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Chris Jones
@chrisjones.io
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Enraged pedestrian. Hiker. Flâneur. Web dev. Photographer. Daydreamer. Recluse. Pro Bollard. Cars ruin cities.

Road full of promise, head full of doubt.

IRL: Kjipuktuk / Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Web: https://chrisjones.io
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Time to buff and oil up the ol’ Docs for the rainy weeks ahead.
A pair of dark red leather boots are seen oiled and shiny on a light brown coloured floor
November 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’ | An affecting interview with war photographer Don McCullin, including 19 of his most well-known photographs.

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

#photography #photojournalism
‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures
At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret
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October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Got my physical copy of the *Internet Phone Book* in the mail today, in which I have an entry. Proudly indie since 1996!

🔗 https://chrisjones.io/notes/1453/internet-phone-book/

#indieweb
A collage of two photos, the first showing the yellow cover of the Internet Phone Book, the second showing an entry of a personal website with its URL and some metadata
October 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Now that Canada Post has moved to rotating strikes I finally got my box of film developing chemistry. With the Sodium Sulfite and Metol I can make D-23, and I can add the Potassium Bromide to my Caffenol recipe.

🔗 https://chrisjones.io/notes/1452/better-developing-through-chemistry/
Three white plastic bottles, two smaller and one larger, holding powdered chemistry, labels showing Metol, Sodium Sulphite, and Potassium Bromide
October 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Noticed some new zebra stripes on my walk to work. Much better.

🔗 https://chrisjones.io/notes/1451/new-zebra-stripes/

#halifax
Newly painted zebra stripes on all four sides of an intersection with buildings all around.
October 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Got up on the roof this morning for the first time in years. I really should go up there more often, especially on beautiful sunny days.

🔗 https://chrisjones.io/notes/1450/halifax-panorama-september-2025/

#halifax #panorama
A wide panorama view of a small city, Halifax, Nova Scotia, from on top of an apartment building overlooking the residential part of the downtown area with smaller houses and office/residential towers under a bright blue sky
September 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Late summer beach grass, Hell Bay. Goodbye, summer.

Nikon F100 / Kodak Ultramax / Unicolor C41 / Epson V700 / Lunenburg, NS, CA / https://chrisjones.io/photographs/late-summer-beach-grass-hell-bay/

#NovaScotia #BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
Beach grass is lit by early evening golden sunlight as it is bent over from strong ocean winds
September 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Coffee talk, Hollis Street.

Nikon F100 / Kodak Ultramax / Unicolor C41 / Epson V700 / Halifax, NS, CA / https://chrisjones.io/photographs/coffee-talk/

#halifax #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm
Two people sit at a small table under a book shop window while another person sits alone at a table another another book shop window
September 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Window cleaner, Barrington Street

Nikon F100 / Kodak Ultramax / Unicolor C41 / Epson V700 / Halifax, NS, CA / https://chrisjones.io/photographs/window-cleaner-barrington-street/

#halifax #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm
A window cleaner in a red shirt at the top of a ladder leans in to clean a window on a light grey stone building above a quiet city sidewalk
September 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Community marketplace

📷 Mamiya 6
🎞 Fuji Acros 100 (original)
🇨🇦 Halifax, NS, CA
https://chrisjones.io/photographs/community-marketplace/
A utility pole is covered in posters advertising various goods, services, and events while the sun shines on a building in the background
August 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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A portrait of my neighbourhood's teeny-tiny Persian-restaurant-that-used-to-be-a-car-rental-shack.

📷 Mamiya 6
🎞 Fuji Acros 100 (original)
🧪 HC-110 1+119
🇨🇦 Halifax, NS, CA
🔗 https://chrisjones.io/photographs/from-cars-to-kebabs/

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
A very small restaurant in a former rental car lot shack with a tree shading the left side and various buildings behind
August 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Scoots exempt.

📷 Mamiya 6
🎞 Fuji Acros 100 (original)
🧪 HC-110 1+119
🇨🇦 Halifax, NS, CA
🔗 https://chrisjones.io/photographs/scoots-exempt/

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
Two e-scooters are parked underneath a no parking sign on a brick wall of a house
August 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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“Just leave the roads as they are!” says angry motorists driving on roads that weren’t left as they were when they were pleasant places to be on, enjoyed by people on foot, bicycle and horse, before the car was even dreamt of.
August 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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I can't afford a decent panoramic camera so this $50 all-plastic 35mm masked frame thing will have to do. Took it for a spin this week on my walk to/from the office. Will make a fun second camera.

