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Phil Turpin — Photographer – Exploring Life With A Camera

Shot low from the pavement: the legs of someone in red trousers and heavy boots striding across a metal plate, the sun bursting through railings behind them and throwing the street into silhouette.
A woman with long auburn curls, in a black padded coat over a red and white striped roll-neck, pulling a suitcase past a market stall draped in red and white stripes.
Two Sikh men at the mela, one in a green turban and embroidered waistcoat, the other in an orange turban, sunglasses and a leather waistcoat, standing beside a car in bright sunshine.
A woman in a red top with a pink patterned bag walking past grey double doors marked Stair 14, holding a tartan umbrella up against the sun.
A skateboarder nose-sliding along the edge of a concrete ledge, arms flung wide, red trainers on the board, trees and a sunlit precinct behind.
A skateboarder crouched low over the board, tail-sliding past a line of bollards on a sunlit street, the background pulled into streaks by the panning camera.
A man photographed from behind at a classic car meet, in a cap and a T-shirt advertising the 1978 Ford Bronco, hemmed in by chrome and tail fins.
A child's bare leg stepping down into a shallow water feature, water running in sheets over granite steps. Only the leg is in the frame.
A large graffiti piece in blue, magenta and black, the letters layered and three-dimensional, filling a brick wall under a bridge.
Three people from the waist down in front of a painted wall, one holding an upturned skateboard with a figure painted on the deck, spray cans lined up on the ground behind them.
A row of spray cans standing on the tarmac in front of a half-finished orange and black piece, a person standing on a step stool just above them, in a pair of white trainers .
A writer in a cap and pale T-shirt spraying the outline of a big purple piece onto a black brick wall, a second figure blurred in the foreground.
A mute swan right up against the lens with its beak wide open, on a lake with a second swan behind it under a grey sky with a treeline in the distance.
A close-up of two mute swans standing among dry reeds at the edge of a lake, both turned towards the camera.
Two women in patterned summer dresses leaning on the ornate ironwork of a pier railing, looking out to sea, a swimmer's head just visible in the water below.
A line of traffic cones, in random positions & angles, set out across an unsurfaced road, bare winter trees along the far edge and faded white markings in the foreground.
A close study of a man's forearm and hand holding a phone, stacked with heavy gold bracelets and rings, a thick gold chain hanging across the frame.
A man in a black T-shirt and cap, hung with heavy gold chains, bracelets and rings, holding his phone and smiling at the camera outside a jeweller's window advertising travel money.
A man in a cream blazer, black waistcoat, bow tie and sunglasses striding past a bench and a bin, grinning, dressed for somewhere rather grander.
A man in a white vest, white headphones and white sunglasses walking past a phone repair shop whose window offers cash for working or broken phones. A shopper to the left is standing, hands in pockets, with his back to the camera, staring into the window. Another person, only head and shoulders visible, is passing the opposite direction and is wearing sunglasses and a headscarf.
A small girl in a yellow floral dress, her hair in two buns, sitting on a sunlit pavement with her legs stretched out, looking above the camera with a sad expression.
Holidaymakers along a seaside pier railing, one man leaning right over to look down at the water while the others watch the horizon. Every one is looking in a different direction and standing in a different way.
A gang of teenagers crowded onto a footbridge in summer, pulling faces and throwing gestures at the camera, thick greenery behind them.
A person at Pride in a platinum bob, dark slip dress, fur-trimmed jacket and yellow-laced boots, standing in the middle of a closed-off street with a small white dog on a lead.
An ornate street lantern against a pale, empty sky, with pigeons perched on its crown and along the roofline of the white brick building behind. The top of the lantern is framed in a way to sit directly in between both pigeons as if it confuse the viewer into thinking it's a third pigeon.
A cyclist in a hi-vis vest and helmet crossing an ornate white bridge, blurred by the panning camera while the pedestrians behind, walking in the opposite direction, stay sharp. All people are evenly spaced out.
A portrait of a woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a denim jacket over a patterned top, leaning against a white brick wall in bright natural light. She is facing the camera, but her head turned and gazing to her right, caught in an unguarded moment. The shot is framed through a dark iron gate or railing in the foreground, its diamond-shaped gap forming a natural frame within the frame. Her shadow falls sharply against the wall behind her.
A man in a deep red tweed coat and tartan scarf crossing a busy road, umbrella in one hand and a bag in the other, looking straight down the lens and frozen with camera flash.
A young man in a flat cap and black jacket standing on a playing field, hands in coat pockets, holding the camera's gaze without a flicker.
A dog peering out from behind an ornate black bollard on a pedestrian street, its lead stretching off to an owner outside the frame. It's body isn't visible, but there's a slight glimpse of its paws on the opposite side of the bollard to its head. A menswear shop window sits behind.
A person walking past a blue background, that is a betting shop window with neon light-like icons - like a watermelon slice, cherries, a ring, a 4 leaf clover, and a crown. The person is frozen in such a moment it looks like the crown is perfectly placed on her head.
Two skaters walking past a brightly painted mural, boards tucked under their arms, cropped so only their legs and the boards are in frame and are walking in perfect unison.
Standing close to a wall and looking directly up at a pair of boots hooked over the parapet of a flat roof against a pale pink sky. Whoever they belong to is out of sight behind the wall.
The word yokai brushed in thick green paint across a concrete wall, the letters running in long drips, a green star alongside.
Low winter sun through a café window throwing the hard shadow of a pendant lamp onto a pale wall, beside an empty tan leather armchair and a round wooden table.
A bright blue Porsche sports car parked outside a church with gothic windows, the crowd walking past are reduced to blur by a long exposure.
A man in a mustard beanie and checked shirt seen from behind, sitting almost hidden among tall shrubs with bunting and a park building beyond.
A man with a bike stands facing a red brick corner on a wet, empty city street, the pavement shining and a row of bollards curving away.
A man in a white bucket hat and white jacket sheltering against a painted wall in the rain, chin lifted, looking off down the street.
Two men dancing in a precinct, one in a pale yellow kurta with a bright orange scarf flying out behind him, shoppers watching from the edges.
A person in black sits with their back to us, inside a bus shelter. The shelter's black post splits the frame down the middle. On the left half, a man is reflected in the glass of the bus shelter as he walks past. In the right half, the person sitting in the shelter has their tattooed elbow hanging out. There are shops across the road beyond.
Three people at a market seen from behind, each in an odd hat: a red Manchester United bucket hat, a white Oasis one, and a tall orange and white traffic cone.
An officer in dress uniform, and red-banded cap, lit by camera flash and laughing with someone off camera at a Remembrance Day parade, bare trees and a winter sky behind.
A close-up of footballers sprinting across a pitch at dusk, caught at a slow shutter speed so the whole frame smears into movement.
The back of a woman's head, with shoulder length blonde hair, on a shingle beach, a pair of sunglasses pushed up so they seem to stare back at the camera. A dog trots along the shoreline beyond with blue sky and ocean behind.