By Chris Guy posted on 23 Apr 2019 in Urban

Recently Visit Bristol got in touch to offer me a weekend takeover of their Instagram feed. I was delighted, but also a little surprised – my pictures aren’t generally perceived as being ‘tourist friendly’ and I’m aware that not everyone shares my love of brutalist architecture and mundane suburban scenes. But Visit Bristol were looking for photographers to give different perspectives on this city and so I was absolutely up for that challenge!

I was given the Easter weekend slot from Friday to Sunday and the weather forecast was pretty amazing. So I set out some plans to visit different parts of the city with the aim to cover as much ground as possible. I’m always pretty content when wandering the streets with my camera and this takeover gave me the opportunity to do just that, with the added bonus of a much larger Instagram audience for my pictures.

In all I made five trips out. The first was to Stoke Park on the Wednesday before Easter. I took the opportunity of a foggy morning to head up the the BT Tower on Purdown hoping that it would make for some good pictures – I wasn’t disappointed.

On good Friday I visited Stockwood, Whitchurch and Knowle in the South of the city. On Saturday I went to Bedminster – home to Upfest and amazing streetart and In the evening I went to shoot Clifton Cathedral and had a wander around Funderworld on the Downs. On Sunday I made my way to St Werburghs via Stokes Croft and Montpelier. I posted some of these shots on the Visit Bristol Instagram feed and in the stories and got some lovely reactions.

Here are a selection of my favourites images from the takeover…

Misty dawn with silhouetted trees and a fenced grassy foreground; a tall communications tower -the Purdown BT Tower - looms left as the sun glows faintly through the fog.

Sunrise on Purdown

Misty country track leading into fog beside a wire fence, with a lone tree and a tall telecommunications tower - the Purdown BT Tower - looming in the hazy distance.

The Purdown BT Tower

Two small trees stand in a misty field as the pale sun glows through dense fog, creating a soft, muted atmosphere.

Stoke Park

Gnarled lone tree in a misty field at dawn, hazy sun through thick fog; dew‑damp grass and distant trees fading into the haze.

Stoke Park

Yellow manor on a tree‑topped hill above a wide green meadow, a curved footpath leading across the grass under a pale sky.

The Dower House, Stoke Park

Modern brick church with tall vertical windows, a white cross on the façade, a bell tower to the left and a lawn in front; a person stands by the entrance.

Christ the Servant Church, Stockwood

Black-and-white photo of a smiling clergyman in a clerical collar leaning against a brick pillar beside a sign reading "OPEN FOR PRAYER" at a church entrance.

The Reverend Gwyn Owen

Corner shop 'Bargain Workwear' with red trim and a window display of high-visibility jackets, cream walls and tiled roof on a quiet street beneath a pale sky.

Work Wear Bargains!

Detached two‑storey suburban house with pebble‑dash walls, gabled timber trim and red tiled roof, set behind a low wall beside a quiet road and lamppost.

Knowle

Modern red-brick church with a sharp triangular roof and cross, glazed front, small garden and low brick wall beside a quiet road under a clear blue sky.

St Bernadette’s Whitchurch

Red hatchback in a mostly empty car park beside a green industrial building, under a clear blue sky with distant rooftops and a church spire.

Broadwalk Shopping Centre Car Park

Row of suburban terraced houses with red-tiled roofs beside a sloping hillside of allotment gardens and sheds under a clear blue sky.

Perrett’s Park Allotments

Modern brick church with a tall white spire, set on a green lawn with pink blossom trees and clear blue sky.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Whitchurch

Red-brick water tower atop a grassy bank, framed by overhanging spring foliage beneath a pale sky.

Knowle Water Tower

Tall red-brick chimney marked "Dye Works" stands in the centre of a cleared lot, with terraced houses and clear blue sky behind.

Brooks Dye Works

Wide concrete steps lead up to a bold brutalist building (Clifton Cathedral) with a tiered, pyramidal tower topped by a slender vertical spire against a pale sky.

Clifton Cathedral

Victorian-style brick castle with battlements and round towers standing behind a roadside under a clear blue sky.

The Black Castle Public House

Pastel terraced houses on a sunny street with a large colourful mural of a woman's profile adorned with flowers and birds on the end house.

Artwork by J O D Y

Surreal mural of a woman's head with floating, fragmented inner imagery on a gable wall; a car and yellow bicycle parked below.

Artwork by Caro Pepe

Bright street scene: blue corrugated building with a large mural of a cartoon boy climbing ropes above a 'CRAZY' logo, a tall lamppost and clear sky overhead.

Redpoint Climbing Centre

A cylindrical, mural‑covered tower above a red and white building marked "Redpoint Climbing Centre", with a tree, parked cars and a clear blue sky.

Redpoint Climbing Centre

Graffiti-covered pedestrian crossing box with a gig poster above it on a sunny urban street; blurred bus, shops and pedestrians behind.

Stokes Croft

Sunlit bridge with colourful, graffiti-covered arches and walls; two people walk away beneath trees and bright painted panels spelling the word 'LOVE'..

The LOVE Bridge

Colourful mural of a large smiling face on a house wall, seen through trees and park greenery, with a bench and railings in the foreground.

Artwork by Stinkfish in St Werburghs

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