Duquann Sweeney
@duquannsweeney.bsky.social
Photographer
https://www.duquannsweeney.com/
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Incredible to see an all-Black band from Tulsa parade through the streets less than five years after the Tulsa massacre of African Americans by white mobs.
Nov. 26, 1925: A Thanksgiving march by the Muskogee Symphony Band of Tulsa. (video link in thread)
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Incredible to see an all-Black band from Tulsa parade through the streets less than five years after the Tulsa massacre of African Americans by white mobs.
I hate it.
this extremely fashy Trump cult of personality ad featuring Kristi Noem ran this morning on Fox & Friends
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I hate it.
We are living in times where questions like "How are you doing? "How is your family doing?" are real important questions. I said this during the pandemic, and I'm saying it again.
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
We are living in times where questions like "How are you doing? "How is your family doing?" are real important questions. I said this during the pandemic, and I'm saying it again.
THIS!
"I needed—still need—to remember that a life of freedom and a commitment to beauty, a life like Abigail McGrath’s, is still possible."
Kaitlyn Greenidge
"I needed—still need—to remember that a life of freedom and a commitment to beauty, a life like Abigail McGrath’s, is still possible."
Kaitlyn Greenidge
You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
THIS!
"I needed—still need—to remember that a life of freedom and a commitment to beauty, a life like Abigail McGrath’s, is still possible."
Kaitlyn Greenidge
"I needed—still need—to remember that a life of freedom and a commitment to beauty, a life like Abigail McGrath’s, is still possible."
Kaitlyn Greenidge
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"Where are the Black photographers?" Deborah Willis on how she turned that question into an artistic mission. n.pr/4pqMJQ5
'Reflections in Black' celebrates history of Black photography with expanded issue
"Where are the Black photographers?" Deborah Willis on how she turned that question into an artistic mission.
n.pr
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Where are the Black photographers?" Deborah Willis on how she turned that question into an artistic mission. n.pr/4pqMJQ5
"I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
I think it's time to kill for our women
Time to heal our women, be real to our women"
Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
I think it's time to kill for our women
Time to heal our women, be real to our women"
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
"I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
I think it's time to kill for our women
Time to heal our women, be real to our women"
Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
I think it's time to kill for our women
Time to heal our women, be real to our women"
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I want people to displace the imaginary depictions of *revolutions* that they have come to create in their heads with the actual small revolutionary acts that happen daily. We might get closer to revolution that way.
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I want people to displace the imaginary depictions of *revolutions* that they have come to create in their heads with the actual small revolutionary acts that happen daily. We might get closer to revolution that way.
Not to brag, but we had the coolest table at career day.
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Not to brag, but we had the coolest table at career day.
We had a good time!
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We had a good time!
Today, my friends/photographers and I are going to career day at the high school I graduated from, to talk about photography as a career. I'm excited to talk with the young folks about art, and I might show them my yearbook picture (I was the class clown LOL).
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Today, my friends/photographers and I are going to career day at the high school I graduated from, to talk about photography as a career. I'm excited to talk with the young folks about art, and I might show them my yearbook picture (I was the class clown LOL).
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'A young Kenyan woman holds her pet deer in Mombassa, March 1909.'
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
'A young Kenyan woman holds her pet deer in Mombassa, March 1909.'
Book of the day:
The Sweet Breath of Life
The Sweet Breath of Life
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Book of the day:
The Sweet Breath of Life
The Sweet Breath of Life
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Yesterday we honored victims of traffic violence in Jersey City, NJ as part of the Word Day of Remembrance.
Traffic violence in NJ has claimed more than 500 lives this year. These deaths are preventable. @familiesforsafestreets.org
#WDOR2025 #SAFESTREETS
Traffic violence in NJ has claimed more than 500 lives this year. These deaths are preventable. @familiesforsafestreets.org
#WDOR2025 #SAFESTREETS
November 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Yesterday we honored victims of traffic violence in Jersey City, NJ as part of the Word Day of Remembrance.
Traffic violence in NJ has claimed more than 500 lives this year. These deaths are preventable. @familiesforsafestreets.org
#WDOR2025 #SAFESTREETS
Traffic violence in NJ has claimed more than 500 lives this year. These deaths are preventable. @familiesforsafestreets.org
#WDOR2025 #SAFESTREETS
Hey, look Jersey City.
It's our friend Pu! She is amazing👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
It's our friend Pu! She is amazing👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I’m proud to call Jennie Pu a friend. She helped get the NJ Freedom to Read Act across the finish line. We sat side by side when we testified before the NJ Assembly Education Committee, which you can see in @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social. Jennie’s the REAL joyful warrior!
Meet the NJ Librarian Who’s Taking on the Culture Wars
Hoboken Public Library director Jennie Pu has helped libraries across New Jersey remain safe spaces amid censorship and book bans.
njmonthly.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey, look Jersey City.
It's our friend Pu! She is amazing👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
It's our friend Pu! She is amazing👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
“The stutter … (cc)can be a musical instrument”
JJJJJerome Ellis
JJJJJerome Ellis
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“The stutter … (cc)can be a musical instrument”
JJJJJerome Ellis
JJJJJerome Ellis
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Remember: "Don't let the bastards grind you down!"
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Remember: "Don't let the bastards grind you down!"
One of the most difficult things in my life right now is taking care of my elderly mother.
November 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
One of the most difficult things in my life right now is taking care of my elderly mother.
If you have time, please check out my conversation about photography, community and so much more.
natkalbach.substack.com/p/episode-14...
natkalbach.substack.com/p/episode-14...
Episode 14: Photography as an Act of Care with Duquann Sweeney
OR Keep it Going
natkalbach.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If you have time, please check out my conversation about photography, community and so much more.
natkalbach.substack.com/p/episode-14...
natkalbach.substack.com/p/episode-14...
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A walk outside for clarity. Recent photographs, 11102025
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A walk outside for clarity. Recent photographs, 11102025
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To get away from the woes of the world, by the show of hands 👋🏾 who would like to see beautiful photographs by me?
February 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
To get away from the woes of the world, by the show of hands 👋🏾 who would like to see beautiful photographs by me?
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I thought about a story I read or heard about two Black people standing on a long line at an airport, I believed they were friends. (I'm paraphrasing) While standing on line, white people kept squeezing in between the two of them to get to the other side of the airport.
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I thought about a story I read or heard about two Black people standing on a long line at an airport, I believed they were friends. (I'm paraphrasing) While standing on line, white people kept squeezing in between the two of them to get to the other side of the airport.
I brought a ficus plant for my friend's mother, it was so nice to look at it. I had to buy one for myself.
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I brought a ficus plant for my friend's mother, it was so nice to look at it. I had to buy one for myself.
I would dream about getting rid of all the things that would stop a person from getting their basic needs met.
what would you dream of if your basic needs were met?
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I would dream about getting rid of all the things that would stop a person from getting their basic needs met.