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adalbertbruce
@adalbertbruce.bsky.social
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I'm into books, cinema, comics, photography (both analog and digital -- street photography, being in the right place at intriguing times), weird fiction, zines... Grounded in the Pacific Northwest.
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adalbertbruce @adalbertbruce.bsky.social · May 6
Dad, astride a Triumph Thunderbird, circa 1950 (possible location: Chicago, where he appeared in the 1950 Census). From a negative, which has been hidden away around 75 years. #1950s #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #kodak #motorcycle #negative #streetphotography #triumphmotorcycle
My father, Bruce W. Falk, wearing a leather jacket, on a Triumph motorcycle; on a sidewalk. The street is lined with 1950s-style cars, and multi-resident dwellings.
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Seattle waterfront at sundown, looking towards the Olympic Mountains. 29 July, 2021. #pacificnorthwest #pugetsound #seattle #sunset #washingtonstate #waterfront
The last glow of sunset appearing over the Olympic Mountains, beyond the waters of the Puget Sound (Seattle waterfront), and past part of the Great Wheel (Ferris wheel). -JBF
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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A photo I took; model shoot, Brooklyn Bridge, 1994. A photo of someone taking a photo... From a negative. #1990s #brooklynbridge #candid #model #negative #newyorkcity #photography #streetphotography #twintowers #urbanphotography#worldtradecenter
A photo of a photographer (from the back) capturing an image of a model with high heels, sheath dress, and flowing hair; on the Brooklyn Bridge. A passerby (woman in shorts) glances at me taking the photo. Nearby,the Gothic arches of the bridge, and, further off, the Twin Towers of the WTC rise.. -JBF
December 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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A photo I took; Heian-Jingu, Kyoto; 1995. #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #heianjingu #japan #kyoto #reflection #shrine
Bamboo structures in the foreground, and shrine buildings reflected in a lake; Kyoto. -JBF
December 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Photo of mom; late 1940s. Unknown location (possibly Portland, Oregon). From a negative. Atmosphere of noir and the postwar. #1940s #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #city #negative #realfilm #streetphotography #urbanphotography
A black-and-white photo of Hazel M. Falk. She was wearing a dress. She stood in partial profile on a late 1940s city street, with vintage cars. -JBF
December 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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In the grasses, 10 December, 2025. #fungi #mushrooms
December 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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A photo of me; Granary Burying Ground, while on a visit to Boston, part of a cross-US trip; August, 1986. From a negative. #1980s #analogphotography #boston #cemetery #graveyard #newengland
A photo of me, in a multicolored shirt and dark trousers, with hands in pocket; amidst Colonial-era gravestones; with trees in the background. Photo by Bruce W. Falk. -JBF
December 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Selfie, 1984. From a negative. #analogphotography #negative #realfilm #selfie
A closeup selfie, showing my face with eyes closed, over a shag carpet. -JBF
December 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Sunset, 12-5-25. #autumn #clouds #dusk #oregon #pacificnorthwest #sunset #sunsetgold #trees
An intense sunset flooding the horizon with gold and burnished yellow, beyond the silhouettes of trees. -JBF
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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From newspaper articles concerning my great-great aunt, artist/printmaker Norma Bassett Hall; (photo of her) from The Oregonian, 4 October, 1928; (print) in The Wichita Eagle, 18 March, 1929; via newspapers. com. #artist #graphicarts #normabassetthall #woodcut
December 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Double paris

#paris #france #streetphotography #photography #photographie #photo #photos #travel #streetphoto #street #streets #omsystem #om3 #olympus #landscape #nature #landscapephotography #city #photographer #reflection #flowers #flower #architecture #zuiko #Light #sun #parisian #french
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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"Downtown, Main & Water St., Panorama. Silverton, Oregon." Cirkut camera photo by June D. Drake, 7 May, 1929. There is a kind of melancholy, Edward Hopper-esque feel; not long before the Depression. Via ohs.org. #1920s #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #panorama #streetphotography
December 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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December skies... #clouds #december #sky
Fluffy clouds on a late December afternoon, with the sun fading, and with stark tree branches in the foreground. -JBF
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Here's a photo from 18 June, 2009, from the Old Market Square, Wrocław, Poland. I was on the track of the ancestral parsonage (or at least the spirit of it), from the previous post -- journeying by train from Berlin... I traveled again to Poland in 2015. #breslau #poland #streetphotography #wrocław
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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The parsonage where my great-grandfather, Ludwig Falk, spent his youth; Silesia, German Empire (now in Poland), circa 1865. My impression is that the edifice is probably non-extant. #analogphotography #ancestry #blackandwhitephotography #germany #sepia
A two story Gothic-styled building, with a cross, ivy, hedges; and somebody at the window. Home of my ancestors, including Ludwig Falk. In the German Empire. -JBF
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Parental slide photo, captioned "Nikolski gunners, Geiger and Moore." Circa 1958. It reminds me of a scene from some noir film; or maybe early Kubrick. #35mm #35mmfilm #alaska #aleutianislands #analogphotography #nikolski
Slide photo by Bruce W. Falk, showing two men appearing to shoot, at unseen targets, with handguns. One man in a dark shirt braced his arm on a wooden frame; the other man crouched. Wooden crates and a concrete structure appeared in the back. During the White Alice project. -JBF
December 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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A photo of me (center, on the left with the long yellow-looking stripe on my jacket), and friends/classmates; on a school outing, when President Jimmy Carter was visiting Mt. Hood Community College (Gresham, Oregon); 3 November, 1978. Also, a picture of Carter at the lectern, in the distance.
