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Visual Artist / Contemporary Photography / Digital Art. Horticulture / Ecology / History / Politics. Educator. Manager of a Community Garden by day. www.lukepayn.com
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In a chaotic world that's unraveling and generally a bit stressful, today I had young boys pick and eat raspberries, cherries and strawberries and eat them for the first time, and young people wandering around long grass and flowers with my digital camera take photos on a proper camera, beautiful...

"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it." John Lennon

photography / digital work from 2017, Stamford, Lincolnshire. #photography #digitalart #natureart #art

Hey folks, been a while, different kinds of busy going here last few months, tangents, distractions, side-quests, which when looking backwards always makes a straight line, but in the moment it feels like a spaghetti path through a rotating prism...

Enjoying my Friday night watching Kate Bush music videos on BBC4, her astonishing, singular and visionary virtuosity is hard to describe, what an absolute legend. Thank you BBC4 😎

From the Photism series in 2011. Photograph of a landscape in Mid Wales. Chemicals and paint interactions on the surface of the C-Type print. #photography #art #35mm #contemporaryart #fineart #alternativeprocess #urban #Fujifilm #colourprint #contemporaryphotography #experimentalphotography

From the Photism series in 2011. Photograph of a street scene in London. Chemicals and paint interactions on the surface of the C-Type print. #photography #art #35mm #contemporaryart #fineart #alternativeprocess #urban #Fujifilm #colourprint #contemporaryphotography #experimentalphotography

From the Photism series in 2011. #photography #art #35mm #contemporaryart #fineart #alternativeprocess #Fujifilm #colourprint #contemporaryphotography #experimentalphotography

Got to work early this morning and took this photo of the fish pond, a few hours later a Heron popped down and had one of them for tasty mid-morning snack. #contemporaryphotography #art #photography #contemporaryart

Another one from the series a week or so back; Spring Equinox, Session 2, 22.03.25 #contemporaryphotography #experimentalphotography #art #photography #contemporaryart #fineart #digitalart

a few more from the series a week or so back; Spring Equinox, Session 2, 22.03.25 #contemporaryphotography #experimentalphotography #art #photography #contemporaryart #fineart #digitalart

Spring Equinox, Session 2, 22.03.25 #contemporaryphotography #experimentalphotography #art #photography #contemporaryart #fineart #digitalart

Photism 2025: digital remix #art #Photography #contemporaryart #experimentalphotography #35mm #digitalart #contemporaryphotography

Arom the Photism series. A buddleia bush, 2011. #photography #art #35mm #contemporaryart #fineart #alternativeprocess #nature #Fujifilm #colourprint #contemporaryphotography #experimentalphotography

Sooooo looking forward to Have I Got News For You tonight. What a time to be off air, they've got a lot to pack in to 26 minutes... #HIGNFY

From the 2011 Photism series. An ancient tree in mid Wales. #contemporaryphotography#photography #art #35mm #contemporaryart #fineart #alternativeprocess #wales #abstract #landscape #Fujifilm #colourprint #experimentalphotography

Evening all, been away for a few days, you all good? From the 2011 Photism series. An abandoned radar site in Cambridge UK. #photography #art #35mm #contemporaryart #fineart #alternativeprocess #abstract #landscape #Fujifilm #colourprint #contemporaryphotography #experimentalphotography

Spring Equinox, Studio Session No. 2, 22.03.25 #contemporaryphotography #experimentalphotography #art #photography #contemporaryart #fineart #digitalphotography #digitaldarkroom