Paul Dobraszczyk
@pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social
Magpie architectural writer and image maker. 'The Matter of Architecture: Geology, Buildings and Us' out soon with Reaktion Books. www.ragpickinghistory.co.uk
Billowing muslin covering in Smithfield market, Farringdon
A real pleasure to celebrate this year's Antepavilion winner at Hoxton Docks, built by Rites Studio
Architectural remnants swallowed up by the new, Swan Street, Manchester
The view from Albert Bridge, Manchester. The weird flattening effect of a zoom lens combined with a building that has literally been cut in half.
A pair of fine brown hares, Cock Hill, Peak District
The conflagration on Tintwistle Moor, seen from the northern slopes of Bleaklow. The question of whether or not awful things can be beautiful isn't a new one - it's a key register of the sublime - but today it comes with renewed intensity with the effects of human recklessness.
Frankly terrifying skies outside my bedroom window last night, the result of a vast plume of smoke being blown westwards by fires on Saddleworth Moor
16th-century hammer-beam roof of St Mary's Church, Cilcain, Flintshire, complete with carved angels and grotesques
Abandoned slate-cutting machinery in Dinorwic quarry, North Wales
Evocative memorial to the long-departed miners of Dinorwic slate quarry, North Wales
The Glyderau and altostratus from the summit of Moel Siabod
The Snowdon Massif from the summit of Moel Siabod
Former slate cutting workshop, Dinorwic quarry, North Wales
Climbers' base in the abandoned Dinorwic quarry, North Wales
Second World War bunker on Walney Island, Cumbria
