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Pause and Reset

Weston-super-Mare by Chris Guy and Richard Ford
By Chris Guy posted on 9 Nov 2026 in Urban

Weston-super-Mare, 2018

Urban landscapes are always changing, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse. As time goes by, things that seemed ordinary or mundane at the time, become a little bit of history. But history can be lost, especially in today’s digital world where lots of photographs are just seen for a couple of fleeting seconds before being ‘swiped’ away.

Pause and Reset is the result of a photographic collaboration that aims to encourage people to take a moment and take notice of their surroundings, as they go about their everyday lives.

We share a passion for taking photographs that make the ordinary look interesting. We hope you enjoy volume one, where we explore the old and new housing estates, industrial areas, seafront and art-deco architecture of Weston-super-Mare.

Richard Ford & Chris Guy

February 2018

Sunlit signpost reading Bristol and Sea Front by hedges, with Victorian terraced houses blurred in the background.

Finger sign post in Weston

Pale green three-storey corner office block on a sunny street, cars parked along the pavement and double yellow lines in the foreground.
Quiet urban street with a blue 'Fish Bar' shop on the left, paved pavement, parked cars and low-rise buildings under a pale cloudy sky.

Powells Law | Winstons Fish Bar

Empty rooftop car park with green traffic lanes and lampposts, facing a large multicoloured modern building under a pale blue sky.
Angular modern building façade with layered white, pale yellow and orange-red panels, strong shadows and crisp lines against a deep blue sky; a drain pip extends from the yellow band.

Carton Street Car Park | Dolphin Square

Green corrugated metal arched nissen hut with a closed grey roller shutter, a small side door and palisade fence under a clear blue sky.

Nissen Hut, Longton Trading Estate

Green shipping container and wooden pallets set against a large yellow‑brick wall under a clear blue sky.

Sunnyside Road (North)

New suburban housing development on a bright sunny day: modern semi-detached and detached homes, green lawns, a paved footpath and a few parked cars.

Haywood Village

A bungalow with solar panels sits beside a blue-and-white seven-storey block on a sunny suburban street.

The Bournville Estate

Front entrance of a seaside pier with large 'GRAND PIER' sign above arcade stalls and kiosks, pale sky overhead and an empty promenade.

Grand Pier

Families and children in coats walk towards the Grand Pier entrance on a bright seaside day, with sea glimpses either side and long shadows on the promenade.

Grand Pier

A small seafront shelter with teal columns and red benches, flanked by low stone walls, overlooking a calm sea beneath a pale blue sky.

Beach Shelter

A pastel-purple beach hut beside a stone seawall overlooks a quiet sandy beach; a lone dog runs across the wet sand toward the calm sea and a small island on the horizon.

Beach Hut

Regent Fish Bar takeaway storefront with 'Fish & Chips' sign, closed hatch and menu on a grey tiled pavement.

Regent Fish Bar

Shopfront of The Regent restaurant & coffee lounge: a traditional fish and chips café with large windows, menu boards and signage on a pedestrian street.

The Regent Restaurant & Coffee Lounge

Dark wooden door with a worn white horizontal plank and metal handle, set in a yellow-brown shingled wall with a repeating geometric, weathered pattern.

Oxford Corner Licensed Restaurant (closed)

Quiet urban street with closed shop roller shutters on the right, a paved pavement and double yellow lines, shops and distant pedestrians.

Oxford Street

Large weathered roadside billboard on wooden posts, covered in torn and peeling posters, set in tall grass beside a clear blue sky.

Billboard

Street art of a stencilled woman hanging blue Facebook 'f' logos on a clothesline beside a bucket, painted on a weathered ochre wall above a pavement.

Mini Facebook Laundry

TyreCity garage with orange roller shutters, chevron arrows on a white wall and signs advertising new tyres from £29.95 under a clear blue sky.

Tyre City, Winterstoke Road

Corner row of shops under a clear blue sky, featuring a fried chicken takeaway with a red sign; quiet street with two pedestrians.

Miss Millie's Fried Chicken

Empty rooftop car park with marked bays and a lone lamppost, overlooking modern apartments and a white hotel under a clear blue sky.

Eddington Court & Premier Inn

Modern two-storey police building with a crest above the entrance, surrounded by parked cars in a gravel car park under a bright blue sky.

Weston Police Station

Industrial units with green corrugated metal and brick walls, tall ventilation stacks, a parked car and puddles under a pale cloudy sky.

Oldmixon

White, low-slung St Mark's Church building beneath a clear blue sky, blue cross logo on the wall, main entrance, small car park with marked bay and shrubbery at the side.

St Mark's Church

Low-angle view of a tiled cinema tower with large blue "ODEON" lettering beneath a curved roofline against a pale sky.

The Odeon Cinema

Striped beach hut and 'Welcome to Clifton Sands, Weston-super-Mare' sign on a quiet, cloudy seafront with sand, sea and a distant shoreline.

Clifton Sands

A man in a hi-vis jacket works at a makeshift table before three pastel-coloured beach huts on a cloudy seafront promenade.

Beach Huts

Seafront with high-tide warning signs and traffic cones blocking access; empty promenade and wide sandy shore with a distant island under a cloudy sky.

High Tide Warning

Yellow height restriction barriers span a car park entrance with a blue information sign, bare trees and a yellow van in the hedgerow under a bright blue sky.

Worle Station Car Park (North)

Suburban street with brick and timber homes featuring steep gable roofs, a red car on a paved driveway, palm trees and neatly kept front gardens under a bright sky.

St Marks Road

Block of flats labelled 'Beach Court' with green garage doors, a balcony and a grassy forecourt.

Beach Court

Suburban street with a low brick wall and a neatly clipped hedge resembling a long canoe, bungalows and a bright blue sky.

Topiary

Long, neatly trimmed rectangular hedge bordering a sloped footpath with a white handrail, a low brick wall and green grass under a pale blue sky.

Hedge and Path, Ebdon Road

A brick block of flats on a street corner, surrounded by grass verges, suburban houses and parked cars beneath a cloudy sky.

Durston

Empty concrete plaza with tiered stone seating, a colourful mural and large rainbow pinwheel sculpture against a cloudy sky; stacked wooden posts in the foreground.
Empty seaside promenade and road lined with lampposts, a curved bench and a hump warning sign; a seagull perches on a lamp with houses and clouds beyond.

 

Urban street scene: a black-and-white mural of two children in winter hats on a curved building wall, beside a pub sign reading "Good food, live music, all welcome".

JPS street art on Scallys Pub

Seafront row of hotels, bars and outdoor terraces along a coastal road, featuring the Mentone Hotel and Smith's under a cloudy sky.

Mentone Hotel and Smiths

White industrial warehouse with a sawtooth roof beside a calm river, its reflection in the water, set against a clear blue sky with reeds and shrubs along the bank.

Hutton Park

Pause and Reset - the zine

These images first appeared in a zine titled Pause and Reset, published in February 2018 by Chris Guy and Richard Ford.

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