Dave Cooper
@davecooperphoto.bsky.social
Photographer + Filmmaker
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This is awful, cruel, and will cause a lot of pain.
It's being reported that New Zealand has banned puberty blockers for transgender youth. I removed New Zealand from my recommendations to families fleeing a while back after the far right saw a surge in power in the country.
Sad day for NZ trans youth.
Sad day for NZ trans youth.
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This is awful, cruel, and will cause a lot of pain.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
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John Lennon, New York City, 1974. Bob Gruen. Dye coupler, 2007.
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
John Lennon, New York City, 1974. Bob Gruen. Dye coupler, 2007.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
On our anniversary last year #photography
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
On our anniversary last year #photography
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I don't think people really internalize the knowledge that in 1860, the outright majority of the populations of South Carolina and Mississippi was enslaved, as well as over 40% of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana, and over 30% of North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Staggering numbers!
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I don't think people really internalize the knowledge that in 1860, the outright majority of the populations of South Carolina and Mississippi was enslaved, as well as over 40% of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana, and over 30% of North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Staggering numbers!
I’m not a heavy drinker, but I am a big fan of good beer. Last weekend in Frederick, MD, we sat for a time at Olde Mother Brewing. Loved this Barrel-aged Imperial Stout called Matriarch. #beer
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I’m not a heavy drinker, but I am a big fan of good beer. Last weekend in Frederick, MD, we sat for a time at Olde Mother Brewing. Loved this Barrel-aged Imperial Stout called Matriarch. #beer
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The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
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Tardee Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter.
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Tardee Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter.
Something to explain to your stupid family members over turkey in a few weeks.
With Elon Musk’s new $1 trillion contract, he could make $11.4 MILLION per HOUR for the next 10 years.
He’s not creating his profits, working people are!
The “Four Comma Club” shouldn’t exist. A union contract is how we start to level the playing field. https://wapo.st/47O88M4
He’s not creating his profits, working people are!
The “Four Comma Club” shouldn’t exist. A union contract is how we start to level the playing field. https://wapo.st/47O88M4
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Something to explain to your stupid family members over turkey in a few weeks.
Wedding photography gets a very bad wrap. In reality, it’s a rare opportunity to see and feel the frisson of emotions, document them forever, and be part of a very special day. I haven’t shot a wedding in years. This was one of my favs. #weddingphotography #photography
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Wedding photography gets a very bad wrap. In reality, it’s a rare opportunity to see and feel the frisson of emotions, document them forever, and be part of a very special day. I haven’t shot a wedding in years. This was one of my favs. #weddingphotography #photography
Some #filmmaking #bts of my project shot on location in #luxor #egypt. It was an incredible opportunity to see a newly-discovered tomb in the Valley of the Nobles before it was open to the public.
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Some #filmmaking #bts of my project shot on location in #luxor #egypt. It was an incredible opportunity to see a newly-discovered tomb in the Valley of the Nobles before it was open to the public.
My daughter—now 23!—sitting atop a big ole pumpkin. Shot on my Rolleiflex. The lab screwed up the negative but I still love it. #photographersofbluesky #photography
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My daughter—now 23!—sitting atop a big ole pumpkin. Shot on my Rolleiflex. The lab screwed up the negative but I still love it. #photographersofbluesky #photography
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Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
Ripples on the pond leading the way
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Ripples on the pond leading the way
Every so often I go through periods of forgetting the number one rule as a #photographer: Document your life. I’m always closer to my ideal self when I get back to it. Side note: Big props to #leica for the beautiful app design that brings the joy of contact sheets to my phone with their app.
November 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Every so often I go through periods of forgetting the number one rule as a #photographer: Document your life. I’m always closer to my ideal self when I get back to it. Side note: Big props to #leica for the beautiful app design that brings the joy of contact sheets to my phone with their app.
Walking through Manhattan I noticed this man fast asleep on a bench, mid-book and mid-cigarette. I snapped a shot and suddenly a burst a wind knocked his book from his lap, waking him immediately. I pressed the shutter a final time. #streetphotography #photography
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Walking through Manhattan I noticed this man fast asleep on a bench, mid-book and mid-cigarette. I snapped a shot and suddenly a burst a wind knocked his book from his lap, waking him immediately. I pressed the shutter a final time. #streetphotography #photography
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harvard medical school got bombed yesterday and it barely made news
A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates.
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Authorities Investigating Explosion on Harvard’s Medical Campus, Believed To Be Intentional | News | The Harvard Crimson
A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University…
www.thecrimson.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
harvard medical school got bombed yesterday and it barely made news
Making the best of the weekend, as daylight leaves. #photographer
November 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Making the best of the weekend, as daylight leaves. #photographer
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The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
Here’s where I am as an “American:” who fucking cares. None of this changes anything. Nothing changes anything. I’m tired of grasping for hope in a hopeless country that loves rapists, child molesters, and ripping brown families to shreds.
BREAKING: The full bench of the 9th circuit has agreed to take up the Portland National Guard case and vacated the panel decision that had blessed Trump’s deployment.
October 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Here’s where I am as an “American:” who fucking cares. None of this changes anything. Nothing changes anything. I’m tired of grasping for hope in a hopeless country that loves rapists, child molesters, and ripping brown families to shreds.
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A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
October 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
Seriously
Never imagined our law enforcement would look like this.
October 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Seriously