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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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11-11-2025: Celebrating #VeteransDay. Taken in Germantown section of Philadelphia in 2015.

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November 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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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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11-8-2025: Through a boy's eyes, part 2.
Taken November 2, 2011 on a bus from Philly to NYC.

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November 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Bonus for 11-7-2025: Billy Penn in the rain. Center City PA, sometime during spring of 2015.

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November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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11-7-2025: Some place else.

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

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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

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November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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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.

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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.

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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.

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October 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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10-30-2025: Bring back summer. Photographed July 2018 in West Philly.

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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.

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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
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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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10-22-2025: An #unscriptedmoment under the tracks. Photographed May 2017 in Kensington, Philadelphia.

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October 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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10-21-2025: He just needed a place to think his thoughts. Photographed August 2018 in #WestPhilly.

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October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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10-20-2025: This #unscriptedmoment was caught at the #laundromat near my #WestPhillly apartment, June 2019.

#streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhitephotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #unscriptedmoments #children
October 20, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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10-19-2025: (late post)

Looking towards #PennsLanding, photographed July 2018.

#streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhitephotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #unscriptedmoments #SEPTA #streetstillness
October 20, 2025 at 4:45 AM