Community Photographer & Creative Artist, currently exploring Celtic & Roman history & art. Based in Stoke-on-Trent, UK. My website: FionaKonca.wordpress.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mwsqnctbkk2qMy kaleidoscopic ode to Britain’s scaffolders; created from photos taken inside Manchester’s Printworks during redevelopment in January 2023. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsqnctbkk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mwoprenam22yThe most heartbreaking photos I’ve ever taken, but it was something I needed to do. Goodbye old friend. . . . . . #demolition #graffiti #industrialarchitecture #industrialheritage #Twyfords29 Sep 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwoprenam22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mwltutuumk26Church Lawton double exposures. I dragged my dodgy leg out for a wander around my favourite place this afternoon. It was painful but not agony, and far outweighed by the sheer joy of reconnecting with nature after a month of staring at four walls.28 Sep 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwltutuumk26https://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mvsqknmhjk2gThe Whole Shebang . . https://fionakonca.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/out-of-my-mind-i-failed/ . . . . . #Newmusic #Independentartist #MusicPromotion #MusicVideo #CreativeProduction #musicvideography #Stoke-on-Trent #TheDandelionCurse #videography18 Sep 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsqknmhjk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mvpk5zexzk2jA snippet of my video for The Dandelion Curse’s stunningly beautiful ‘Out of My Mind (I Failed)’ - the full version of which is available on their Facebook page. . . . . . #Newmusic #Independentartist #MusicPromotion #MusicVideo #CreativeProduction17 Sep 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpk5zexzk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mvmxqyjq522bThank you J F Burgess for the very kind invitation! My camera and I would be delighted to attend. (Hopefully I will have slept by then) Ticket link on Jon’s Facebook page.16 Sep 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmxqyjq522bhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mvfkvcqnmk2ePortrait shoot with Andy Gower - a year ago today, at Six Towns Viewing Point. Photos 6, 7 and 10 went on to be used in my designs for his album cover, EP and album launch gig poster. . . I’m still pinching myself. . . . . . #AndyGower #Portraitphotography #Albumcover #Gigposter #Stoke-on-Trent13 Sep 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfkvcqnmk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mvb2clqigc2zMy brilliant nephew’s brilliant band. Check em out. https://linktr.ee/cadeband?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=5e9b5156-527a-4972-97bd-e8b7cb74b66411 Sep 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb2clqigc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3muf2x6ahhc24For once in my life, I was actually there 😂 (at Wythenshawe Park) (Also for once in my life, I was too busy dancing to take any photos) Thank you #TheProdigy for the best gig of my life 🐜 🖤 Gig 🎥 & 📷: Alex Konca31 Aug 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3muf2x6ahhc24https://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3muehmyhqcc25Us: “I can’t be arsed getting to the front” Also us: . . #TheProdigy #WythenshawePark31 Aug 2026 08:14 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3muehmyhqcc25https://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3muehko2bbc25Wythenshawe Park yesterday for #TheProdigy31 Aug 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3muehko2bbc25https://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mu7wnfdfmk24Today marks the anniversary of the last day (in 1978) that a Potteries bottle oven was kindled and fired for the last time. At the height of the pottery industry, approximately 2,000 of these iconic structures dominated the city’s skyline. Now, only 47 remain. #bottleovens #bottlekilns #bottlekiln [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Aug 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7wnfdfmk24https://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mu7whdjiok24“The entire landscape was illuminated and transformed by these unique pyrotechnics of labour atoning for its grime, and dull, weird sounds, as of the breathings and sighings of gigantic nocturnal creatures, filled the enchanted air” - Arnold Bennett, ‘Anna of the Five Towns’ #PotteriesBottleOvenDay29 Aug 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7whdjiok24https://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mu5ey27cvs2fThe film is over a decade old, but even more relevant now. Also worth watching is his series ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’ - “an emotional history of the modern world” - available on iPlayer. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5ey27cvs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mu5bmrau5227“So much of the news this year has been hopeless, depressing, and above all - confusing; to which the only response is “oh dear”.” In ‘Oh Dearism II’, Adam Curtis suggests that this defeatist response has become a central part of a new system of political control. https://youtu.be/gKHye_wlpOs?is=OBFSXAuL4e0zZfbS28 Aug 2026 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5bmrau5227https://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mtybs5qxjs2wRemember this, as you wade through all the fearmongering crap in your newsfeeds.26 Aug 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtybs5qxjs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mtybl25q2k2wDrop me a message if you’d like to make a purchase. I don’t have an online shop yet but may open one if I get enough interest. Prints are £10 individually (max A3 size), or if you buy a set of four I’ll throw in one of them for free :-) . . . . . #abstractart #printsforsale #wallart #wallartforsale [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtybl25q2k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mtybjlm52s2wTwo sets of prints winging their way to my lovely friends Vix and Carl. Thank you so much for your support! These are ‘eNiGaMi’ and ‘Dead Tree & Telegraph Pole’ More available on the GALLERY and VIRTUALITY pages of my website @ FionaKonca.wordpress.com (link in bio)26 Aug 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtybjlm52s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mtwnpd7gok2oThese are absolutely wonderful - especially the ones along the canal and of the bottle kilns. Photos taken during the construction of the D-Road in Stoke-on-Trent from 1975 to 1979, by the fella I met on the train (see previous post). flic.kr/s/aHsmLaRSLn https://flic.kr/s/aHsmLaRSLn25 Aug 2026 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwnpd7gok2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mtwklxhtvk2mAlso on the train home, I received an email confirming a job offer; working from home - writing reports - on a part-time and flexible basis! I’ve accepted, of course. I should go away more often! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwklxhtvk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mtwdwjgnvc2kHad a lovely chat with a couple on the train home. Turns out the fella - now a street photographer - was a QS with Tarmac in the 70s and worked on the construction of the D-Road! 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Thank you so much Caroline, Hazel and Kate - I bloody love ya xx25 Aug 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwb75htic2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mtvc7mc7pc25Also in today’s news: a drone guided entirely by AI has killed three Ukrainian civilians. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/24/uk-to-use-ukraine-battlefield-data-to-train-ai-to-protect-sensitive-sites25 Aug 2026 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvc7mc7pc25https://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mtr7bmlsgc2l“I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it (anywhere I go, you go…)” - E. E. Cummings [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr7bmlsgc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mtr742dr4s2lWhen DJ Sidwayne (Wayne Smith) asked the people of Stoke-on-Trent to “fill the street” yesterday, as he took to the decks outside The Unicorn Inn in honour of his son Nathan (who tragically passed away earlier this month), the response was phenomenal, and the afternoon unforgettable.23 Aug 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr742dr4s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mtlmafzwjs2hThings got much worse when people started holding tiny little clip-on microphones instead of clipping them on. https://youtu.be/IjMwyHGwQGk?is=WY_6uBX3PHIRN1Ql21 Aug 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlmafzwjs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mtjt3kptjs2r20 Aug 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjt3kptjs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mtjfcy6jbs2iBut CCTV and facial recognition technology are ok. . . . . . #streetphotography #streetphotographyuk #ukstreetphotography20 Aug 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjfcy6jbs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mtj5wx2tn22rWhy go to Niagara Falls when it can come to you? All you need is a torrential downpour, and for your gutters to be completely fucked.20 Aug 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtj5wx2tn22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiona-konca.bsky.social/post/3mtgujfjflk2uThis is why I never feel lonely when I am alone, which is most of the time. Nature is my constant and wonderful companion. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/19/a-moment-that-changed-me-my-husband-died-and-birds-began-behaving-strangely-towards-me19 Aug 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:et4t3yrjntvmlfaalos56l6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgujfjflk2u