Paul Dobraszczyk
@pauldobraszczyk
Magpie architectural writer and image maker. 'The Matter of Architecture: Geology, Buildings and Us' out soon with Reaktion Books. www.ragpickinghistory.co.uk
The view from Albert Bridge, Manchester. The weird flattening effect of a zoom lens combined with a building that has literally been cut in half.
The conflagration on Tintwistle Moor, seen from the northern slopes of Bleaklow. The question of whether or not awful things can be beautiful isn't a new one - it's a key register of the sublime - but today it comes with renewed intensity with the effects of human recklessness.
Frankly terrifying skies outside my bedroom window last night, the result of a vast plume of smoke being blown westwards by fires on Saddleworth Moor
16th-century hammer-beam roof of St Mary's Church, Cilcain, Flintshire, complete with carved angels and grotesques
Abandoned slate-cutting machinery in Dinorwic quarry, North Wales
Evocative memorial to the long-departed miners of Dinorwic slate quarry, North Wales
Pike o' Blisco and lake Windermere from Crinkle Crags, Lake District
Spotted on the Caledonian Road, London: the future of the NHS?
The western escarpment of Eglwyseg Mountain, Llangollen, a limestone paradise for plants like whitebeam, ash and juniper, which seem to grow directly out of the vertical cliffs
The wonderful wheatear, seen here amongst the limestone boulders of Eglwyseg Mountain, Llangollen
The city as scenography, but which part of Manchester is real and which is the stage-set?
Apparently, this is deemed to be 'sensitive' high-rise architecture right in the centre of Manchester