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Pete Calandra

@petecalandra.bsky.social

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I used to be a busy NYC performing musician and media composer, now I walk a dog and take photos in the Hudson Valley and NYC 😉 Assoc. Prof. ACSM @QueensCollege, CUNY Yamaha Endorsed Musical Artist. Joined BS 11/13/24 https://linktr.ee/petecalandra

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Pete Calandra @petecalandra.bsky.social · 7d

A look into a recording session I ran 10 days ago to record some soloists on 3 new tunes of mine. This is an ethereal, atmospheric piece titled "The Stillness Between"
I've been friends with these players for years. nJoy!
#musicsky #musiciansky #newmusic #composer #orchestral #newage #ambient

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Pete Calandra @petecalandra.bsky.social · 1h

Inside the Park Ave Armory. 66th and Park, NYC
#urbangaze #classicmono #nyc #photography #eastcoastkin

Looking down a long, wide hallway. There are two curtains close by. There’s a chandelier hanging from the ceiling with a large window at the other end of the hallway. The floors are wooden and shining reflections from the outdoor light through the window.

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Pete Calandra @petecalandra.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you Debbie. It’s pretty close to the lower parking lot.

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🩷🕊 Sara Flacci @saraflacci.bsky.social · 1d

#Reflections in the Saint-Marcel valley
#Alps
#WindowsWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday

Mountain landscape with blue sky, reflected in a window of a house made of stones, the upper part consisting of three wooden beams.

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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.bsky.social · 17h

Kirsten 'Gander' (Revision, 2011) -- Even Though I Work Steadfastly In the World of Black & White Photography, I Still See Plenty of Color, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NYC

#ClassicMono ✨ #HumansOfBlueSky ✨

#Photography #Portraiture
#Monochrome
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

portrait of a young female irish-american model in vintage americana stole

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AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 @alinagrafik.bsky.social · 19h

#ColorADay #RedWed

Autumn colors

#EastCoastKin #AutumnColors #Leaves #Macro

Closeup of tree leaves that are mostly red with some bright orange mixed in.

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Diana @diana-m-keener.bsky.social · 14h

#classicmono #balloonfiesta2025 mass ascension

#photography #photohour #artyear #sky #clouds #balloon #blackandwhite #eastcoastkin
#newmexico #balloonfiesta

Dozens of hot air balloons in the sky with heavy clouds and in black and white

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lauren e💙 @learls.bsky.social · 18h

#WordlessWednesday #ColorADay #RedWed #EastCoastKin
#Fall #photography #LakeMichigan #TunnelofTreesScenicHeritageRoute #M119 #Michigan

A birdseye view of lots of trees with variable colors of fall foliage from green yellow, orange, and red. Beyond the trees is blue and seafoam colored Lake Michigan, and a strip of blue sky above it. In the top left corner is a branch with a sparse amount of leaves. This view can be seen along (or just past, not sure) Michigan Highway 119 (M-119) along the Tunnel of Trees Scenic Heritage Route.

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Bill Jones Jr @billjonesjr.bsky.social · 12h

Chinatown Gate, Washington, DC

#urbanphotography #eastcoastkin #photography

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Pete Calandra @petecalandra.bsky.social · 13h

Awosting falls earlier today. #waterfallwednesday #photography #nature #eastcoastkin

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Pete Calandra @petecalandra.bsky.social · 20h

Berkeley, CA #windowsonwednesday #streetphotography #photography #eastcoastkin #classicmono

A black-and-white photo of an old factory building in Berkeley, California with very tall framed windows. There is text in the windows. There is a metal framed electrical tower to the right.

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Pete Calandra @petecalandra.bsky.social · 22h

Agreed...

Pete Calandra @petecalandra.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you, Scarlett. 😊

Pete Calandra @petecalandra.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Wynter.

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SkyFullOfStars @skyfullofstars4.bsky.social · 1d

..that’s what this
storm is all about..”
Haruki Murakami ( ALT)

#RockinTuesday #EastCoastKin

#Photography #ClassicMono #Monochrome #Nature #Art #NatureIsArt #Landscape #Scape
#Mountains #Rocks #B&W
#BlackAndWhite
#ShadowAndLight
#NewMexico #StormHour

Black and white photograph of high desert rock formation. Rocks cast light and shadow against contrasted clouds in the sky.

A quote by Haruki Marakami

“ and once the storm is over, you won’t know how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t be sure that the storm is really over.
But one thing is certain; when you come out of storm, you will not be the same person. That’s what the storm is all about.”

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Fred Paulussen @fredpaulussen.bsky.social · 1d

Antwerpen, September 2025

#streetphotography #photography #photooftheday #fotografie #fotograaf #photograph #urbanphotography #streetphotographers #streetphoto #streetsnap #streetpeople #streetscenes #streetphotographer #belgium #antwerpen #antwerp #anvers #flanders

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lauren e💙 @learls.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning☀️

I had a great time in #MackinawCity and the #MichiganUpperPenninsula, but now It’s good to be back and to be catching up with you and your lovely photos! Wishing you a beautiful Tuesday.

#ColorADay #BlueTue #TidesOutTuesday
#EastCoastKin #photography #LakeHuron #Michigan

Sunrise on Lake Huron, October 2025. The sun sits just above the black water, encased in its yellow and orange corona; its light reflecting vertically in front of it. Orange sky spreads out horizontally from it. Above that is a blue sky with narrow horizontal strips of white and sunlit orange clouds, and above that is a dark layer of black and burnt orange clouds. In the foreground is a black jutting out from the lower right side to the left mid-ground, its left railing lit up in yellow and orange.

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Alison @alisontolley.bsky.social · 1d

This Carolina wren is a cutie! 🩷
#birds

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lauren e💙 @learls.bsky.social · 1d

My entry for #BirdOfTheDay
#Migration is a #RingBilledGull, a common species around #TheGreatLakes.

#ColorADay #BlueTue #EastCoastKin #bird #seagull #bird #birdphotography #photography #photographersofbluesky #StIgnace #Michigan