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The End

Access Denied. So often my photography muse, the Black Jetty. Originally built to pipe crude oil from ships and take service vehicles overhead. Now made inaccessible from the land to even the most reckless. Sections of the former vehicle ramp lay broken in the nearby woods.

 

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What else can I say about this thing? It's compositionally awkward, usually dissecting river views right across the centre of the frame. It's ugly beautiful, but if only some safety work were to be carried out it could be a marvellous viewing platform for the River Thames. But there's lingering questions of ownership. The local council concern themselves solely with preventing our feral youth from killing themselves...

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Uploaded on March 9, 2025
Taken on March 9, 2025