Visual Sociology

Self Portrait, 2026 – After Gisèle Freund Le Monde et ma caméra (1974)


Calais, France, October 2026

All images (c) John Goodwin, 2026


‎⁨Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery⁩, ⁨Poperinge⁩, ⁨West Flanders⁩, ⁨Belgium⁩, October 2026

All images (c) John Goodwin, 2026


Leicester, 2026 – Konica C35 EF.

(c) John Goodwin, 2026.


Self Portrait, 2024

Kodak 110, Black and White. (c) John Goodwin, 2024


Here Lies, August 2026

Kodak Vecta, expired 127 Black and White film. (c) John Goodwin, August 2026


Wall – Alter Stones, August 2026

Kodak Vecta, 127 Colour film. (c) John Goodwin, August 2026


Tree – Alter Stones, August 2026

Kodak Vecta, 127 Colour film. (c) John Goodwin, August 2026


Chesterfield August 2026

Kodak Vecta, expired 127 Black and White film. (c) John Goodwin, August 2026


The Lingering Spectre of Coal

(c) John Goodwin. The image was taken on a first-model Kodak Brownie 127 from the late 1950s, using expired 127 film. Winner, University of Leicester Images of Research Competition, 2026


Coalville Entertainments – Hidden ‘Ghost Sign’ July 2026

(c) John Goodwin, July 2026


St John’s Cathedral, ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) – July 2026

Brownie Hawkye, 127 Colour film. (c) John Goodwin, July 2026


Mablethorpe Beach Huts – Various Years

(c) John Goodwin, 2026


Marbach, Germany, May 2026

(c) John Goodwin, 2026



Utrecht after Uta: Out of Focus

Uta Barth asks: why does it have to be in focus? The value of the awkward off-balance with attention placed elsewhere.

See also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz6edE5SYhY

Pentax Auto 110. Lomochrome. (c) John Goodwin, 2026


Turn

(c) John Goodwin, 2026


Misty

(c) John Goodwin, 2026. Ranked in the Hispstamatic Top 9 images, 1st Feb 2026.

Recording in Fields Past

(c) John Goodwin, 2026

Digging for Missing Letters

(c) John Goodwin, 2026

Parking Structure

(c) John Goodwin, 2026

Night Bomber

(c) John Goodwin, 2025

Chesterfield December 2025 – ‘Out of the Fog’

(c) John Goodwin, 2025

Vintage Flyer – Family and Class in a London Suburb 1960/2025

I am using old copies of the British Journal of Sociology from the 1960s, for an art project. The first one I opened had a vintage flyer inside the front cover! Then and now – still relevant.

Japan 2014 (C) John Goodwin 2014

Modernist Leicester

Coal WasOur Life

(c) John Goodwin, 2017

Goodwin, J. (2025) Coalville: Imaging ‘Coal Was Our Life’, International Sociological Association RC57 VISUAL SOCIOLOGY, Newsletter 25.1, ISA: Madrid.

DLA Marbach, Germany 2025

(c) John Goodwin, 2025

Marbach, Germany 2025

(c) John Goodwin, 2025

Industry, Chestefield 2025

(c) John Goodwin, 2025

Self Portrait 2025, Insatx Sq

(c) John Goodwin, 2025

Stuart Hall, Leicester 2025

(c) John Goodwin, 2025

Leicester 2012

(c) John Goodwin, 2012

Rosewall, Chesterfield

(c) John Goodwin, 2011

Glasgow 2014

(c) John Goodwin, 2014

Sheffield, 2015

(c) John Goodwin, 2015

Dublin, 2015

(c) John Goodwin, 2015

The Waiting Miner, 2017

(c) John Goodwin, 2017

Belfast 2012 (c) John Goodwin 2012

Views From the Car Dec 2011 – Jan 2012