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adalbertbruce
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I'm into books, cinema, comics, photography (both analog and digital -- street photography, being in the right place at intriguing times), weird fiction, zines... Grounded in the Pacific Northwest. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@adalbertbruce
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adalbertbruce @adalbertbruce.bsky.social · May 6
Dad, astride a Triumph Thunderbird, circa 1950 (possible location: Chicago, where he appeared in the 1950 Census). From a negative, which has been hidden away around 75 years. #1950s #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #kodak #motorcycle #negative #streetphotography #triumphmotorcycle
My father, Bruce W. Falk, wearing a leather jacket, on a Triumph motorcycle; on a sidewalk. The street is lined with 1950s-style cars, and multi-resident dwellings.
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Sunset over the Bitterroot range, with crepuscular rays; Hamilton, Montana; 12 September, 2016. #montana #rockymountains #sunset
A view of a flame-orange sunset, over the Bitterroot Mountains; Hamilton, Montana: with trees and houses in the near distance. -JBF
January 29, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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A photo of me; Mt. Asama, Japan; 1995. #analogphotography #japan #skiing #snow
A photo of me, wearing a stocking cap, and a dark jacket. by Y. Sakata. A covered archway, with Japanese-language signs visible, opened to a vista of snowy ski slopes; Mt. Asama, Japan, 1995. -JBF
January 29, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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A new video, of an old cassette tape I recorded in the previous millennium: youtu.be/OAed-PfLbCA?...
Cassette Musique Concrète -- 1970s/early 1980s
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January 28, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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One more of Roman Scott, with one of his paintings; circa 1984. I believe this was in Laramie, Wyoming. Photo by Marc Myers. #analogphotography #outsiderart #symbolism #surrealism #weirdart
Roman Scott holds a dreamscape painting made by himself. His head peeked over the canvas (showing trees merging with eerie faces, in a desolate land), in a courtyard by a stucco wall. -JBF
January 28, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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Roman Scott; 1980s;the location was possibly in Wyoming. Photo taken by, and courtesy of, Marc Myers. #analogphotography #nightphotography
The late artist, and friend, Roman Scott. He wore a hat, blue jeans, and a blue shirt, with his hands in his pockets. He stood in dry brush, next to an imposing wall. Photo by Marc Myers. -JBF
January 28, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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Another photo from the total solar eclipse of 21 August, 2017: Selfie at totality; Madras, Oregon. #centraloregon #corona #eclipse #selfie
A selfie, showing my face washed out by a flash, against a dark sky, and the sun, with its corona flaring, eclipsed by the moon; 21 August, 2017. The whole has a psychedelic appearance. -JBF
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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New video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZG_...
Poetry Reading by Todd Mecklem, 3 August, 1987
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January 27, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Sunset; the evening before the total solar eclipse of 2017. Madras, Oregon (photo from 20 August, 2017). The eclipse was the second total solar occultation I've experienced -- the first was also in Oregon, in 1978 (though it was an overcast day). #centraloregon #eclipse #sunset
Silhouetted trees and rosy bars of dusk clouds, and a building; Madras, Oregon, 2017. -JBF
January 26, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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East of Ryoanji. #rockgarden #winter
A small, lightly-maintained bed of rocks, with an ornamental rock column with more rocks in an aperture on top. Shadows and grass, and part of a deck are visible. -JBF
January 26, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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Here's another new video I uploaded -- more material from a digitized cassette tape. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nWv...
More Clash of Guitars (and sound collages), March 1985.
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January 25, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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My great-grandparents, with my great-aunt Pearl; probably in Missouri. Circa 1900. #analogphotography #ancestors #blackandwhitephotography #sepia
January 25, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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New video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p04U...
Clash of Guitars, Fullerton, Nebraska: March 1985.
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January 24, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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A photo I bought once at an antique store. You wonder if they were rehearsing for something... #blackandwhitephotography #foundphoto #lonesome #rural #vintagephotography
A vintage photograph, showing two men in hats and overcoats, standing next to a lonely house with a car parked outside. Bare trees and a road are in the distance. One man is sighting through a scoped rifle. Unknown photographer. -JBF
January 24, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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Kyoto/Kyoto Tower; 14 September, 2023. #japan #kyoto #kyototower #twilight
Kyoto Tower, rising into a bluish sky of dusk; with a classical hall replica in the foreground. -JBF
January 23, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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A photo by Roman Scott, of me; Boulder, Colorado; April, 1985. Picture courtesy of David Scott. #1980s #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #bouldercolorado #colorado
A photo of me, with long hair, eyeglasses, and a watch, with my head resting on my hand. I had a backback on, and I was sitting on grass before what appeared to be an administrative building or office complex in the background. Photo by Roman Scott. Boulder, Colorado, 1985. - JBF
January 21, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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Parental slide photo, outside our (now non-extant) house; snowfall, from the top of one of the Boring Lava Buttes, Clackamas County, Oregon; 1969. #35mm #analogphotography #naturephotography #mountains #oregon #snow
A snowy fir tree, surrounded by snowfall, with snow cover stretching down to farms and forests in the lowlands; with white clouds heavy in the sky. Clackamas County, Oregon, 1969. Photo by Bruce W. Falk. -JBF
January 19, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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Here's a 2016 photo -- I took it on September 20th of that year. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial; Washington, DC. #goldenhour #mlk #mlkmemorial #sunset #washingtondc
A photo of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial; Washington, DC. The representation of MLK, with arms crossed, glows with reflected sunset tones, against pinkish clouds, and trees. September 2016. -JBF
January 18, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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A photo I took; Pudong District (with camera strap), Shanghai, PRC; March, 2004. #analogphotography #china #glitch #pudong #shanghai #streetphotography
January 17, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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Tokyo; 18 December, 2024. #fridakahlo #japan #sticker #tokyo
A closeup of stickers on a utilitarian object on a Tokyo street, with one decal of Frida Kahlo, one of an alien-like cartoon, and cryptic graffiti scrawls. -JBF
January 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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A photo I took; Daisen-in, Kyoto; 1995. From a negative. #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #buddhism #daisenin #japan #kyoto #negative #sandgarden #zen
Daisen-in (temple) sand garden, Kyoto; showing raked sand patterns, with one hill-like formation; with a low wall and hedges, trees, and roofs surrounding. -JBF
January 15, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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Sunset; 1-12-26. #january #dusk #sunset #trees
Rows of silhouetted trees against pink streaks of the setting sun. -JBF
January 13, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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Dam Square/Royal Palace, Amsterdam, with Poseidon; 14 March, 2015. #amsterdam #damsquare #europe #netherlands #streetphotography
People in cold weather clothing walk by or stand and talk, in Dam Square, Amsterdam. A street performer dressed in a blue-green Poseidon-type outfit is perched on a stand. The imposing structure of the royal palace, with rows of windows and a pediment and gables, rises in the background- JBF.
January 12, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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who are hearsed that die on the sea?
January 11, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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I turned up this disposable camera recently ("Process before April 2010")... I'll take it out sometime and see what results.
January 11, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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A photo I took; steam clock, Gastown, Vancouver, B.C.; May, 2004. From a negative. #analogphotography #canada #gastown #negative #streetphotography #vancouverbc
Steam clock (with clock face and mechanism visible in a tall case), with people taking photos, and with a woman walking past in the foreground. Buildings and leafy trees are about. -JBF
January 10, 2026 at 12:36 PM