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Kurt Stepnitz

@ksteppy.bsky.social

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Currently freelancing from Mpls, USA. Former senior photographer at Michigan State U. 📷FujifilmX adopter 2012.. linkedin.com/in/kurtstepnitz/ www.kurtstepnitz.com

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Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Jun 1

An evening walkabout at the Spring Lake Park Reserve in Dakota County, Minnesota.

#dakota_county #landscape #fujifilm_xseries #mnphotographers #minnesota #sunset #nature #environmental

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · May 4

A pair of beaver-carved trees regenerate themselves. Mississippi River Gorge, Minneapolis, MN. #mnphotographer #landscapephotographer #mississippigorge #minneapolis #fujifilm_xseries #blackandwhite

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · May 1

Forest time, Fort Snelling State Park, MN, USA.

#fortsnellingstatepark #mnhs.info #twincities #mnstateparks #mnphotographer #wanderings #forestry #blackandwhite

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Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Apr 27

Evening jaunt, St. Anthony Main, Minneapolis, MN. #shadows #streetphotography #streetphoto #fujifilm_xseries #mnphotographers #Minneapolis #saintanthonymain

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Apr 23

A late Happy Earth Day post.
#earthday #environment #nature #mnphotographer #petroleum #industry #pollution #climatechange

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Apr 20

Brutal limestone, Co. Clare, Ireland, 2017.

#ireland #coclaire #visitclare #blackandwhite #fujifilm_x

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Apr 20

Love it, dude.

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Mar 26

Good night from Minneapolis. #mnphotographers #minneapolis #twincities

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Mar 25

Definitely more than I did when I engaged with IG. When I see inspiring work I'll look to their website to see related projects or the range of their work.

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Mar 2

Saint Anthony Main walkabout. #minneapolis #shadow #mnphotographers

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Feb 26

So many images to track down, this will do for now. Geology major->scientific photographer = I can't enough of a bird's eye view. Always end up with a stiff neck flying commercial. :)

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Feb 25

And then this happened, "You better take that photo quick boy, I don't get any better lookin' than this." - Waylon Jennings, 1980-something, Michigan Festival, East Lansing, MI.

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Feb 20

Prep time for tomorrow’s gig. Gonna be an all-prime outing. #fujifilmx #mnphotographer #upaa #bluesky

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Feb 19

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Feb 18

Bluey, dude.

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Feb 15

Most kind of you Connie, thank you!

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Feb 15

Head honcho, NYC vendor. #blackandwhite #streetphotography #fujifilm_xseries #nyc

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Feb 15

Window dressing, St. Paul, Minnesota.

#stpaulmn #twincities #smallbusiness #mnphotographers #haberdashery

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Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Feb 13

I met him while attending an Alex and Rebecca Norris Webb workshop some years ago. He was working on an earlier book The Last Car (also fabulous). Uber-talented.

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Feb 13

Andy, wanted to give a heads up on David Graham’s beautiful new book Locations From a Movie I Never Made. There’s a fine review at aboutphotography.blog/blog/locatio....

These Pictures Feel Like Movie Sets - The Cinematic Magic of David Graham’s Photography — about photography

I used to think photos couldn’t evoke true cinematic magic—until I saw David Graham’s work. His photography doesn’t just capture locations; it transforms them into untold stories. Every frame feels li...

aboutphotography.blog

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Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Feb 11

So much good happening here.

Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Feb 9

My better half and I are reading aloud Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Message and Rebecca Solnit’s Hope in the Dark.

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Kurt Stepnitz @ksteppy.bsky.social · Feb 7

NOLA breakfast, 2014. #NOLA #streetphotography #surreysnola #blackandwhite