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Jan 2023. Instant film https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/1749922960298-2E9SFSGQY9KVFENPQR3X/Whitehall-bridge-2-fail-4*5-2023.jpg Social archive Bridge over a short-lived section of the Stanhope & Tyne Railway. Jan 2023. Instant film (failed exposure) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/1749922995040-A3A6QYJ6DDCIR6IO4KLS/Tesco-consett-instax-2022-4*5.jpg Social archive Site of Consett Steelworks, January 2022, instant film. . More from my series Post Industrial Instants, which I began during lockdown while visiting deindustrialised sites near my home in County Durham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/1749923019377-TL428QJCE698FLF57K29/Consett-site-of-steelworks-2022-4*5.jpg Social archive Site of Consett Steelworks, January 2022, instant film. . More from my series Post Industrial Instants, which I began during lockdown while visiting deindustrialised sites near my home in County Durham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/1749923112420-9UC43QQVET3JGO2DB4JF/Malton-pond-2-4*5-2020.jpg Social archive Site of Malton Colliery, summer 2020. Instant film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/1749923136798-75URXYG38A0FVRJO3XZA/Malton-pond-1-4*5-2020.jpg Social archive Site of Malton Colliery, summer 2020. Instant film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/1749923161418-44LPBV4JHWMUJHCZKC4C/Malton-pond-2a-4*5-2020.jpg Social archive Site of Malton Colliery, summer 2020. Instant film. https://mattjamessmith.com/peace-mural daily 0.75 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/fb63d7a0-5540-44d5-8630-31f86424b2f7/IMG_9164.jpeg Peace Mural The mural was painted on panels in a disused carpet factory in Durham City centre between 1986 and 1987 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/88887d43-6530-47b9-ae38-afe5df696628/IMG_3974.jpeg Peace Mural Once the mural was completed it was installed on the stage at the 1987 Durham Miners' Gala as a backdrop to the speeches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/17aa886c-da8d-4d42-8430-952dc2ee310a/IMG_3218.jpeg Peace Mural Arthur Scargill speaking in front of the mural at the Gala in 1987. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/7b9a5914-b9ea-4ce5-a269-56052ab7932d/IMG_2947.jpeg Peace Mural The mural was installed in Durham Market Place, opposite St Nic's Church, where it remained for 14 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/07395078-725c-4cbd-bc1a-d5080a1cd81f/Peace-Mural-combined.jpg https://mattjamessmith.com/ghost-train daily 0.75 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/69ad20af-5459-47cb-baf3-9c67327602f4/Tattoo+timelapse+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/2c1b4919-a5c3-49b6-b40b-4349bf6f81e5/A120C575_241015Q2_C200A+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/c7f7f782-7790-4b49-8c85-df2e70ffc535/A127C753_2411016P_C200A+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/3825dc2a-5903-4df1-9018-01a8a5908c6f/A122C627_241019EV_C200A+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/85fc8f29-116f-49bb-b19d-2b1d70c9b397/A134C890_241127OB_C200A2+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/134dd9d5-8c73-4a6f-9890-787fde0212da/A132C882_241113M8_C200A+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/e8c98277-edc8-48ee-9e17-53d45a4b3d7c/A130C858_241107HS_C200A2+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/8d37b88f-e32a-4b40-94e6-6be461e0a1d9/A125C689_241031SA_C200A+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/88f3cdc1-8e77-4ba3-9529-130fc7f57453/A123C666_241019Z3_C200A+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/97583a56-e651-4c9f-9aeb-6bef140e87e9/A118C531_241011U0_C200A-2+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/f919dc73-f2d4-4a99-adaf-cbb6e2ee6159/A115C496_240918OA_C200A+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/8a35fefd-ccd7-4b2a-90bb-75aa4836fb2b/A125C695_241031DW_C200A+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/24b0c4af-05cd-4be4-ade6-8de4f5b82535/A128C831_241104T5_C200A+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/ea7bfe83-6857-47e4-9316-2450c128341a/A122C630_241019F6_C200A+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/b6990893-eb74-47df-aad3-fae38fda548c/A129C828_2411040Y_C200A+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/e2a68dc4-7785-419e-8255-684ff8a6a137/A155C443_250826Z9_C200A-2+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/7f59164e-02e3-46d8-ad63-b221ffcd773f/A124C677_2410217L_C200A-2+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/7bfd441f-1dbe-4caf-830d-72ee6e28d12a/A135C939_241129OR_C200A+Large.jpeg Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/e80dfe63-eab5-4ec2-9e06-fb995e617128/social-post-1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/08642fbd-c913-40dd-b3d4-970887e50d59/DJI_20250801140204_0027_D1+Large.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/2c1b4919-a5c3-49b6-b40b-4349bf6f81e5/A120C575_241015Q2_C200A+Large.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/dd07ca00-e258-411b-87fe-29ccf0a1a769/A129C793_241104DN_C200A+Large.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/ae8900a3-b579-400d-af45-8baace485653/A122C645_2410198T_C200A+Large.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64020347cc13b721b3d76e39/15f78005-02be-4e5f-b309-dc2d3932767d/MJS-GhostTrain-3.jpeg