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flora & philadelphia unedited, hard to place in time 📷🎞️ analog 👍🦮 dog dad minolta sr-t 101 | yashica tl-electro canon rebel xs | pentax me | nikon fe ben franklin bridge photo book 👇 https://www.blurb.com/b/12376704-ben-franklin-bridge

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charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · Feb 10

charlie, 30s, philly transplant
dog father & analog photographer
minolta srt-101
yashica tl-electro (flawed)
canon rebel xs
pentax me
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lomo lubitel 2 (needs repair)
nikon fe

#filmphotography #photographer #philly #rescuedog #cameracollection #selfportrait

black and white photo of a collection of four slr film cameras; front row (l-r): pentax me, minolta srt-101; back row (l-r): yashica tl-electro, canon rebel xs; three cameras are old with black and silver metal bodies, the canon is a newer black plastic

black and white photo of the benjamin franklin bridge from below on the shore near the base of the bridge; the race st pier is on the right

black and white self-portrait in the mirror; the photographer makes eye-contact, smiling, above the camera, and wears glasses and a black tee, he has a snake tattoo on the right arm; the camera is a black

black and white photo of a pitbull-foxhound mix dog laying on her side on a couch; her white underbelly and front legs are visible, paws resting together; part of her face and her back are a darker color; her head lays on a striped pillow and there is a checkered blanket behind her; she looks softly at the camera

charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 21h

passes over water
schuylkill river, philadelphia
september '25
📷: nikon fe
🎞️: lomography '92 sun-kissed

#trainbridge #bridge #industrialarchitecture #philly #river #urbanlandscape #urbangaze #filmphotography #photography #eastcoastkin #philadelphia #schuylkillriver

photo of bridges over the schuylkill river with the downtown philadelphia skyline in the background; diagonally in the foreground is an freight train bridge; close above the water on the right is a pedestrian walkway; further back is an old freight train bridge; the water is deep blue, the sky is light blue with scattered fluffy white clouds

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charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 1d

a means of freedom
august '25
📷: pentax spotmatic
🎞️: fomapan classic 100

#vespa #urbangaze #urbanphotography #filmphotography #photography #eastcoastkin #classicmono #philadelphia #philly

black and white photo of a light-colored vespa parked on a narrow brick sidewak, with late 18th century row homes in the back on the right

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charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 3d

this really is what trying to talk to a real human for customer service feels like

charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 3d

inauspicious sign
penn's landing marina
august '25
📷: pentax spotmatic
🎞️: fujifilm superia 200

#marinas #philadelphia #filmphotography #photography #eastcoastkin #classicmono #urbangaze #philly #tallship

photo looking across a marina at a tall ship; there are clouds in the light blue sky, one is casting a shadow over part of the ship

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charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 4d

heavy hang of summer stillness
penn's landing marina
september '25
📷: pentax spotmatic
🎞️: fomapan classic 100

#marinas #philadelphia #filmphotography #photography #eastcoastkin #classicmono #urbangaze #philly

black and white photo looking across penn's landing marina in philadelphia; a pedal boat pier is in the foreground, yachts further back; a large apartment building is in the far background on the right

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charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 5d

a very good boy, waiting by the door
august '25
📷: pentax spotmatic
🎞️: fujifilm superia 200

#dog #dogstatue #statue #filmphotography #photography #eastcoastkin

photo of a small stone statue of a sitting dog holding a basket of flowers in its mouth; the dog has long ears; the statue is gray and slightly mossy; it is sitting in the corner of a marble step

charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 6d

gravitational pull
september '25
📷: nikon fe w/ lensbaby twist 60
🎞️: ilford delta 3200

#roses #bloomscrolling #flowers #flora #garden #filmphotography #photography #eastcoastkin #classicmono #ilford #fridayfavorites @ilfordphoto.com

close black and white photo of a cluster of white roses; the leaves in the background are out of focus and there is a swirl effect; there is another cluster of white roses in the background in the upper left corner

charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 6d

truly cringelord move from kash patel, absolute dweeb behavior. he gives me secondhand embarrassment

charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 7d

soft, dreamy luminescence
white wild rose
september '25
📷: nikon fe w/ lomography daguerrotype achromat lens
🎞️: lomography '92 sun-kissed 400

#wildroses #roses #bloomscrolling #flowers #flora #garden #filmphotography #photography #eastcoastkin #heylomography

close photo of two white wild roses against an out of focus background of deep green leaves; there are two other white roses in the background as well

charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 8d

garden; sidewalk readymade
august '25
📷: pentax spotmatic
🎞️: fomapan classic 100

#urbangarden #bloomscrolling #flowers #flora #garden #filmphotography #photography #eastcoastkin #classicmono

black and white photo of flowers growing in a repurposed white sink, outside on the sidewalk, against a brickwall

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charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 8d

yes! even at his smuggest, he really does always look like he's about to cry

charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 9d

offering itself up from the green
august '25
📷: pentax spotmatic
🎞️: fujifilm superia 200

#zinnias #bloomscrolling #flowers #flora #garden #filmphotography #photography #eastcoastkin #bokeh

photo of a single pink zinnia, the greenery in the background is completely out of focus

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charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 9d

33 today.
august '25
📷: nikon fe
🎞️: arista edu 200

(last photo of niko before she lost the ear; almost healed now)

#selfportrait #mycat #filmphotography #photography #eastcoastkin #classicmono #coneofshame #selfie #catdad

black and white mirror self-portrait photo; the photographer is wearing black, and camera obscures his face; he is holding a domestic longhair cat in a white cone; there is a white grid shower curtain in the background; the whole photo is slightly out of focus

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charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 10d

cloud laden with the pierced sky
arthaus on broad st
august '25
📷: nikon fe
🎞️: arista edu ultra 200