Me, and friends/classmates (and other onlookers, and some sort of sign, probably a protest message), from viewing points amidst shrubbery; at Jimmy Carter's visit to Mt. Hood Community College. Photo by Hazel M. Falk. -JBF President Jimmy Carter, just visible at a lectern in the distance, amidst crowds, and the back of two peoples' heads. The concrete structures of Mt. Hood Community College appear as a backdrop. -JBF
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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A slide photo, taken by M. Reed's great-uncle; Japan, circa 1960. #35mm #35mmfilm #analogphotography #japan #slidephoto #streetphotography
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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A photo I took; midtown Manhattan, 1994. #1990s #analogphotography #manhattan #negative #newyorkcity #streetphotography
A diagonal shot of bustling midtown Manhattan, in 1994; with a variety of passersby, channeled between buildings. -JBF
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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A picture I took; New York City, 1994. From a negative. #analogphotography #negative #newyorkcity #streetphotography
Passersby going in alternate directions, underneath a bilingual Chinese/English sign in New York City. The sidewalk and buildings disappear into the distance. -JBF
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Parental slide photo; with my grandmother sitting under that great midcentury-style clock, aunt in a blur, cousins, and uncle, on the other side of the table. My mother's back was to the camera; my grandfather on the left of the table. Seattle, Wash., circa 1958. #35mm #1950s #analogphotography
Photo probably by Bruce W. Falk, showing family and relatives with a large repast on a table. The two young people are drinking from glasses; a clock with large radiating spikes was on the wall. One woman (my aunt) is upright, in motion. -JBF
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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A new video of a 1980s recording I recently turned up: Me speaking with artist, Roman Scott; while he was working on a print at the University of Denver art building. #art #dreams #surrealism youtu.be/2lPvNJDeOhw?...
In Conversation with Roman Scott (with Jonathan Bruce Falk), Denver, 1-20-1985
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November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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A photo of me, at Mt. St. Helens; 1994. From a negative. #analogphotography #mtsthelens #negative #volcano #washingtonstate
A photo of me, standing on a low wall, 1994. I wore a short-sleeved shirt, and blue jeans. Mt. St. Helens and surroundings showed ample blast damage from the 1980 eruption (which I had witnessed from about 50 miles away). Photo by HF. -JBF
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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My great-aunt (wearing a hat), and mother; circa 1958. Location not known. #35mm #35mmfilm #1950s #analogphotography #slidephoto #streetphotography
My great-aunt Magda Lenox, and my mother, standing by a telephone booth. A classic 1950s car is in the background. -JBF
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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My mother (furthest from the camera) and her parents; circa 1958. Possibly in Seattle, while visiting. #35mm #35mmfilm #1950s #analogphotography #pacificnorthwest #slidephoto
Hazel M. Falk (in back), and her parents, in single file on a path, with houses behind. -JBF
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Parental slide photo; Nikolski, Aleutian Islands, circa 1958. The caption mentioned a name of one of the subjects -- that of Bernie Whitlock. #35mm #35mmfilm #1950s #alaska #aleutianislands #analogphotography #cigar #nikolski #slidephoto #whitealice #workers
Slide photo by Bruce W. Falk; showing his coworkers in side view, or partially turned postures. They wore patterned work shirts, near a storage trailer of some sort, and close to a treeless bluff. -JBF
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM