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Compositions of Black Joy
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Compositions of Black Joy is a book by street photographer and writer Tieshka K. Smith. COBJ features seven years of Smith's photos of the Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival in Germantown.

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Compositions of Black Joy @cobj-phl.bsky.social · Sep 26
Welcome to my feed: a mix of what matters and what catches my eye.

Here you’ll find #CompositionsofBlackJoy —news, updates, happenings—alongside my #streetphotography, new and old, capturing #unscriptedmoments.

Scroll. Linger. Experience both.

#PhiladelphiaPhotography #Phillyauthor #BlackJoy
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S U N R I S E
H O M E
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#UnJourUnePhoto
#Photography
#Photonovember
#November
#Autumn
#Sunrise
#Sky
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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11-10-2025: On this day in 2015 in Old City, Philly...it was raining then, like it's raining now.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #scapes
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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11-9-2025: This #unscripted moment was photographed Sept 2013 in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #scapes
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
cobj-phl.bsky.social
11-8-2025: Through a boy's eyes, part 2.
Taken November 2, 2011 on a bus from Philly to NYC.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #scapes
November 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
cobj-phl.bsky.social
Bonus for 11-7-2025: Billy Penn in the rain. Center City PA, sometime during spring of 2015.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #scapes
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
cobj-phl.bsky.social
11-7-2025: Some place else.

Photographed Sept 5, 2013 in the #Germantown section of Philadelphia, PA

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #scapes
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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11-6-2025: Cold as hell. Photographed December 13, 2013 in the #Germantown section of Philadelphia, PA

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhitephotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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The sky last night looked like someone had drawn very fine, white feathers on the pale blue horizon.

#sky #nature #eastcoastkin
Blue sky with very faint white lines that look like feathers were drawn.
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Goodnight my #bluesky friends! Sleep well and dream sweetly.💖🌊🦋✨️💙✨️

"There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less."

- G.K. Chesterton

#serenity #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #islandlife #westcoast #beauty #shoreline #waves #love
Sunset skies, the stage is set, stunning shoreline silhouettes. Seabirds sing songs in the shallows, serenading from the silent shadows. Sea and salt, stones and sand, in sculpted serenity, surrounded i stand.
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM
cobj-phl.bsky.social
11-5-2025: This #unscriptedmoment was caught June 28 2017 in Olde Kensington section of Philadelphia, PA

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #mural
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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11-4-2025: Friends in the rain. Photographed March 6, 2013 in the #Germantown section of Philadelphia.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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11-3-2025: Alone. Photographed June 14, 2013 in the #Germantown section of Philadelphia.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #reflection #blueskyartshow
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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11-2-2025: Breakfast. Photographed January 2014 in Germantown section of Philadelphia, PA

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #dinersofbluesky #blueskyartshow
November 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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11-1-2025: Germantown Reflections. Photographed June 12, 2013 in Philadelphia, PA

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #storefront #SEPTA
November 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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10-31-2025: Goodbye, October. Photographed October 10, 2025 at the Bok Building in South Philly.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze
October 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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10-30-2025: Bring back summer. Photographed July 2018 in West Philly.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #hydrant
October 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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10-29-2025: Gimme that one.
Photographed May 2019 in University City.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #icecreamtruck #facepainting
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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10-27-2025: Close enough. 😅
Photographed May 2019, somewhere in Philly.

#unscriptedmoments #hallandoates #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #constructionsite #graffiti
October 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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10-26-2025: She gave a new meaning to walking the dog. Photographed November 2018, Center City, Philly

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhitephotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #dogsofbluesky #urbangaze
October 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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10-25-2025: More balloons. Photographed June 2018 in the Cedar Park neighborhood, southwest Philly.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #streetstillness #urbangaze
October 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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10-24-2025: Somebody got a lovely surprise that morning. Photographed August 2019 in West Philly.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #streetstillness #urbangaze
October 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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10-23-2025: Today's #unscriptedmoment caught September 2021, Graffiti Pier, Philadelphia PA

#streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #streetstillness #urbangaze #mansbestfriend #dogsofbluesky
October 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
cobj-phl.bsky.social
A bonus #unscriptedmoment caught on Chestnut and S Broad Sts in Center City. Photographed Oct 22 2025.

#streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #flyeaglesfly #philadelphiaeagles
October 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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#ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #streetphotography #urban #photography
rnantel.bsky.social Richard Nantel @rnantel.bsky.social · 19d
Join us tomorrow for #UrbanGaze Thursday, our street and urban photography theme day and share your unique perspective. From bustling streets to quiet city corners, we want to see your best shots of urban life. Repost the ones you love for all to see. #photography #streetphotography #EastCoastKin
A poster inviting people to submit street and urban photos.
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM