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Hotbox

Back to St. Augustine. This Airstream is parked outside Spinster Abbot’s and serves Hawaiian food. Haven’t been there yet, but I found their presentation here striking. Pentax 17, Fujifilm F-64D, ECN-2 development.

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An Airstream trailer is parked under an awning. Its back window has a sign in stylized lettering that reads “Hotbox Local Hawaii Food Sta. FL”, with an LED sign saying “OPEN” below it.
January 22, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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Paramount Theater

The Paramount Theater promotes its history with a set of posters about classic concerts that occurred there. In this picture, there’s a poster to the right of the door that you can read the year 1982 on. That was The Clash. I was […]

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The entrance to a brick building has a set of double doors. There are posters on either side of the door. The one on the right says 1982 and has a drawing of three figures. The one on the left says 1975 and has one person drawn on it. The building has a line of arches.
January 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Gracie & The Dudes

I wonder how ice cream is made after the bombs hit. Leica R4, Lomography Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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A storefront with a banner over the door saying “Gracie & The Dudes Homemade Ice Cream”. The sky is orange.
January 22, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Candy

The new Instax back for the Hasselblad from NONS requires a diopter over the lens to bring it back to its normal range. If you leave it off, your lens becomes like a macro lens. I left it off because hey, free macro lens, right? It works […]

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Multicolored candies (like M&Ms but not) sit in a plastic tub on a holiday tablecloth
January 21, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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My Favorite Building in Asbury Park

Once upon a time, this was a Howard Johnson’s restaurant. It was one of the last dozen or so survivors, but eventually shut down. The food was terrible when we went there about a year before they closed. A local […]

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A roughly circular building with many peaks running around its circumference sits on the boardwalk. A cement ramp runs from the boardwalk up to an outdoor balcony on the second floor.
January 21, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Basketball Court

After the apocalypse, you’ll need to exercise. Leica R4, Lomography Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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A basketball basket and court bask in the orange sky.
January 21, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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Notebook

I shot this at the DXpedition in October with my Hasselblad 500cm and the new NONS Instax Square full frame back. This is my friend Andy’s notebook where he kept notes on the stations he was hearing. Andy passed away a few weeks after this trip.

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A high tech fountain pen sits between the leaves of a notebook. One page, the one farther away, has writing on it. The page closer to the camera is blank. The depth of field is narrow enough that the reading is illegible.
January 20, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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Convention Hall / Paramount Theater

Iconic building on the boardwalk in Asbury Park. There have been some amazing concerts here. The Punk Rock Flea Market for Asbury Park tends to be here as well. Chroma Click (full frame), Kosmo Foto Agent Shadow […]

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A large brick building with two wings stands astride the boardwalk. To the left, a slightly taller building with a sign on it that says “Paramount Theater”. In the center, 9 pairs of double glass doors with a very tall rounded top window spanning the area above them. The building is ornately decorated.
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Showers

Great for washing off the radioactive dust. Leica R4, Lomography Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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A number of chrome hook-shaped tubes stand on the boardwalk. The sky is orange.
January 20, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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Birb

Seagulls love to hang out on the pilings at Belford Harbor. Rollei 35AF, ORWO UN54 (expired at least ten years), Divided D-76 developer.

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A seagull stands on top of one of the several pilings that recede into the distance.
January 19, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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On The Beach

Yes, this is a reference to the 1959 film of that name about survivors of a nuclear apocalypse. Leica R4, Lomography Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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Two distant ships are visible on the horizon of the ocean from the beach. The sky is orange and cloudy.
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Shack

This shack is in back of the Officers’ Club I posted a couple of days ago. Zeiss Ikon Nettar 516/17, Ilford PanF+, 510-Pyro, scanned and made into a digital negative with QuadToneRip, printed as a kallitype, developed in an Ammonium Citrate […]

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A shack is severely worn, with holes in the roof and boarded up windows and door. Trees stand behind it on left and right. The photo is hand-printed, with brush marks visible on the borders.
January 19, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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Road Work Ahead

Just east of Campbell’s Junction on Leonardville Road. Rollei 35AF, ORWO UN54 (expired at least ten years), Divided D-76 developer.

