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Jason Bentsman

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Wayfaring Writer & Photographer // One photo a day (& others' great photos) // Bklyn Review, Offing, LitroMagUK, Mercurius, Tiny Mcules, AmBystander, MTL Review, HAD, Amstdm Qtrly, FStop, et al // FOLIO coming 89Books Italy www.linktr.ee/Jason_Bentsman

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · Nov 15

Read the E-Book... www.TheOrgasticFuture.com

“A 21st century HOWL” (AS, New Yorker & Vanity Fair)

a profound work of poetic nonfiction about the interconnectedness & depths of consumerism, plastic pollution, climate change, plague, runaway ego, predatory politics, & other threats facing the planet

Jason Bentsman | The Orgastic Future :: Poetic Nonfiction

“Visionary… something out of its own time” – “A 21st century HOWL” (A. Shoumatoff, New Yorker & Vanity Fair) – “An urgent read for every person living on the planet”

www.TheOrgasticFuture.com

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 1d

#preview of #film #photos via negative converter

{note: these #thumbnails are tinted / dimmer / cropped / lower res than the actual photos will be}

#photography #artshare #fotografia #filmsky #artsky #photosky #booksky #moviesky #laphotographie #filmisnotdead #analog #filmphotography #35mm #art

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 2d

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 3d

Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 4d

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 6d

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 7d

Appreciate it 🍸

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 7d

Much appreciated 🫠

Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 7d

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 7d

Appreciate it! 🫠

Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 8d

📷 New

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 10d

📷 a discovery from the Vault

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 12d

📷 a discovery from the Vault

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 13d

Hey, appreciate it

Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 13d

📷 a discovery deep from the Vault

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 14d

📷 a discovery from the Vault

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 16d

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 17d

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 20d

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 22d

appreciate it

Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 22d

Hi friends - I have a #photo in The Brooklyn Review, paired with a fine #story by Kate Broad. You can see it here
thebrooklynreview.com/2025/09/11/w...

#photography #photographer #artshare #fotografia #filmsky #artsky #photosky #booksky #moviesky #wanderlust #brooklynreview #thebrooklynreview #art

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 23d

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 24d

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 25d

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Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 27d

Is this a joke, or you in earnest? You sure know how to make friends online :)

Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social · 28d

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