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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · 1d

"...you should go to the desert. It’s good for you."

Notes From The Desert... | Joseph Szymanski, Photographer

Somehow, it always manages to deliver. The perceived emptiness of it, stretching on endlessly. That profound quiet. Weather on the horizon. The slow, inevitable decay of rock into dust. Entropy. Deep…

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · 3d

Just finished 'Greyhound' by @joannapocock.bsky.social - Go get a copy. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Beautiful book...

Greyhound

Combining history, reportage, and nature writing with intimate moments of reflection, Greyhound tells of the journey from miscarriage to parenthood, and the purpose creativity gives to our lives wh…

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Indivisible SF @indivisiblesf.bsky.social · 4d

NO KINGS PROTEST IS COMING OCTOBER 18!!!
Protest the destruction of democracy!
No Kings march will be Saturday, October 18th, 1:30 pm at north end of Embarcadero Plaza (aka Bierman Park) & march to Civic Center Plaza for a rally.
This is a nonviolent protest.

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#NoKings #NoKings2

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · 5d

From another lifetime in a shitbox apartment in Nob Hill at midnight...
#analog #nude #sanfrancisco #nsfw

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · 8d

Sarah, on the rocks, Summer of 2025.
#figuremodel #sfbayarea #portraits #lingerie #fineart #art #oc #analog #fridayfavourites #ilfordfp4

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · 10d

Dicktator...
#resist #nokings #noice #sanfrancisco

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · 12d

My father wasn’t much for advice. He left me with two bits of wisdom before he died… “Never sleep with anyone dumber than yourself. Never own anything that eats or shits.”

Untitled... | Joseph Szymanski, Photographer

We ended up with this dog, 13 years ago, a little chihuahua mutt that we smuggled north out of Mexico . Turns out it’s extraordinarily easy to get a dog across the border. You really just drive…

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · 15d

Joshua Tree #hasselblad #xpan #art #photography #filmphotography #oc #joshuatree

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · 17d

Joshua Tree...
#art #photography #filmphotography #oc #joshuatree

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · 18d

Had to let this little one go yesterday. Absolutely gutted. It's dark times out there folks. Find somebody to love...
#beachdog #dog

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · 22d

Obligatory pit stop. Cabazon Dinosaurs.
#art #photography #filmphotography #dinosaurs #roadtrip

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · 23d

Joshua Tree. April of 2025.
#art #photography #filmphotography #joshuatree #desertlandscape

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · 24d

Glen Canyon. San Francisco.
#art #photography #filmphotography #oc #sanfrancisco

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · 26d

"We had a lovely trip to Barcelona and a rowdy family reunion back home in San Francisco, and last week my mother in law totaled the car. " #summer #photography #artblog #photoblog

It's been a summer... | Joseph Szymanski, Photographer

The first week of June my son got flattened at the roller rink in the park by a 170 pound man. The kid pulled a muscle in his ass and spent a week on the couch and another week limping around like…

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · Sep 4

My six year old just came home from school and told me he had art class today. He then tells me that if you make a piece of art and don't sell it then you basically did it for nothing and I'm absolutely fucking dying inside now...

How's your week going?
#art #parenthood #FML

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · Aug 26

Self Portrait w/ Child.
#photobooth #sanfrancisco #selfportrait

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · Aug 17

A short essay about solo travel as a woman and the power that can come from invisibility.
Thank you to British Vogue for going with this one…

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#solotravel #women #invisibility #BritishVogue #greyhound #simonedebeauvoir

What I Learned From Taking Two Solo Road Trips Almost 20 Years Apart

Author Joanna Pocock travelled across the US by Greyhound bus by herself in 2006 – and then again 17 years later.

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · Aug 12

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August 12th, Barcelona, 2am... | Joseph Szymanski, Photographer

Traveling with a six year old is not for the weak. The food drama alone is a nightmare, and my child is a notoriously good eater. Last night he ate an entire medium pizza, uninterrupted, without makin...

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · Jul 24

Interesting, and mildly depressing...
hackaday.com/2025/07/23/t...

The Death Of Industrial Design And The Era Of Dull Electronics

It’s often said that what’s inside matters more than one’s looks, but it’s hard to argue that a product’s looks and its physical user experience are what makes it inst…

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · Jul 22

Thanks 🙂

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · Jul 19

Span. Palm Springs, 2025.
#art #photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #palmsprings #california #leicam3 #cinestill400D

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · Jul 18

"Kelso Dunes is one of those places in California in the middle of nowhere that only really shows up on a map if you know where to look."
#dune #mojave #desertplanet #art #scape #believeinfilm #kelsodunes #photography

Unwritten Notes, Kelso Dunes | Joseph Szymanski, Photographer

Kelso Dunes is one of those places in California in the middle of nowhere that only really shows up on a map if you know where to look. It’s desolate and remote and absolutely stunning, a 45 square…

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · Jul 17

Storm Clouds. Palms Springs, 2025.
#art #photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #cinestill400D

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Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · Jul 15

Abandoned Cocktail. Palm Springs, 2025.
#art #photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #palmsprings #leicam3 #cinestill400D

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Steve Diet Goedde @stevedietgoedde.bsky.social · Jul 7

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- If you are using undocumented immigrants' tax records to find and kidnap them, then it was never about them paying taxes.
- If you are showing up at their place of employment, then it was never about them not working.
- If you are showing up at courthouses, then it was never about getting them to "do it the right way".
- If you are kidnapping women and children, then it was never about criminals.
- If you're refusing to give them due process, then it was never about the Constitution.
- If you are building concentration camps in Florida to keep them here in cages, then it was never about the border.
- If you're spending billions to do this, then it was never about the economy.
- And if you're doing all this in the name of a 34 time convicted felon, then it was never about following the law.

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