#architecture #urbangaze #philadelphia #urbanphotography #filmphotography #photography #eastcoastkin #classicmono #skyscraper

black and white photo looking up at the top 18 floors of a glass-walled building set against a cloudy sky; some of the clouds are reflected in the glass walls

charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 11d

little urban garden, full of zinnias
august '25
📷: pentax spotmatic
🎞️: fujifilm superia 200

#zinnias #bloomscrolling #flowers #flora #garden #filmphotography #photography #eastcoastkin

photo of a patch of zinnias growing along a stucco wall

charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 12d

living crags descend into their reflection
john heinz refuge, philadelphia
september '25
📷: nikon fe
🎞️: arista edu 200

#pond #waterreflections #landscape #filmphotography #eastcoastkin #classicmono

black and white photo of leave covered trees and shrubs at the edge of a pond; the shoreline is reflected in the water

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charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 13d

from the opening night of the show at the jane gallery that I got to be a part of
athena chanteuse, & with alison mustokoff, the gallery owner; a few of my prints on the wall
september '25
📷: nikon fe
🎞️: ilford delta 3200

#localart #philly #dragqueen #artgallery #photography #ilford #philadelphia

black and white photo of a drag queen in the midst of singing in an art gallery, standing with her eyes closed and her hands to her chest; she has soft blonde hair and is wearing a short fur coat, dark tube top, and flare jeans with a white belt

black and white photo of a drag queen posing with another somewhat older woman in an art gallery; the queen has soft blonde hair and is wearing a short fur coat, dark tube top, and flare jeans with a white belt; the other woman also has blonde hair, she is wearing a dark blazer over a graphic tee and has sequined pants on, she is also wearing bold white earrings

black and white photo of a gallery wall; there are three prints in black frames on the righthand side, and one above the corner of a large tv on the left
my prints are the two on the upper right side, a photo of a graveyard and a photo looking down a bridge on a very foggy day, it has a bright vertical light streak on the right side

black and white photo of a gallery wall; there are two prints on the left, above a cabinet with a small lamp, two prints in the middle, and the edges of a frame and a large tv on the right; the large leaves of a plant are below them all
my print is just next to the lamp, the image is obscured by the reflected light

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charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 13d

put on the spot
september '25
📷: nikon fe
🎞️: fujifilm superia 200

#crab #softshell #bluecrab #seafood #crustacean #filmphotography #photography #eastcoastkin

close photo of a blue crab on top of a pile in an orange bucket; only the one crab is in focus, the rest of the photo is completely out of focus

charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 14d

a bygone era of details beckons
fitler sq, philadelphia
august '25
📷: nikon fe
🎞️: arista edu 200

#doors #ornate #architecture #filmphotography #photography #eastcoastkin #classicmono #18thcentury #philadelphia

close black and white photo of a mullioned wooden front door with an ornate circular carving in the center and ornate metal doorknob and keyhole on the left

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charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 15d

flock surging up toward the light
(helianthus salicifolius, willowleaf sunflower)
september '25
📷: nikon fe
🎞️: lomography '92 sun-kissed

#sunflowers #bloomscrolling #flowers #flora #garden #filmphotography #photography #eastcoastkin #heylomography

photo of backlit growing sunflowers from a low angle; the bottom of the photo is in shadow, a patch of sky is visible through the trees at the top of the photo

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charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 16d

oh cool!! they're such interesting flowers!
these are some photos I got when I returned to the spot with color film

august '25
📷: nikon fe w/ lensbaby twist 60
🎞️: kodak gold 200

close photo of dark pink spiny spider flowers

close photo of pale pink spiny spider flowers

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charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 16d

a mess of whiskers
spiny spider flower (cleome spinosa)
august '25
📷: pentax spotmatic
🎞️: kentmere pan 200

#spinyspiderflower #bloomscrolling #flowers #flora #filmphotography #photography #ilford #eastcoastkin #classicmono #plantidentification #fridayfavorites @ilfordphoto.com #pentax

close black and white photo of a spiny spider flower (cleome spinosa); small white flowers with long filaments grow in an outward-facing circle around a central stock

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charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 17d

gilded dawn
ben franklin bridge, philly
september '25
📷: nikon fe
🎞️: fujifilm superia 200

#bridge #philadelphia #eastcoastkin #filmphotography #photography #architecture #philly #urbangaze #benfranklinbridge #dawn

photo looking across the delaware river in philadelphia; the ben franklin bridge is on the left, the cherry st pier is on the right, there are large buildings on the far shore; the early morning sun is just under the bridge and the landscape is tinted gold from the dawn light

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charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 18d

sometimes I chance to hear the most joyous music
mother bethel african methodist episcoal church, philadelphia
july '25
📷: nikon fe
🎞️: kentmere pan 200

#church #amechurch #philadelphia #philly #photography #eastcoastkin #classicmono #kentmere #fridayfavorites @ilfordphoto.com

mother bethel african methodist episcopal church in philadelphia; black and white photo looking up at the upper portion of a stone church facade; on the left is a tower, above the entry are three windows with columns between, above those is a large stained glass window consisting of five arched windows topped by three rose windows; the top of a tree is visible in the lower left corner

charlie @lonelyeyecharlie.bsky.social · 19d

a false sense of fall
schuylkill banks boardwalk, philly
september '25
📷: nikon fe
🎞️: lomography '92 sun-kissed

#schuylkillriver #philadelphia #philly #eastcoastkin #filmphotography #photography #urbangaze #heylomography

the schuylkill banks boardwalk; the photo looks down the river; there are trees with thick foliage on the bank on the left; on the right there is a boardwalk path parallel to the bank, it has a railing and lampposts; further down the river there are a few glass wall high rise office buildings