walk

Over the last few weekends, I’ve been for a few walks with family, to the woods. It’s a great time of the year for it. At this time of year he low golden sun comes through the trees in the late afternoon and creates a fleeting magic.

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General, Photo Essay Mark Hillyer General, Photo Essay Mark Hillyer

North Selby Mine

The Selby complex of coal mines was the last big development in the UK coal industry. North Selby Mine was one of five which made up part the £100m Selby Coalfield Complex, which also included Wistow Mine, Stillingfleet Coal Colliery, Riccall Mine, Whitemoor Mine and Gascoigne Wood Mine. The five deep mines spanned a 20 mile radius and were linked underground.

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General, Photo Essay Mark Hillyer General, Photo Essay Mark Hillyer

420 | Portraits

April 20, also known as “420,” is a day popular with many marijuana smokers. They see this date as an unofficial holiday and celebrate by getting high. The term “420” originated in the 1970s with a group of California high schoolers who would regularly meet after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke weed.

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General, Photo Essay Mark Hillyer General, Photo Essay Mark Hillyer

Hundred Acre Wood

In this Photo Essay, I have aimed to explore the profound interplay between nature and mystery, capturing the ethereal beauty of woodland landscapes shrouded in fog. The fog acts as both a veil and a canvas, blurring the boundaries between what is seen and what is imagined.

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General, Urban, Photo Essay Mark Hillyer General, Urban, Photo Essay Mark Hillyer

The Phonebox

The days when we used to rely on phone boxes seems a world away now. It’s almost as if we always had a phone in our pocket or bag. Rely on them we did though. When I was at University, every public phone seemed to have it’s own permanent queue of homesick students on an evening, waiting to call home.

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General, Travel, Urban Mark Hillyer General, Travel, Urban Mark Hillyer

Paris

I don’t think that there is anywhere in the world that I feel more comfortable than in Paris. I sometimes feel as though it’s my spiritual home. From my first visit, on a school trip at the age of 14 or 15 I’ve felt an affinity with the city. More than anywhere else I’ve ever visited, I feel at home just walking the streets and taking photographs.

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