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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · Mar 3

Hello! I’m Valerie. I ran the all-film photoblog your waitress for 15 years. Today I live in Kansas City, MO. This is my photo-only account. My personal account is @yourwaitress.bsky.social.

Self-portrait with my SX-70, 2018. Austin, TX.

#photographersunited
#photography
#believeinfilm

Color instant photo. Self-portrait of Valerie holding a Polaroid SX-70 camera up to a bathroom mirror.

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · 2h

Aww I love that! It is a special place.

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Johnny C @shoegazer75.bsky.social · 2h

I proposed to my wife at this fountain. I love that it is the focal point of so much KC-related action - but especially today.

yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · 8h

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
10.18.2025

A large crowd gathers for a protest next to a fountain with blue water.

A crowf of protesters sitting with some holding signs or American flags next to a fountain with blue water.

At a protest there is a donate clothing table and several signs including one the reads No ICE Due Process for all.

At a protest in a park a person sits on a chair with a poster of Don’t Obey Frogs in the style of Shepard Fairey.

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Valerie 📸 @yourwaitress.bsky.social · 6h

Fifth set of photos I took today at the huge #NoKings protest here in KCMO. Solidarity to all who protested or found other ways to resist. We will not be defeated.

yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · 6h

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
10.18.2025

In a crowd of protesters a man wears a chicken suit that reads: Taco Trump behind a protester carrying a sign that reads: OUR
HUDDLED MASSES WILL DEFEAT
YOUR FASCIST ASSES.

Two protesters wearing inflatables. A unicorn carrying a sign that reads: We are Antifascist. A left shark carries a sign that reads: Fuck ICE.

A crowd of protesters gathered in a city park. A sign in the foreground reads: No Kings. An American flag is tucked into a backpack.

In front of a large crowd of protesters one wears a chicken inflatable costume and holds up a sign that reads: Grab him by the nussy.

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · 6h

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
10.18.2025

yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · 6h

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
10.18.2025

A protester carrying a sign that reads: I heart USA. That’s why I am here.

Protesters on a sidewalk with signs that read:
TELL TRUMP NO MISSOURI REDISTRICTING. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE.
WHEN THE POWER OF LOVE
OVERCOMES LOVE OF POWER
ONLY THEN WILL THERE BE A CHANCE FOR TRUE PEACE.

A huge crowd of protesters, tents, signs and some American flags in a park.

A protest sign with a caricature of Speaker Mike Johnson and balloons reads: Only little bitches shut down Congress for Pedos.

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · 8h

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
10.18.2025

A line of protesters in a park near a busy intersection waving American flags and holding signs. One reads: How are the tariffs working out for you?

Two protesters wearing inflatable costumes. One is a pig in sunglasses holding a sign that reads: NOT A FASCIST PIG. The other is in a chipmunk costume holding a sign that reads: No fascist nuts.

A line of protesters holding signs and waving American flags. One sign reads: NOT PAID I HATE TRUMP FOR FREE!

A protester in a crowd wearing a sign that reads: ORANGE IS NOT OUR COLOR.

yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · 8h

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
10.18.2025

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · 8h

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
10.18.2025

In a park at a large protest a couple of people in inflatable frog costumes hold up signs that read: IMAGINEHATING AN IMMIGRANT MORE THAN A PEDOPHILE
END MASCULINE FROG-GILITY

A large crowd gathers in a park for a protest. There are several tents and a unicorn inflatable visible.

In a crowd in a protest a man in sits in a camp chair with a sign the reads: We Don’t Need No Stinking
KING!

Two protesters stand on a sidewalk wearing a dog and rainbow unicorn inflatable’s carrying signs that read: EDUCATION NOT DEPORTATION
TRUMP LIES WHILE AMERICA DIES

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · 15d

Sorry I have not been feeling very creative lately for many reasons and have not been posting on this account. Here is another place you can follow me. I hope all of you are safe and well.

