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adalbertbruce
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I'm into books, cinema, comics, photography (both analog and digital -- street photography, being in the right place at intriguing times), weird fiction, zines... Grounded in the Pacific Northwest. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@adalbertbruce
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adalbertbruce @adalbertbruce.bsky.social · May 6
Dad, astride a Triumph Thunderbird, circa 1950 (possible location: Chicago, where he appeared in the 1950 Census). From a negative, which has been hidden away around 75 years. #1950s #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #kodak #motorcycle #negative #streetphotography #triumphmotorcycle
My father, Bruce W. Falk, wearing a leather jacket, on a Triumph motorcycle; on a sidewalk. The street is lined with 1950s-style cars, and multi-resident dwellings.
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An old painting of mine. #art #cosmic #painting #psychedelic #surrealism
A tempera painting, circa 1986, by me. It depicted a large white face, surrounded by intricate slashes of bright colors and symbols, including stars. I created it for a painting class. -JBF
February 4, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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My parents outside the Student Union/Constitution Hall, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; December, 1957. #35mm #35mmfilm #1950s #alaska #analogphotography #fairbanks #snow
Hazel M. and Bruce W. Falk, wearing winter coats, standing in snow by a building with a sign reading Student Union Building. An entrance with a sign stating Constitution Hall is to their right. December 1957. Unknown photographer. -JBF
February 4, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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A flight attendant (per slide caption) serving lunch; Wien Airlines Nome-Fairbanks Flight. Parental slide photo, circa 1958. #1950s #35mm #35mmfilm #airlines #alaska #analogphotography #slidephoto
A flight attendant on a 1950s Alaska flight offering a tray of food in glass bowls. She wore a sealskin outfit. The seats are large with white coverings. Photo by Bruce W. Falk. -JBF
February 3, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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A new video of an old collage cassette of mine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xl8...
Circa 1986 Montage Tape
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February 2, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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Sunset to moonlight (with Jupiter) on a cloudy day; 1-31-26. #celestial #jupiter #moon #oregon #sky #sunset
Waxing gibbous moon and Jupiter, behind clouds; with a cypress tree in silhouette. -JBF Almost full moon. -JBF Bright sun setting in clouds, with tree silhouettes. -JBF
February 2, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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A photo I took; Nidaros Cathedral; Trondheim, Norway; June, 2003. #analogphotography #cathedral #gothic #nidaros #norway #statuary #trondheim
An external wall of Nidaros Cathedral; Trondheim, Norway, showing rows of arches with stone devotional figures. -JBF
February 1, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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New video I uploaded, of an old cassette tape: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybGO...
Readings: Hedayat, Lovecraft, Meyrink, Kafka, Poe: 1986
YouTube video by Adalbert
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January 30, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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"In the old romance of the artist, any person who has the temerity to spend a season in hell risks not getting out alive or coming back psychically damaged." -Susan Sontag, in America, Seen Through Photographs, Darkly: On Photography.
January 30, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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In the foothills above Boulder, Colorado; 9 October, 2019. I again smelled the intense pine-rich air, after a 33-year interval. #boulder #bouldercolorado #clouds #colorado #flatirons #return #rockymountains
A panoramic view, showing an expanse of Boulder, Colorado Flatirons, with plains below. Roofs glint through pine trees, with a vast cloud-spotted sky. -JBF
January 30, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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A photo of me; Red Hook, Brooklyn; 1994. From a negative. Scoping out HPL's horror... #analogphotography #brooklyn #hplovecraft #newyorkcity #redhook #urbanphotography
A photo of me by Roman Scott, in Red Hook, Brooklyn. I wore a purplish shirt and blue jeans. I stood before a space showing debris from a demolished building. A cyclone fence and a brick building stood adjacent. -JBF
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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Sunset over the Bitterroot range, with crepuscular rays; Hamilton, Montana; 12 September, 2016. #montana #rockymountains #sunset
A view of a flame-orange sunset, over the Bitterroot Mountains; Hamilton, Montana: with trees and houses in the near distance. -JBF
January 29, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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A photo of me; Mt. Asama, Japan; 1995. #analogphotography #japan #skiing #snow
A photo of me, wearing a stocking cap, and a dark jacket. by Y. Sakata. A covered archway, with Japanese-language signs visible, opened to a vista of snowy ski slopes; Mt. Asama, Japan, 1995. -JBF
January 29, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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A new video, of an old cassette tape I recorded in the previous millennium: youtu.be/OAed-PfLbCA?...
