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Ben Bristow
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Streets, details, and urban landscapes from New York, plus work from my travels and eclectic reposts from those I follow. Expect few people.

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Old one. Juniors in #Brooklyn. You'll take a date here in high school, but the cheesecake is great at any age.

#UrbanGaze #Photography #StreetPhotography #NightPhotography #NYC #NewYorkCity
Juniors in Fort Greene, on Atlantic Ave.
April 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Oh sure, NOW we start an #UrbanGaze hashtag 😉

Bay Ridge, #Brooklyn.

#Photography #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin #NYC #NewYorkCity
Veterans Memorial Pier on a hot summer day.
April 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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One more from Green-Wood Cemetery for #Arch.

#Photography #Architecture #BlueskyArtShow #NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #EastCoastKin
Late afternoon sun on a mausoleum near the 25th Street entrance.
March 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Gotta do this for #Arch. Details on the famous gate at Green-Wood Cemetery. Info in the alt text.

#Photography #Architecture #BlueskyArtShow #NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #EastCoastKin
Designed by Richard Upjohn, who did many other landmarks—not least, Trinity Church in Manhattan. Built in 1865.
March 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Another from the Met for #Arch. Goes with the last one.

#Photography #Architecture #BlueskyArtShow #NYC #NewYorkCity #EastCoastKin
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, across the main hall into the restaurant.
March 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art for #BlueskyArtShow and the #Arch theme.

#Photography #Architecture #NYC #NewYorkCity #EastCoastKin
From the main stairs. First shots with the new X-T5 body last year.
March 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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#Edinburgh from the castle.

#Scape #Cityscape #Photography #UrbanLandscape #Scotland
Shot from the castle, looking over the city on a cloudy day.
March 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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#Philadelphia last year.

#Scape #Cityscape #ClassicMono #Photography #UrbanLandscape
Looking towards the 30th Street Station.
March 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Cold Spring, NY.

#Photography #StillLife #WindowsOnWednesday #EastCoastKin
Shop window in the late evening.
March 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Industry City. Too bad the elevator doesn't work.

#Photography #EastCoastKin #NYC #Brooklyn #TextureTuesday
This mural is in a defunct freight elevator.
March 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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The lobby ceiling in the Trinity Building. I didn't expect to visit a 120 year-old landmark for an MRI ;)

#Photography #Architecture #EastCoastKin #NYC #NewYorkCity #TextureTuesday
This thing is a remnant of the Gilded Age, and was finished in 1905. It's next to Trinity Church.
March 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Bay Ridge, #Brooklyn.

#Photography #TextureTuesday #EastCoastKin #StreetArt #NYC #NewYorkCity
Mural on the side of a building on Third Ave.
March 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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On Houston. Details in the alt text.

#Photography #TextureTuesday #EastCoastKin #StreetArt #NYC #NewYorkCity
In First Street Green Park, owned by NYC Parks but curated by a nonprofit. The murals in here change often.
March 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Bush Terminal Piers Park in Sunset Park.

#Photography #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin #NYC #Brooklyn
This park is built around old warehouses and was part of the deal when constructing Industry City, which is a few blocks away.
March 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Bay Ridge, #Brooklyn on the coldest day of the year this January.

#Photography #UrbanPhotography #NYC #BlueskyMonday #EastCoastKin
From an auto repair shop in Bay Ridge.
March 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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From Joshua Tree, looking into Coachella Valley.

#Photography #LandscapePhotography #MountainMonday #BlueskyMonday #EastCoastKin
From Keys View. So windy that the camera almost blew out of my hand.
March 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Nathan's at Coney Island in the offseason. Happy #Stunday!

#Photography #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin #NYC #Brooklyn
Nathan's from the boardwalk, closed for the offseason.
March 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Battersea Power Station from the train to Brighton out of Victoria. From the archives.

#Photography #EastCoastKin #London #TravelPhotography #UrbanPhotography #TheJourney #BlueskyArtShow
Battersea Power Station from my train to Brighton, coming out of Victoria.
March 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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It's #Caturday too. On bright days, she follows the afternoon sun across the room.

#Photography #EastCoastKin #CatsOfBluesky
Sophie in her afternoon spot.
March 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Isabela Island, #Galápagos. We ran into this guy twice: on the trail heading out and then when returning. He'd only made it about 50 yards, but was working on it 😆

#Photography #EastCoastKin #TheJourney #BlueskyArtShow #WildlifePhotography
A giant tortoise in Galápagos. I'm not sure which species he is, as there are a few on Isabela.
March 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Roosevelt Island tram.

#Photography #UrbanPhotography #EastCoastKin #NYC #TheJourney #BlueskyArtShow
A tram headed to Roosevelt Island from Manhattan.
March 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Piermont, New York.

#Photography #LandscapePhotography #TheJourney #BlueskyArtShow #HudsonValley #EastCoastKin
Just off Piermont Pier, near the marshes.
March 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Approaching Heathrow. Happy Saturday, folks!

#Photography #TheJourney #BlueskyArtShow #TravelPhotography
It's rare for these to work out. I can never help but try them, though!
March 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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From her retrospective. That story moves me. The Leica came later, the Rolleiflex will be the one in the self portraits. Those I bought in a book.

#Photography #HistoryOfPhotography #EastCoastKin #VivianMaier
From the Vivian Maier retrospective at Fotografiska in New York. From the Vivian Maier retrospective at Fotografiska in New York.
March 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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A lot going on, but that's how the location looks! From Battle Hill in Green-Wood Cemetery, the site of the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

#Photography #UrbanLandscape #Scape #Brooklyn #NYC #EastCoastKin
The Battle of Brooklyn (sometimes called the Battle of Long Island) was fought here during the Revolutionary War. This is the highest point in Brooklyn.
March 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM