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Hi! I’m Andy, a curator + writer in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. I study images and ideas. In my free time, I publish FlakPhoto Digest, a newsletter for photography people. 📬 https://www.flakphoto.news/about 📸 https://linktr.ee/flakphoto

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · Nov 13

Hey, everybody, I just wanted to show my face and say Hi. I'm Andy. I love pictures and write about them in my newsletter. More about me here: www.flakphoto.news/about

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 9h

Photography folks, I would love for more people to see this list. Please share it!
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Photographers! I wanted you to see this — Send some images if the urge strikes you. (Please share)🧮✌️📸

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Call for COLOR

Show me your work?

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 1d

Wise words from a beautiful human (after the "Don't like" stuff).

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 1d

This is pretty remarkable. Ken Burns offering a masterclass in American revolutionary history. What a communicator!
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Ken Burns | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #615

YouTube video by Theo Von

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 2d

Hey, Andra. You could still subscribe and get it in your email inbox without touching the Substack app. Up to you!

Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 2d

'Lee Miller was the bravest person I ever knew': The pioneering photographer who captured the horror of World War Two
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'Lee Miller was the bravest person I ever knew': The pioneering photographer who captured the horror of World War Two

The unflinching gaze of the fearless US artist and war photographer bore witness to both beauty and brutality. Now she is the subject of a major exhibition at Tate Britain.

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 2d

Are you into photography? You might like FlakPhoto. www.flakphoto.news/about

About - FlakPhoto Digest

A curated newsletter for photography people. Click to read FlakPhoto Digest, by Andy Adams, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 4d

October🍂

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 2d

I've been a Marc Maron fan for a long time and respect him on many levels. I'll miss his podcast, but I appreciate that he's going out on a high note. I'm looking forward to seeing this doc:
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Marc Maron is the rare comedian who shows us how it should be done | Andrew Lawrence

In a new documentary and as his WTF podcast ends, the US comic has shown a level of integrity and perspective that many of his peers could learn from

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 2d

Perfect — Abelardo Morell, Camera Obscura: Early Morning View of the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, 2014.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 2d

Two T-bone steaks, French fries, new potatoes, Texas toast, and a side of tamales. It was a lot, but it was delicious!

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 2d

A fairly decadent dinner tonight...

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 3d

Ah! Good to see @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy is here. I've been reading this magazine since I was in college. Must read for indie film geeks. Follow this feed!

Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 3d

Nice!

Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 3d

Photographers! I wanted you to see this — Send some images if the urge strikes you. (Please share)🧮✌️📸

www.flakphoto.news/p/call-for-c...

Call for COLOR

Show me your work?

www.flakphoto.news

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · Aug 22

FlakPhoto HQ 📸✨

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · Sep 7

Ah! Beautiful — Edward Hopper, Rooms by the Sea, 1951.

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 3d

Good question 🇺🇸

Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 3d

“Are We Breaking Apart, Or Is There Enough Left to Bind Us?” longreads.com/2025/10/07/a...

"Are We Breaking Apart, Or Is There Enough Left to Bind Us?" - Longreads

Conversations and revelations about an ailing nation along Interstate 95.

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 3d

Must read: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768051...

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The Future of Truth by Werner Herzog: 9780593833674 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

From legendary filmmaker and author Werner Herzog, a compact, effervescent, and deeply personal exploration of art, philosophy, and history that unravels one of our most elusive and contested question...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Oh, this looks great. Must read by @lancerichardson.bsky.social — "True Nature: The Pilgrimage Of Peter Matthiessen" drops October 14 www.lancenrichardson.com/truenature

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 3d

Art folks, a reminder that I'm giving away another photography book this week. Who wants it?
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Mugshots and Camera Fiends

Anika Burgess on how photography transformed 19th century public life

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 3d

Why don't you give me both?

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 3d

I need a good novel to read this Fall. What do you recommend?

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 3d

Why are UK cover designs always better than US designs? Don't get me wrong. I like the black and white portrait, but the other layout is more compelling. And the orange binding really pops.