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Wildfires at home and abroad

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Hankley Common after the wildfire of July 2022, which was declared a major incident by the fire service. Photo by Douglas Kurn

With the news of extreme temperatures, and the fires in Greece, finally hitting the headlines in the UK, it’s pertinent to remind ourselves that, despite the current wet weather, these things are affecting us at home too.

Last year, around 50 hectares of the Hankley Common nature reserve in Surrey, were affected by a wildfire that took several days to get fully under control. After the fire had been put out I went to see the damage.

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Nature Strikes Back – Breaking Through Old Concrete

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One of the truly remarkable things about my Spirit Of Brooklands project, was the realisation that nature is incredibly resilient, and, when left to its own devices, could prosper after apparent destruction. You would think that the laying of 3 miles of 6 inch concrete, would bring an end to the chance of anything growing there, but as this photo shows, nature can break through, and even thrive. 

Night photo of leafless trees and bushes growing out of the former Brooklands Motor Racing track, taken against a deep blue night sky.
The Railway Straight, Brooklands Race Track
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Toy Stories at Brooklands

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Continuing from my previous blog post Sunset OR Light Pollution.

Once I had decided that I wanted to continue with my Spirit Of Brooklands project, I then had to work out how to gain access. Now most of it is publicly accessible, but the land obviously belongs to someone, and if I wanted to publish the resulting photos, then I would need consent from the landowner.

The Railway Straight, Brooklands Race Track at night
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Good Sun, Bad Sun – Surviving The Climate Crisis

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It may have turned a bit chilly here in the UK lately but it wasn’t that long ago that we were enduring a heatwave and that was when I took this photo of someone “fending off” the sun with their brolly. 

Two people use their umbrella to provide shade against the sun’s rays during the heatwave of the summer of 2022 in Selsey, West Sussex. Photo by Douglas Kurn
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The Calm Of The Morning Sun

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There’s something wonderfully calming about being up and about as the sun rises over the horizon first thing in the morning, especially after the shock of the 4am alarm call! Sunrise is when nature wakes up and the sounds of the birds let you know that day is beginning and there is work to be done.

Sunrise over a coastal nature reserve. Photo by Douglas Kurn
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Edition 365 Awards & Exhibition

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I’m super excited to announce that not one but two of my photos have been selected as part of the Edition 365 Awards, run by the British Journal Of Photography. Edition 365 is a historical award that was conceived to capture one day of every single day for a whole year starting on 11th March 2020, which was the day that the World Health Organisation (WHO) officially declared a global pandemic as a result of COVID-19.

The crescent of the moon above the chimney pots of a house. This image is from the project Lockdown:LookUp, a series of photographs created during the first national Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in England during 2020, which focusses on the environmental effect of living under the normally busy Heathrow flightpath. Photo by Douglas Kurn
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