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Welcome to My Cornish Images Website
This is a project that has been on my mind for more than a few years. Mainly due to my interest and love for the County of Cornwall, Mines, Mining history and 35mm Black and White Photography. I have been working on websites for the past few years at work, so I thought in September 2011, I would have a go for myself. I must stress that all the photographs on this site (apart from a few of the colour ones) have been taken by myself, unless otherwise stated on the image. The film is manually developed, all the negatives are inspected and the best are then hand printed in my darkroom.
A Saturday morning of 4 to 5 hours will usually produce around 10 prints. I then scan them onto my PC and upload to the website, then I build the pages. Needless to say the time investment is considerable, but to me it's worth it. 
I have been an underground explorer for thirty years and a camera user for more than I care to remember. I started my underground investigations as a caver then progressed onto disused mine exploration. Twenty years ago, I discovered the wealth of mines and history of Cornwall above and below ground. This is a photographic record of remaining surface features and a selection of underground sites I have been privileged to see over that time. If any visitor would like an original print, 10" x 8" or 16" x 12" I would be glad to quote a minimal cost for time and materials.
All images have been taken on 35mm Black and White: Agfa, Ilford or Kodak print film, usually on Olympus equipment ranging from OM1's to OM4's with Zuiko lenses. The underground photographs have been taken on a selection of older and cheaper manual cameras, this is due to the limited life spans of photographic equipment in the harsh underground enviroment. The various Cornish Photographs date from the early 1990's to the present day. Those images in the "Other Galleries" listed under "About Me" are difficult to date, but still worth seeing. As time goes on these Galleries will expand to cover other Mining and industrial areas of the country, but predominantly this will remain a Cornish based website.
This is my way of preserving a bit of history and giving something back to the County that has given me so much.
A trip into a Cornish Mine September 2011, a picture of me taken by Dave whilst I descended the shaft, NEVER attempt any sort of underground access without the correct equipment and training.
I hope you enjoy the way I see Cornwall and its history.
Thank you
Simon Jones
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