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Gritty, urban street photography unveils the darker side of English towns

Paul Carmody leads a double life – an IT consultant by day, and a photographer by night. He specialises in street and urban photography, aiming to offer a new angle on 'regular' street photography styles.

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Black and white street photograph of a person lying on a tiled floor against a brick wall with posted notices and signage above them

By using light and shadow play, he only captures the aspect or aspects of a person that he finds interesting. That might be just their feet, or their hands, or their knees.

Based in County Durham, Carmody has plenty of nearby urban environments to help inspire his work. He explains: "I photograph the streets in and around the North East of England in an attempt to portray the grime, art, ordinariness and beauty of urban life."

This particular series of photographs reminds us of documentary stills, with an angle that almost appears fisheye in some of the images. A fresh approach to street photography, we're big fans.

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Via direct submission | All images courtesy of Paul Carmody

Black and white photograph of a bicycle casting a long shadow on a sunlit pavement against a dark background
Person wearing fishnet tights and boots crouched against a white-painted doorway next to a black brick wall in black and white street photography
Blurred figures walk past a brick building with shop windows in this high-contrast black and white street photograph
Silhouetted figure walking across a stark white and black geometric surface in Paul Carmody's urban street photography series
A solitary figure walks across a sunlit pavement beside a modernist brick building with geometric window patterns, creating stark shadows in black and white
Stark black and white photograph of an underpass with concrete pillars, fluorescent ceiling lights and a lone figure in the distance beneath the shadowy structure
Silhouetted figures visible through a shop window with Moon signage, viewed from a narrow urban alleyway between brick walls in black and white
Person's lower legs and feet illuminated by stark light against dark surroundings in Paul Carmody's urban street photography series
Man wearing a checked shirt seen from behind on a street in black and white photography
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