📷 Reto Pano
🇨🇦 Halifax, NS, CA
🔗 https://chrisjones.io/photographs/stone-gate-bishop-street/
A wide panoramic view of stone wall with a stone gate in it with trees overhanging over the wall
June 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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A two-panel meme featuring a man in a red jacket (Drake). The top panel shows him rejecting the concept of "Driverless vehicles," while the bottom panel shows him approving "Vehicleless drivers." The background is yellow.
June 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Vehicle of a revolution.
Bishop St, Halifax.

📷 Mamiya 6
🎞 CatLabs X 320 Pro rated at 200
🧪 HC-110 1+49
🇨🇦 Halifax, NS, CA
🔗 https://chrisjones.io/photographs/bike-parking-bishop-street/

#halifax #BelieveinFilm #BlackAndWhite #mamiya6 #bicycle
A white bicycle is locked up and leaning against a Japanese Maple tree next to a set of wooden stairs, electricity meters are on the well next to it
June 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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This pic showing GHG emissions per capita in the Chicago region helps illustrate the positive impact of a public transit system and the higher density it needs and brings.
June 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Wharf meets water, Flores Island, May 2025

📷 Fujifilm x100t
🇵🇹 Santa Cruz das Flores, Açores, PT
🔗 https://chrisjones.io/photographs/wharf-meets-water-flores-island-may-2025/
Dark stones made of volcanic rocks are made into a wharf, steps lead down to the dark water, an iron ring rusts on a step
May 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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If the builders of these beautiful church steps are going to build them out of black-and-white volcanic rock then I'm going to photograph them. Incredible amount of work.

📷 Fujifilm x100t
🇵🇹 Santa Cruz das Flores, Açores, PT
🔗 https://chrisjones.io/photographs/church-steps-santa-cruz-das-flores/
Black-and-white stones are arranged in a geometric pattern to make steps in front of a church
May 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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A couple of days ago I hiked up the rim of a volcano in the Azores. Crater lake on the left, Atlantic Ocean on the right.

📷 iPhone 15 Pro
🇵🇹 Joao Bom, Azores, PT
🔗 https://chrisjones.io/photographs/a-hike-along-the-rim/

#azores #hiking #panorama
A panoramic photo taken from a high vantage point on the rim of a volcano, a hiking trail is seen in the middle, the crater lake is seen in the left, the Atlantic Ocean on the right
May 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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"Railroad Trestle and Approaching Storm". In Wyoming near the Nebraska state line. #holga #filmphotography #blackandwhitephotography
Black and white square photo taken with a Holga plastic camera. A small, wooden railroad trestle sits in the middle of nowhere in a very rural Wyoming field. The sky is filled with ominous, dark clouds; a portent of an incoming rain storm.
May 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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I forgot my fishing rod and licence so I stayed on shore and acted as photographer for my friend out in the canoe this morning. The cloudy skies gave me a chance to play with shadow and contrast.

📷 iPhone 15 Pro
🇨🇦 Hebbs Cross, NS, CA
🔗 https://chrisjones.io/photographs/lake-fishing-may-2025/
A person sits in a canoe slightly away from shore on a calm lake under cloudy skies, there are two posts at the end of a small wharf at the bottom of the scene
May 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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I have this little photography project going where I photograph utility connections on the side of buildings. This is one of my favourite collections.

📷 Contax G1
🎞 CatLabs 320
🧪 HC-110 1+119
🇨🇦 Halifax, NS, CA
🔗 https://chrisjones.io/photographs/connections/

#halifax #BelieveInFilm
Utility meters and a mess of wires are attached to the side of a house with wood siding. There are wires everywhere, of various colours, some even cut.
April 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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I saw this image on "What does it mean?" so my answer was, "See if your municipality has an Active Transportation map. Overlay the last image on it, and then you'll understand."

#urbanism #yegbike #urbanplanning #activetransportation
A Short History of Traffic Engineering 1800: Travel by horse and walking shows straight lines. 1900: Travel by horse, walking, and bicycle shows straight lines. Travel by trolley shows a slightly wavy line. 1920: Travel by bicycle and walking shows a straight line. Travel by trolley is still the same slightly wavy line. Travel by car is a shorter, more wavy line. 1950's - present: Travel by bicycle is a completely disjointed mess of short segmented paths which do not connect, interspersed with crossings all over the place. Travel by foot is a series of detours and crosswalks. Travel by transit is a series of big long detours. Travel by car is a straight line.
April 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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The Mamiya returned from service better, faster, stronger.

Side alley, Granville Street, March 2025.

📷 Mamiya 6
🎞 Kodak 400TX
🧪 HC-110 1+119
🔗 https://chrisjones.io/photographs/side-alley-granville-street/

#halifax #BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #mamiya #BlackAndWhite
A short alley between two dark brick buildings, near the back of the alley there is graffiti on the wall outside a closed-up window
March 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM