Frances Bukovsky
@francesbukovsky.bsky.social
Photographer + Writer making work about being a complicated body
Co-founding member Kinship Photography Collective
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Co-founding member Kinship Photography Collective
www.francesbukovsky.com
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‘It’s hard to stop rebels that time travel’ by Raymond Thompson Jr — published by Void — has won the 2025 Lucie Photo Book Prize in the Independent category.
A huge congratulations to Raymond for this well-deserved recognition.
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A huge congratulations to Raymond for this well-deserved recognition.
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Raymond Thompson Jr – It’s hard to stop rebels that time travel — Void
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November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
‘It’s hard to stop rebels that time travel’ by Raymond Thompson Jr — published by Void — has won the 2025 Lucie Photo Book Prize in the Independent category.
A huge congratulations to Raymond for this well-deserved recognition.
void.photo/its-hard-to-...
A huge congratulations to Raymond for this well-deserved recognition.
void.photo/its-hard-to-...
Of Mistaken Stars and Ponds to Fall Into
Zine making as meaning making.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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This week, join us for a thoughtful artist talk with John Healey. Triple Point: It's Only Water
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Triple Point: It’s Only Water with John Healey — kinship
Wednesday, October 8th, at 7 pm EDT on Zoom At precisely 0.01 °C and 611.73 mb, water can simultaneously exist in three states. It is under these exact conditions that we get a glimpse of the intric...
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October 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This week, join us for a thoughtful artist talk with John Healey. Triple Point: It's Only Water
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kinship.photography/gatherings-l...
This commission was the perfect fit. What a joy to collaborate with the folks at FirstWNC: www.francesbukovsky.com/firstwnc
FirstWNC | Frances Bukovsky
A commissioned photodocumentary project for FirstWNC about supported independent living for adults with disabilities in Western North Carolina.
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August 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This commission was the perfect fit. What a joy to collaborate with the folks at FirstWNC: www.francesbukovsky.com/firstwnc
Feeling gratitude for my photography practice on World Photography Day: open.substack.com/pub/francesb...
Ode to Photography
World Photography Day and Reflections on Photography
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August 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Feeling gratitude for my photography practice on World Photography Day: open.substack.com/pub/francesb...
Seeking river magic with friends, always.
August 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Seeking river magic with friends, always.
Last week there was a heat wave that was made more humid by corn sweat. The sweat of my own body reminded me of the corn field across from my grandmother's house, the talk stalks rustling in the ever present wind.
July 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Last week there was a heat wave that was made more humid by corn sweat. The sweat of my own body reminded me of the corn field across from my grandmother's house, the talk stalks rustling in the ever present wind.
Recently, over on substack: open.substack.com/pub/francesb...
Illuminating Self Through Photography
Reflections on using self portraiture as a tool of self reflection.
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July 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Looking forward to tonight's @kinshipcollective.bsky.social gathering: kinship.photography/gatherings-l...
These Volatile Bodies with Daniel Hojnacki — kinship
July 16th 2025 @ 7 pm EDT on Zoom The photographic practice is a product of all things elemental (water, light, time), inviting us to be in direct response to and in accordance with the natural chan...
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July 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Looking forward to tonight's @kinshipcollective.bsky.social gathering: kinship.photography/gatherings-l...
I sometimes look back at old work and realize that the vision for my photography has been there the whole time, I’m just so much more present to it now.
(From A Family of Complicated Bodies, 2018)
(From A Family of Complicated Bodies, 2018)
July 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I sometimes look back at old work and realize that the vision for my photography has been there the whole time, I’m just so much more present to it now.
(From A Family of Complicated Bodies, 2018)
(From A Family of Complicated Bodies, 2018)
This month’s studio reflection: on personal and professional photography practice.
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Studio Reflection - June 2025
Reflections on how my personal photographic practice informs my professional practice, and coming full circle with a photography project.
