Photography(Real Life)

2025 France - Man Made

Huw Swanborough

22 Jul 2025 — 4 min read

A collection of photographs from Summer trip across France.

Amiens

From all of central Amiens, the cathedral dominates the town.

Villers-Bretonneux

The four walls of the memorial list 10,773 names of the Australian Imperial Force with no known grave from WW1.

Over 2,400 Australian casualities to hold these fields and prevent Villers-Bretteneux being siezed. Had it been taken, Amiens would have been within range of German artillery.

Over 46,000 Australians died at the Somme, with over 100,000 wounded.

Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady and St Foster - Arras

Aleotoric style while testing the camera indoors.

Nantes

I need to wear a beret before I can caption this.

I couldn't find anything about this strolling man...

Nantes Cemetary

The graveyard by Nantes Jardin des Plantes is allowed to grow freely. No heavy gardening, weed killers etc.

Too much torque from spinning in one's grave can have negative impacts.

Buried a man so French, grapevines sprouted forth...

Saint-Nazaire

...which has been turned into a sort of wildlands...wild roof?

Wind turbines being constructed like lego...

Some Swiss Pics...

Pics of Swiss Univeristy of Zurich - Irchel Campus It's actually quite nice there... ...absolute nightmare finding which building is which, but dont let navigation get in the way of vibes... Stoos It's quite high up. Clouds ...but reasonably interesting ones...

Kent - Sea(Gulls/Side)

First time in a long time since I went back to Kent.... I'm opening with the birds this time. In the 10-14 years since I was last here, it's not changed at all. Dover Castle Graffiti Anyone can google Dover castle, but the old graffiti is

2025 - France - Nature

The nature and animal oriented pictures from my France trip, with one giant close up of a cat. Nantes - Jardins des Plantes I shan't scant on Nantes plantes. Dating is hard as a frog... Features Ouessant (Ushant) A tiny island in the French Atlantic. Birds (mostly gulls)

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