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Bob Shonkoff
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Just trying to pay attention.

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Just around the corner is this fence of a church garden. It's intended to make me feel hopeful, and it works for about a minute... and every minute of hope helps.

#peace #hope #photographyislife #visualstorytelling #fromthestreetswithlove #bayareaphotographer #lensculturestreets #fuji #x100v
April 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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A "splash pad" often provides the opportunity to find an image worth making, and a moment worth sharing... or so I keep telling myself.

#photography #streetphotography #photographyislife #visualstorytelling #bayareaphotographer #lensculturestreets #fuji #x100v
February 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Reflecting on Valencia Street in The Mission

#reflections #themission #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscoworld #Xseries #fujifilmxseries #fujifilmx_us #fujifilm_ #x100v #photographyislife #visualstorytelling #bayareaphotographer #streetcapture #lensonstreet #streetphotography #lensculturestreets
February 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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When wearing blue is all it takes to stand out in a crowd.

#blue #museum #SFMOMA #museumlovers #yoursfmoma #Xseries #fujifilmxseries #fujifilmx_us #fujifilm_ #fujilove #x100v #xt3 #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscoworld #mysanfrancisco #ilovesf
January 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Went to search for shadows and a framed chair... what are the odds?

#mareislandnavalshipyard #vallejo #bayarea #shadow #Xseries #fujifilmxseries #fujifilmx_us #fujifilm_ #fujilove, #Xt3 #photographyislife #visualstorytelling #bayareaphotographer
January 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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There are times when you shouldn't feel guilty if you're just sitting quietly on the side and watching the steam rise. Just keep an eye on it, don't get consumed by it, and be ready to move when the time is right. #metaphor

#streetphotography #photographyislife #visualstorytelling
#fuji #x100v
January 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Short Days. Long Shadows.

#russianhill #shadows #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscoworld #Xseries #fujifilmxseries #fujifilmx_us #fujifilm_ #fujilove, #x100v #photographyislife #visualstorytelling #bayareaphotographer #streetcapture #lensonstreet #streetphotography #lensculturestreets
January 18, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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The best moments in life are the ones we never see coming.

#oakland #chinatownoakland #red #photography
#streetphotography #photographyislife #visualstorytelling
#fromthestreetswithlove #street_captures #bayareaphotographer #lensculturestreets #fuji #x100v
#eastbay #bayarea
January 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Walking around Union Square today with just one goal... looking for some motion.

#cablecarsanfrancisco #cablecars #sfphotocrawl #unionsquaresf #sanfrancisco #Xseries #fujifilm #xt3 #photographyislife #visualstorytelling #lensculturestreets #lensonstreet #photography #streetphotography
January 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Contemplating the shady differences between gray and grey.

#SFMOMA #sanfrancisco #photography #streetphotography #photographyislife #visualstorytelling #fromthestreetswithlove #street_captures #bayareaphotographer #lensculturestreets #fuji #x100v
December 27, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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Cabdriver blowing his horn.

#taxidriver #cabdriver #rome #roma #trumpet #horn #photography #streetphotography #photographyislife #visualstorytelling #fromthestreetswithlove #street_captures #lensculturestreets
#fuji
December 26, 2024 at 5:35 AM
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At first, I thought it was only me noticing disturbing things on my walk. Then I saw him... Frosty the Hitman, just standing there and gloating!

#photography #photographyislife #visualstorytelling #fromthestreetswithlove #street_captures #bayareaphotographer #lensculturestreets #fuji #humor
December 23, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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That moment in Times Square when all my illusions were shattered...

#newyorkcity #timessquare #cookiemonster #revealing
#photography #streetphotography #photographyislife
#visualstorytelling #streetphotography #fromthestreetswithlove #street_captures #lensculturestreets #fuji #xT3
December 20, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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Don't give up the search...

#sanfrancisco #northbeach #bayarea #photography
#photographyislife #visualstorytelling #bayareaphotographer
#fuji #xt3 #recordstore #vinyl #Xseries #fujifilmxseries #music
December 19, 2024 at 3:09 AM
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It’s easy to find great art at SFMOMA but it's special to find “googly eyes”

#sfmoma #googlyeyes #sanfrancisco #bayarea #photography #photographyislife #visualstorytelling#bayareaphotographer #fuji #x100v
December 16, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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Every child is an artist. Every artist is a child.

#sfmoma #diegorivera #thegrinder #photography #artphotography #museumphotography #museum #photographyislife #visualstorytelling #fuji #x100v #juxtaposition
Little girl in museum sketching in front of the Diego Rivera painting "The Grinder"
December 14, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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Everyone you will ever meet has issues...

#biddefordmaine #photography #streetphotography #photographyislife #visualstorytelling #streetphotography
#fromthestreetswithlove #street_captures #lensculturestreets #fuji #x100v
December 13, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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Ever get a shot where there are just way too many metaphors to count?

#whidbeyisland #fortcasey #washingtonstate #cannon #metaphor #visualstorytelling #Xseries #fujifilmxseries #xt3 #stormclouds #blackandwhite #photography
Little boy sitting on edge of cannon looking out at storm clouds at Fort Casey, Whidbey Island, Washington State
December 11, 2024 at 4:56 AM
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Truth...

#photography #photographyislife
December 10, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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Skateboarders of Haight Ashbury

#sanfrancisco #haightashbury #amoebarecords #skateboarders #photography #streetphotography
#photographyislife #visualstorytelling #bayareaphotographer
#streetphotography #fromthestreetswithlove #street_captures
#lensculturestreets #fuji #x100v
Three teenage skateboarders holding their boards, standing in Amoeba Records Store in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury.
December 9, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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It's Christmas time in the city.

#sanfrancisco #christmasinthecity #nosmoling #photography #streetphotography #photographyislife #visualstorytelling #bayareaphotographer
#streetphotography #fromthestreetswithlove #street_captures #lensculturestreets #fuji #x100v
December 7, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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Window shopping as hazardous duty

#unionsquare #sanfrancisco #photography #streetphotography #photographyislife
#visualstorytelling #bayareaphotographer #streetphotography #fromthestreetswithlove
#street_captures #lensculturestreets #fuji #x100v
December 4, 2024 at 7:55 PM
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"Don't turn around... there's a baby cop with a gun behind you."

#photography #streetphotography #photographyislife #visualstorytelling #bayareaphotographer #streetphotography #fromthestreetswithlove
#street_captures #lensculturestreets
December 3, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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The Conquistadors

#conquistador #heatlamp #x100v #photography #streetphotography #photographyislife #visualstorytelling #bayareaphotographer #streetphotography #fromthestreetswithlove #street_captures #lensculturestreets
December 2, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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When the rain stops, street painting can reflect and reveal itself in unintended ways.

#photographyislife #visualstorytelling #bayareaphotographer #x100v #photography #streetphotography #streetphotographers #streetart #streetpainting #reflections
November 30, 2024 at 10:12 PM