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A temporary diamond traffic sign says “Road Work Ahead”. Three traffic cones surround it. Across the street a landscaping company truck and trailer is parked.
January 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Please Watch Your Step

And don’t sue us, please. Chroma Click (full frame), Kosmo Foto Agent Shadow (Kentmere 400), Rodinal 1:50.

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At the top of the steps leading to the beach, a sign saying “Please Watch Your Step” is attached to the railing. To its left on the boardwalk, a shack where you can buy a beach badge in season. To the right, the beach and the ocean. In the distance at the center, Convention Hall, a large ornate brick building.
January 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Distress

The American flag only changes to these colors in severe distress. An apocalypse will do that to you. Leica R4, Lomography Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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A bench with an American flag painted on its back sits under a small metal pergola in front of a beach house. The colors are wrong.
January 18, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Claudie’s

This is the chicken place at Campbell’s Junction that had the Christmas rooster out front and the steer on the roof dressed in Christmas finery. This is from before that. Rollei 35AF, ORWO UN54 (expired at least ten years), Divided D-76 developer.

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A strip mall. The nearest building has a bull on the roof wearing a blanket that says “Army”. A sign on that building says “Claudie’s”, and a sign in the window says “Claudie’s Chicken”. A Chinese restaurant in the next building down says “Happy Garden Restaurant Chinese Food To Take Out Tel 495-3388.” Next to them is a cleaners. A few sedans are parked in the parking lot.
January 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Balcony

So you can get the best view possible of the incoming missiles. Yay apocalypse! Leica R4, Lomography Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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A three story modernist building with a balcony at the second floor level. There is a table and chairs on the balcony. Other houses are visible behind it. The sky is orange.
January 17, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Officer’s Club

I discovered this building a few years ago. It’s deteriorated considerably in that time, to the point that they’ve erected a fence around it and put barriers to the parking lot. The barriers were missing yesterday, though, so I was […]

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A very run down three story brick building. All the windows are replaced with wood. A chain link fence runs around part of it.
January 17, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Tree

A few weeks ago, I bought a blind box camera for charity from Adam James of the Shitty Camera Challenge. I received a Polaroid Model 80, which takes film that was discontinued almost 50 years ago. Determined to get a photo out of this thing, I […]

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An Instax Mini photo of a tree standing in front of a building. A bay is behind it.
January 16, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Restaurants

Two restaurants up at Campbell’s Junction. Rollei 35AF, ORWO UN54 (expired at least ten years), Divided D-76 developer.

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Two storefronts with cars parked in front of them. At left, Naples Ristorante Pizzeria, phone number 732-787-9479. At right, Belford Bistro.
January 16, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Water Park

This water park on the boardwalk in Asbury Park looks like fun in the summer. In the winter, not so much. Chroma Click (full frame), Kosmo Foto Agent Shadow (Kentmere 400), Rodinal 1:50.

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Large daisies, a large flowerpot, and a large hose sprayer are in the foreground of a water park. A large bucket on a tower is in the background.
January 16, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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More Beach Houses

You can’t escape the apocalypse by going to the beach, but people still try. Leica R4, Lomography Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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Two three story beach houses bask in the light of the orange sky. At left, a building under De/Construction.
January 16, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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Belford Brewing

The new location, just around the corner from their old place, which I posted yesterday. Rollei 35AF, ORWO UN54 (expired at least ten years), Divided D-76 developer.

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Two storefronts form a unified whole, with banners hanging from the awning. A sign in the right storefront says “Belford Brewing”, and another in the left storefront says “Jersey Fresh Craft Beer”.
January 15, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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Playground

Seen on the beach in Asbury Park. Chroma Click (full frame), Kosmo Foto Agent Shadow (Kentmere 400), Rodinal 1:50.

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A children’s gym set is on the beach
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Beach Houses

People have houses at the beach, but the sky is still orange from the apocalypse. Leica R4, Lomography Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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A four story beach house sits beside the boardwalk. Other houses are visible behind it along the boardwalk. The sky is orange.
January 15, 2026 at 12:21 PM