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Kenneth Nelson

@photokenarts.bsky.social

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Fine Art/Street/Documentary/Abstract/Commercial Photography Newsletters: PhotoKenArts.Substack.com https://kennethnelsonphotography.com Licensing: https://visura.co/KNP125/catalog Photography's at the heart of it all. Always has. Always will.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 5h

It's our weekly "Ten Frames" Thursday slideshow (two minutes)
Intriguing theme: A Smorgasbord sTreat!
#StreetPhotography #Photography #HumanCondition

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A color photograph/poster for a Substack article. The title of the slideshow is "Ten Frames No.079" The photograph is a close of of a person wearing a mask of black with X'd out eye sockets and light brown locked dreads.

Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 20h

Daily Random #536
“Hela,” or Julia as she’s normally called without the costume on
Comic Con/Manhattan NYC, 2018
Comic Con NYC 2025 opens tomorrow

Photo essays & slideshows
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A color photograph of a person dressed in costume at 2018 New York City Comic Con. Part of the Marvel Comics universe. Here, Julia is dressed costumed as "Hela." holding Thor's Hammer.

Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 1d

Daily Random #535
Looking for Gregos
Chelsea/Manhattan NYC 2017
#Photography #StreetArt #ThreeDimensions

Photo essays & slideshows
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A black-and-white photograph taken along Avenue of the Americas Manhattan's Chelsea district. Gregos, a street artist has placed one of his pieces somewhere in view. Can you see it? In the distance over the tops of neighborhood buildings, shows the Empire State building.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 2d

Photolimerigraphy
#Photography #Limericks #Creating

Merging the rhyme of limericks with the visual of photography.
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Photolimerigraphy

There Once Was a...

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 2d

When "Broadway" shut down during the pandemic, a visual epilogue.
#Pandemic #Photography #BroadwayTheaters #MusicalTheater

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Ten Frames No.069

YouTube video by Kenneth - PhotoKenArts

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 2d

Daily Random #534
Barbara & Robert, Hustle partners
Riegelmann Boardwalk/Coney Island USA 2017
#Photography #HouseMusic

Photo essays & slideshows
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A black-and-white photo of Barbara and Robert on the boardwalk at Coney Island, USA. They are partners dancing for the love of house music. They're dancing The Hustle. That classic that never went away. The intensity of the focus in the dance is palpable.

Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 3d

Another weekly Monday photo essays has published!
#Photolimerigraphy #Storytelling #Photography

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A black-and-white poster of runners grabbing at a water station during the New York City Marathon. The titlel of the poster reads "Photolimerigraphy, there once was a…" The link is provided: https://photokenarts.substack.com/p/photolimerigraphy

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 3d

Daily Random #533
Watch your step
Upper West Side/Manhattan NYC, 2012
#Architecture #Photography #WatchYourStep

Photo essays & slideshows
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A close-up black-and-white photograph of a set of steps to an upper west side church. The steps are not level due to decades of wear and tear. The close-up shows them to be rickety and holy out of level to the point where they're very hard to walk up or down.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 4d

Daily Random #532
Chicken Coops, Water tank up the hill
Rhyolite, NV 2004
#GhostTown #DesertSouthwest #Photography

Photo essays & slideshows
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Presented in this photograph taken in Rhyolite, Nevada. A desert ghost town from the early 1900s. Centered around prospecting & gold mining. The view is from the bottom of the hill looking up the hill at two chicken coops on the right a water tank on the left and the gravel road leading up to them. To the immediate left desert vegetation.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 5d

Sharing for someone in need

Sir Charles Anthony @sircharlesanthony.bsky.social · 5d

They say a closed mouth doesn't get fed, so I'm killing my pride and asking for help. Anything helps.
If you can't contribute, please please share. Thank you guys so much.
#mutualaid

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Donate to Help us get room and board for Jade and Natasha!, organized by Charles Anthony

Greetings friends, family, and beautiful people on the internet. My n… Charles Anthony needs your support for Help us get room and board for Jade and Natasha!

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 5d

Daily Random #531
Outsiders, the urban playground
Red Hook/Brooklyn NYC ‘86
More about this playground at the link 👇🏾
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A black-and-white photo of nine young boys, deciding what to do at an urban playground. Two of the boys are looking towards camera while the other ones are engaged in a conversation among themselves. The scene is located in the long-abandoned Red Hook Grain Terminal in Red Hook Brooklyn.

Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 6d

Offering respite. For those that need something to bring a bit of happiness to their day, here're two minutes that I hope to brighten your day.
#Happiness #Joy #HumanCondition
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Ten Frames No.078

YouTube video by Kenneth - PhotoKenArts

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 6d

Daily Random #530
Just before the Winter Solstice
Midtown Manhattan NYC 2016
#Photography #StreetPhotography

Photo essays & slideshows
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Color photograph of a street scene in midtown Manhattan. A rather cold afternoon as pedestrians walk about a random street corner in winter coats. Approaching camera from left, a young man with the hood of his coat over his head eyes straight-ahead with a blank stare. All around him, other pedestrians walk by in their own world, going about their tasks for the day. Just another random day.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 7d

Hope you're up for this week's "Ten Frames" Thursday!
Prepare yourself for "happiness."
#Slideshow #Photography

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A poster that reads "Ten Frames 78, two minutes." It shows a black-and-white photograph of two young ladies, smiling into camera as a son brightly shines across their faces.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 7d

My, oh my ⚠️

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 7d

Daily Random #529
Architextures, bricks & mortar, and cobblestones
TriBeCa/Manhattan NYC 2012
#Photography #Cityscape

Photo essays & slideshows
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A black-and-white photograph taken in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, New York. The views from a low angle so the cobblestone sidewalk is close to Cameron. Further in the distance, the brick and mortar Persaud of a warehouse building converted to Apartments shines in the afternoon light.

Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 8d

If you have a thing for Brooklyn, reading might be fun.
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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 8d

I'd call him a Weasel, but that would offend that whole population.

a man says " you slimy weasel " while wearing a vest

ALT: a man says " you slimy weasel " while wearing a vest

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 8d

Daily Random #528
Trio of quad skating gurus on a dance line
Skater’s Road/Central Park/Manhattan NYC, 2011
#Photography #CPDSA #DanceSkaters

Photo essays & slideshows
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A black and white photograph of a trio of dance skaters performing dance routines on a dance line at Skater's Road in Central Park in the summer of 2011. Henry, leads to Trio in a step-by-step, mesmerizing routine of moves on quad rollerskates.

Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 9d

Alright! in the middle of my morning glory now 😉

Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 9d

Daily Random #527
Passageways of the underground making it so tired
Midtown Manhattan, NYC 2016
#NYCTransit #NYCSubway #Photography

Photo essays & slideshows
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A color photograph taken in the New York City subway system. A passageway linking seventh Avenue subway lines to the eighth Avenue subway lines. Straphangers meandering their way through the passageway, staying to the right. Meanwhile, digital displays advertise the latest technology. Above, a small sign reads "So Tired."

Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 10d

It's a fresh weekly Monday photo essay!
Ready to be read.
Brooklyn! Brooklyn!

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A color poster, titled Brooklyn! Brooklyn!, Face it! It's… Brooklyn! An image behind the title shows the famous dimes savings Bank of Brooklyn in downtown Brooklyn, New York City. A link to the sub stack photo essay is listed here. https://photokenarts.substack.com/p/brooklyn-brooklyn

Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 10d

Daily Random #526
The sidewalks of Nirvana
Midtown Manhattan NYC 2018
#HumanCondition #Photography

Photo essays & slideshows
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On the streets of Midtown. A color photograph titled the sidewalks of Nirvana. At the intersection of fifth Avenue and W. 42nd St., a pedestrian traffic jam is shown. In all of its glory. Some people await to cross the street, others await behind a wall of those who are waiting to cross the street.

Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 11d

Daily Random #525
Autumn sidewalks at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Upper East Side/Manhattan NYC 2014
#FifthAvenue #Photography

Photo essays & slideshows
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A black-and-white photograph taken on the sidewalks at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, on fifth Avenue. With a street vendors, selling their wares under perfectly manicured trees, huge mechanical parasols, stationed outside the museum, allow visitors respite from the Autumn sun

Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 12d

Second time this week, it was recommended I reshare an article from last year. Spreading “More Joy” seemed like a spectacular reason to do so. ICYMI the first time.

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