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June 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This month’s studio reflection: on personal and professional photography practice.
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Only a few spots left in my summer practice group: kinship.photography/practice-gro...
Bodies Connected by Fire with Frances Bukovsky — kinship
July 3 - July 31, 2025 Meets every Thursday from 6:00-8:00pm via Zoom for 5 weeks. In this practice group, we will explore and tend to our own embodied flames before turning our fiery vision outward...
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June 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Only a few spots left in my summer practice group: kinship.photography/practice-gro...
I asked my tarot deck “what do I need most right now?” and my deck (which has a sense of humor) responded “a magician.”
June 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I asked my tarot deck “what do I need most right now?” and my deck (which has a sense of humor) responded “a magician.”
Practice with me this summer on Zoom!
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Bodies Connected by Fire with Frances Bukovsky — kinship
July 3 - July 31, 2025 Meets every Thursday from 6:00-8:00pm via Zoom for 5 weeks. In this practice group, we will explore and tend to our own embodied flames before turning our fiery vision outward...
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June 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Practice with me this summer on Zoom!
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Somehow, it is the end of April. Spring always brings me back to life, and this year I have felt so much unfolding energy.
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Studio Reflection - April 2025
Drawn to the darkness in light and finding new ways to breathe through photography.
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April 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Somehow, it is the end of April. Spring always brings me back to life, and this year I have felt so much unfolding energy.
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Working in the garden is always full of surprises, like this not so little northern red salamander I stumbled across in the dirt pile. I carefully replaced the clump of soil I unearthed him under and left the pile alone for another day.
April 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Working in the garden is always full of surprises, like this not so little northern red salamander I stumbled across in the dirt pile. I carefully replaced the clump of soil I unearthed him under and left the pile alone for another day.
I am excited to be facillitating an upcoming practice group with @kinshipcollective.bsky.social this spring!
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Bodies Connected By Air with Frances Bukovsky — kinship
April 24 - May 22, 2025 Daytime: Meets every Thursday from 12 - 2 PM EDT pm via Zoom for 5 weeks. Evening: Meets every Thursday from 6 - 8 PM EDT pm via Zoom for 5 weeks. With a focus on self-po...
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April 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I am excited to be facillitating an upcoming practice group with @kinshipcollective.bsky.social this spring!
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kinship.photography/practice-gro...
Thinking of the purple flowers on my parents' lawn today.
April 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thinking of the purple flowers on my parents' lawn today.
This month’s studio reflection-a little shorter than usual, but I’ll be back at writing in a couple weeks!
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Studio Reflection - March 2025
Transition, uncertainty, growth.
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March 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This month’s studio reflection-a little shorter than usual, but I’ll be back at writing in a couple weeks!
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Been thinking a lot about the ways my creativity has been nurtured during chaotic times: open.substack.com/pub/francesb...
Studio Reflection - February 2025
On keeping creativity alive during times of chaos.
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March 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Been thinking a lot about the ways my creativity has been nurtured during chaotic times: open.substack.com/pub/francesb...
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This week at Kinship, join us for a fantastic talk with Rosie and Ann Villano:
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Rosie & Ann Villano: Between Bodies, Between Places — kinship
Join us via Zoom Wednesday, February 19th, 7 pm ET Join Rosie Villano and their mother Ann as they reflect on their ongoing inter-generational creative conversation about perception, people and the ...
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February 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This week at Kinship, join us for a fantastic talk with Rosie and Ann Villano:
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kinship.photography/gatherings-l...
I’m excited for this Thursday! I’ll be speaking about Upheaval and research practices in my photography.
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Don't Smile — Melissa Grace Kreider
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February 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I’m excited for this Thursday! I’ll be speaking about Upheaval and research practices in my photography.
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A great list to connect with other photo folks on Bluesky-thanks for putting this together Andy!
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February 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A great list to connect with other photo folks on Bluesky-thanks for putting this together Andy!
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