By Chris Guy posted on 23 Apr 2019 in Urban

Recently Visit Bristol got in touch to offer me a weekend takeover of their Instagram feed. I was delighted, but also a little surprised – my pictures aren’t generally perceived as being ‘tourist friendly’ and I’m aware that not everyone shares my love of brutalist architecture and mundane suburban scenes. But Visit Bristol were looking for photographers to give different perspectives on this city and so I was absolutely up for that challenge!

I was given the Easter weekend slot from Friday to Sunday and the weather forecast was pretty amazing. So I set out some plans to visit different parts of the city with the aim to cover as much ground as possible. I’m always pretty content when wandering the streets with my camera and this takeover gave me the opportunity to do just that, with the added bonus of a much larger Instagram audience for my pictures.

In all I made five trips out. The first was to Stoke Park on the Wednesday before Easter. I took the opportunity of a foggy morning to head up the the BT Tower on Purdown hoping that it would make for some good pictures – I wasn’t disappointed.

On good Friday I visited Stockwood, Whitchurch and Knowle in the South of the city. On Saturday I went to Bedminster – home to Upfest and amazing streetart and In the evening I went to shoot Clifton Cathedral and had a wander around Funderworld on the Downs. On Sunday I made my way to St Werburghs via Stokes Croft and Montpelier. I posted some of these shots on the Visit Bristol Instagram feed and in the stories and got some lovely reactions.

Here are a selection of my favourites images from the takeover…

Purdown

Sunrise on Purdown

The Purdown Tower

The Purdown BT Tower

Stoke Park

Stoke Park

Stoke Park

Stoke Park

Stoke Park

The Dower House, Stoke Park

Stockwood

Christ the Servant Church, Stockwood

The Reverend Gwyn Owen

The Reverend Gwyn Owen

Work Wear Bargains

Work Wear Bargains!

Knowle

Knowle

St Bernadette’s Whitchurch

St Bernadette’s Whitchurch

Broadwalk Shopping Centre Car Park

Broadwalk Shopping Centre Car Park

Perrett’s Park Allotments

Perrett’s Park Allotments

Whitchurch

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Whitchurch

Knowle Water Tower

Knowle Water Tower

Brooks Dye Works

Brooks Dye Works

Clifton Cathedral

Clifton Cathedral

The Black Castle Public House

The Black Castle Public House

Artwork by J O D Y

Artwork by J O D Y

Artwork by Caro Pepe

Artwork by Caro Pepe

Redpoint Climbing Centre

Redpoint Climbing Centre

Redpoint Climbing Centre

Redpoint Climbing Centre

Stokes Croft

Stokes Croft

The LOVE Bridge

The LOVE Bridge

St Werburghs

Artwork by Stinkfish in St Werburghs


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