David Straight
@davidstraight.bsky.social
Architectural Photographer. Also into books, walking everywhere, random bits of our built environment, landscape and assorted bits in between.
p.s - AI sucks.
https://davidstraight.net/
https://www.instagram.com/david_._straight
p.s - AI sucks.
https://davidstraight.net/
https://www.instagram.com/david_._straight
New Zealand holiday weather in four acts.
January 12, 2026 at 2:42 AM
New Zealand holiday weather in four acts.
Love this image
An image that captures what’s happening in Iran: a female protester raises a ripped down surveillance camera.
Photo via the Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights.
Photo via the Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights.
January 10, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Love this image
I’ve been thinking about this a lot for the last couple of days. Makes a lot of sense in a horrible and terrifying way.
For the past year I've had the feeling that the Trump administration's primary goal is the creation of content, and I expanded upon it here in the wake of our excursion in Venezuela
The Trump-Flavored Content Administration
Understanding the administration as a content mill
cooperlund.medium.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I’ve been thinking about this a lot for the last couple of days. Makes a lot of sense in a horrible and terrifying way.
Port Ligar, Marlborough Sounds, Christmas 2025.
December 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Port Ligar, Marlborough Sounds, Christmas 2025.
“His goal is to create images with depth and natural realism…”
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'Majestic' Mt Taranaki picture wins International Photograph of the Year Award
The Austrian winner, who began taking photography seriously three years ago, says he doesn't usually take part in competitions but felt 'The Land Before Time' was worth submitting.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
“His goal is to create images with depth and natural realism…”
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Tramping the Paparoa Range
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Tramping the Paparoa Range
The landscape of rare plants.
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The landscape of rare plants.
Reposted by David Straight
The cliché house (by @KarlreMarks)
November 17, 2024 at 6:35 AM
The cliché house (by @KarlreMarks)
Just like a real life Michael Parekōwhai work.
September 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Just like a real life Michael Parekōwhai work.
Bundanon Art Museum & Bridge, Kerstin Thompson Architects, 2021
September 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Bundanon Art Museum & Bridge, Kerstin Thompson Architects, 2021
Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Art Centre, ‘Riversdale’ , West Cambewarra, New South Wales : 1996-99 Glenn Murcutt
September 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Art Centre, ‘Riversdale’ , West Cambewarra, New South Wales : 1996-99 Glenn Murcutt
Aniwaniwa Visitor Centre, Te Urewera, John Scott 1970-76. Demolished nine years ago today.
Great to have some of these images included in Hamish Coney’s new book A Potent Way of Talking: Colin McCahon and the Urewera Triptych.
Great to have some of these images included in Hamish Coney’s new book A Potent Way of Talking: Colin McCahon and the Urewera Triptych.
September 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Aniwaniwa Visitor Centre, Te Urewera, John Scott 1970-76. Demolished nine years ago today.
Great to have some of these images included in Hamish Coney’s new book A Potent Way of Talking: Colin McCahon and the Urewera Triptych.
Great to have some of these images included in Hamish Coney’s new book A Potent Way of Talking: Colin McCahon and the Urewera Triptych.
Reposted by David Straight
For those unfamiliar with the artist, composer, and choreographer Meredith Monk, a new documentary provides a vibrant mosaic of her life and work, honoring her prolific output and celebrating her singular vision.
At 82, Meredith Monk May Finally Get Her Due
A new documentary honors the underrecognized avant-garde artist’s prolific output and celebrates her singular vision.
hyperallergic.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
For those unfamiliar with the artist, composer, and choreographer Meredith Monk, a new documentary provides a vibrant mosaic of her life and work, honoring her prolific output and celebrating her singular vision.
The landscape of rare plants. Nothing if not surprising.
August 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The landscape of rare plants. Nothing if not surprising.
This is wonderful.
The Strange Beauty of New York’s Bodega Ramps
www.nytimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is wonderful.
Notes from Otago.
August 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Notes from Otago.
One of my favourite train trips. Beautiful scenery. I remember going through the Bulgarian / Turkish border during a lightning storm. Though I did get put in a carriage with two Australians who earlier, upon realising they were on a wrong train, jumped off and were quite badly injured. Good times
August 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
One of my favourite train trips. Beautiful scenery. I remember going through the Bulgarian / Turkish border during a lightning storm. Though I did get put in a carriage with two Australians who earlier, upon realising they were on a wrong train, jumped off and were quite badly injured. Good times
Reposted by David Straight
Occasionally I come across an article in the foreign press that’s strikes me as so important that I want to share it with you. The following was originally written by an Israeli professor of law named Orit Kamir. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal-of-the-victims-of-the
July 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Occasionally I come across an article in the foreign press that’s strikes me as so important that I want to share it with you. The following was originally written by an Israeli professor of law named Orit Kamir. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal-of-the-victims-of-the
Reposted by David Straight
The god of small things: celebrating Arvo Pärt at 90
The god of small things: celebrating Arvo Pärt at 90
The Estonian composer’s music of simplicity, spirituality – and silence – is universally appealing and enduringly rewarding. We pay tribute ahead of his milestone birthday
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The god of small things: celebrating Arvo Pärt at 90
Reposted by David Straight
i can’t remember anything that has felt more foisted upon us than AI. repeatedly telling us why we actually need is like thinking a joke will get funnier the more you explain it.
July 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
i can’t remember anything that has felt more foisted upon us than AI. repeatedly telling us why we actually need is like thinking a joke will get funnier the more you explain it.
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
www.nytimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Some new images from my ongoing project looking the landscapes of rare New Zealand plants.
July 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Some new images from my ongoing project looking the landscapes of rare New Zealand plants.
Stuart House, John Scott 1977-1979. An immaculate home in suburban Napier, NZ.
July 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Stuart House, John Scott 1977-1979. An immaculate home in suburban Napier, NZ.