♥️ -Valerie

Valerie 📸 @yourwaitress.bsky.social · 15d

Seems like a good time to post where you can also find me. I am not super active anywhere these days but I do like Mastodon.

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Valerie 📸 (@[email protected])

700 Posts, 130 Following, 205 Followers · 📸 Published film photographer 💖 #CatnamedYoda, democracy  KCMO | she/her

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Valerie 📸 @yourwaitress.bsky.social · 25d

I am deleting the previous missing persons posts so resources aren’t wasted. My family is so thankful.

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Valerie 📸 @yourwaitress.bsky.social · 25d

GREAT NEWS!

My sister Veronica has been found and is safe. Someone recognized her from a social media post on another platform.

Thank you again to everyone who shared the info. I am forever grateful. ♥️

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · Jun 15

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
6.14.2025

#photographersunited
#photography

A protester holds a sign that reads I voted for Kamala, not a fascist felon with a drawing of a hand that says S off.

A protester carries a sign that reads Keep Latina baddies.

two people wearing pink T-shirts with a picture of and the words Harvey Milk.

A protester carries a homemade sign that says, Keep the immigrants, deport the racists!

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · Jun 15

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
6.14.2025

#photographersunited
#photography

A large crowd of protesters in Mill Creek Park.

A diverse crowd of protesters in Mill Creek Park.

A table of T-shirts folded that read Fuck ICE.

A protester carries a sign that says Where is your anger? Where is your fucking rage. Other signs read Respect existence or Expect resistance and They grift we work.

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · Jun 14

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
6.14.2025

#photographersunited
#photography

A protester carrying an upside down American flag which is a sign of distress.

A protester carries a sign that reads Sic Senper Tyrannis.

A protester carries a sign with a caricature of Trump that reads When he speaks I throw up in my mouth a little.

Three white ladies sit on a park bench at a protest wearing paper crowns that read No Kings. One holds a sign that reads Resist tyranny. No kings.

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · Jun 14

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
6.14.2025

#photographersunited
#photography

A protester holds up a poster of the Statue of Liberty waving a banner that reads: No Kings.

A protester holds up a sign that reads: ctrl alt-right delete.

A protester holds up a sign with an American flag that reads Pro-America Anti-Trump.

A protester holds up a sign that reads No Crowns. No clowns.

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · Jun 14

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
6.14.2025

#photographersunited
#photography

A protester near a fountain holds a sign that reads: No Kings.

A group of protesters cross a busy street. One holds a sign w reads: Abolish ICE.

A group of protesters in a park. One is sitting in a lawn chair holding a sign that reads: No Faux King Way.

A protester is wearing a sign that reads: VACCINES PREVENT
MEASLES EDUCATION PREVENTS FASCISM.

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · Jun 14

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
6.14.2025

#photographersunited
#photography

Protester holding a homemade sign that reads: I hope your birthday sucks. No kings.

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · Jun 14

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
6.14.2025

#photographersunited
#photography

A crowd of protesters in a city park on a sunny day with some clouds on the sky.

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · May 19

Distant.
Manhattan, NYC, 2015.
Double exposure from the Multiple Exposures Project.

📸 Canon AE-1
🎞️ Kodak Tri-X 400

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#photography
#believeinfilm

A grainy double exposure photograph. On the left of a frame line is a woman with short hair wearing sunglasses and a striped shirt. One the right is a city street lined with cars and tall buildings. The Chrysler Building is visible in the distance.

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · May 4

#Handsoff protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
4.5.2025

#photography #starwarsday
#maythe4th
#resistance

A protester holds a sign with an image of Princess Leia and the words "A Woman's Place Is In The Resistance" at an outdoor protest with a crowd in the background.

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · Apr 22

Looking out.
Monterey Bay, CA. 2006.

📸 Canon AE-1
🎞️ Kodak BW400CN

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#photography
#believeinfilm
#earthday

A young boy wearing a two-tone long sleeve shirt and shorts stands in the water with his back to the viewer in the water on a seashore looking out to the horizon of the Pacific Ocean.

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