Cassette Musique Concrète -- 1970s/early 1980s
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January 28, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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One more of Roman Scott, with one of his paintings; circa 1984. I believe this was in Laramie, Wyoming. Photo by Marc Myers. #analogphotography #outsiderart #symbolism #surrealism #weirdart
Roman Scott holds a dreamscape painting made by himself. His head peeked over the canvas (showing trees merging with eerie faces, in a desolate land), in a courtyard by a stucco wall. -JBF
January 28, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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Roman Scott; 1980s;the location was possibly in Wyoming. Photo taken by, and courtesy of, Marc Myers. #analogphotography #nightphotography
The late artist, and friend, Roman Scott. He wore a hat, blue jeans, and a blue shirt, with his hands in his pockets. He stood in dry brush, next to an imposing wall. Photo by Marc Myers. -JBF
January 28, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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Another photo from the total solar eclipse of 21 August, 2017: Selfie at totality; Madras, Oregon. #centraloregon #corona #eclipse #selfie
A selfie, showing my face washed out by a flash, against a dark sky, and the sun, with its corona flaring, eclipsed by the moon; 21 August, 2017. The whole has a psychedelic appearance. -JBF
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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New video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZG_...
Poetry Reading by Todd Mecklem, 3 August, 1987
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January 27, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Sunset; the evening before the total solar eclipse of 2017. Madras, Oregon (photo from 20 August, 2017). The eclipse was the second total solar occultation I've experienced -- the first was also in Oregon, in 1978 (though it was an overcast day). #centraloregon #eclipse #sunset
Silhouetted trees and rosy bars of dusk clouds, and a building; Madras, Oregon, 2017. -JBF
January 26, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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East of Ryoanji. #rockgarden #winter
A small, lightly-maintained bed of rocks, with an ornamental rock column with more rocks in an aperture on top. Shadows and grass, and part of a deck are visible. -JBF
January 26, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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Here's another new video I uploaded -- more material from a digitized cassette tape. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nWv...
More Clash of Guitars (and sound collages), March 1985.
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January 25, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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My great-grandparents, with my great-aunt Pearl; probably in Missouri. Circa 1900. #analogphotography #ancestors #blackandwhitephotography #sepia
January 25, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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New video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p04U...
Clash of Guitars, Fullerton, Nebraska: March 1985.
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January 24, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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A photo I bought once at an antique store. You wonder if they were rehearsing for something... #blackandwhitephotography #foundphoto #lonesome #rural #vintagephotography
A vintage photograph, showing two men in hats and overcoats, standing next to a lonely house with a car parked outside. Bare trees and a road are in the distance. One man is sighting through a scoped rifle. Unknown photographer. -JBF
January 24, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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Kyoto/Kyoto Tower; 14 September, 2023. #japan #kyoto #kyototower #twilight
Kyoto Tower, rising into a bluish sky of dusk; with a classical hall replica in the foreground. -JBF
January 23, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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A photo by Roman Scott, of me; Boulder, Colorado; April, 1985. Picture courtesy of David Scott. #1980s #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #bouldercolorado #colorado
A photo of me, with long hair, eyeglasses, and a watch, with my head resting on my hand. I had a backback on, and I was sitting on grass before what appeared to be an administrative building or office complex in the background. Photo by Roman Scott. Boulder, Colorado, 1985. - JBF
January 21, 2026 at 1:23 AM