Bill Koechling
@billkoechling.bsky.social
full-time photographer for 50+ years, listening to your stories...
“The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.” –Robert Doisneau
“The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.” –Robert Doisneau
Pinned
"If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds." –Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.
© 2012 William Koechling
© 2012 William Koechling
"You get a heck of a sound from the church. Can't you hear it in my voice?"
–Muddy Waters
© 1976 William Koechling
–Muddy Waters
© 1976 William Koechling
February 12, 2026 at 10:25 PM
"You get a heck of a sound from the church. Can't you hear it in my voice?"
–Muddy Waters
© 1976 William Koechling
–Muddy Waters
© 1976 William Koechling
The Cubs are beginning to assemble at Sloan Park in Arizona.
photo: Andre Dawson late 1980s © William Koechling
photo: Andre Dawson late 1980s © William Koechling
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
The Cubs are beginning to assemble at Sloan Park in Arizona.
photo: Andre Dawson late 1980s © William Koechling
photo: Andre Dawson late 1980s © William Koechling
Holy Crap! Bad Bunny!!!
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Holy Crap! Bad Bunny!!!
girl in the shelter
© 2005 William Koechling
© 2005 William Koechling
February 7, 2026 at 3:49 AM
girl in the shelter
© 2005 William Koechling
© 2005 William Koechling
making himself comfortable
© 2022 William Koechling
© 2022 William Koechling
February 7, 2026 at 2:22 AM
making himself comfortable
© 2022 William Koechling
© 2022 William Koechling
carriage drivers, Italy
© 1973 William Koechling
© 1973 William Koechling
February 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
carriage drivers, Italy
© 1973 William Koechling
© 1973 William Koechling
Milwaukee Art Museum
© 2017 William Koechling
© 2017 William Koechling
February 6, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Milwaukee Art Museum
© 2017 William Koechling
© 2017 William Koechling
Fine Shoes
© 1972 William Koechling
© 1972 William Koechling
February 5, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Fine Shoes
© 1972 William Koechling
© 1972 William Koechling
David (detail) by Michaelangelo 1501-04
Florence, Italy
© 1973 William Koechling
Florence, Italy
© 1973 William Koechling
February 4, 2026 at 11:32 PM
David (detail) by Michaelangelo 1501-04
Florence, Italy
© 1973 William Koechling
Florence, Italy
© 1973 William Koechling
boy enjoying a mirror
© 1981 William Koechling
© 1981 William Koechling
February 4, 2026 at 10:32 PM
boy enjoying a mirror
© 1981 William Koechling
© 1981 William Koechling
abandoned cars in a Wisconsin field
c. 1973 William Koechling
c. 1973 William Koechling
February 3, 2026 at 3:11 AM
abandoned cars in a Wisconsin field
c. 1973 William Koechling
c. 1973 William Koechling
Williamsburg, Brooklyn storefront
© 2014 William Koechling
© 2014 William Koechling
February 3, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Williamsburg, Brooklyn storefront
© 2014 William Koechling
© 2014 William Koechling
outside the Blue Star Lounge late one evening
© 1973 William Koechling
© 1973 William Koechling
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 AM
outside the Blue Star Lounge late one evening
© 1973 William Koechling
© 1973 William Koechling
Two sisters and a friend near Harlan, KY.
©️1977 William Koechling
©️1977 William Koechling
February 2, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Two sisters and a friend near Harlan, KY.
©️1977 William Koechling
©️1977 William Koechling
Water on Nasturtiums
© 2019 William Koechling
© 2019 William Koechling
February 2, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Water on Nasturtiums
© 2019 William Koechling
© 2019 William Koechling
boy with bubbles
© 2021 William Koechling
© 2021 William Koechling
January 31, 2026 at 11:29 PM
boy with bubbles
© 2021 William Koechling
© 2021 William Koechling
In fourteen days Chicago Cubs pitchers & catchers report for spring training. On the day pictured, August 8, 1986, the Cubs pitcher was Rick Sutcliff and the catcher was Jody Davis who beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1.
I hope this warms your day just a bit.
© 1986 William Koechling
I hope this warms your day just a bit.
© 1986 William Koechling
January 28, 2026 at 11:34 PM
In fourteen days Chicago Cubs pitchers & catchers report for spring training. On the day pictured, August 8, 1986, the Cubs pitcher was Rick Sutcliff and the catcher was Jody Davis who beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1.
I hope this warms your day just a bit.
© 1986 William Koechling
I hope this warms your day just a bit.
© 1986 William Koechling
live oak in the American South c. 1974
© William Koechling
© William Koechling
January 28, 2026 at 8:25 PM
live oak in the American South c. 1974
© William Koechling
© William Koechling
cat on a leash in Belgium
© 2023 William Koechling
© 2023 William Koechling
January 28, 2026 at 1:57 AM
cat on a leash in Belgium
© 2023 William Koechling
© 2023 William Koechling
Reposted by Bill Koechling
I interviewed over half a dozen ICE and Border Patrol agents who describe an agency that sounds like Reno 911!
“I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
“I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
ICE Unloads
Immigration officers speak out: “Fuck this.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 AM
I interviewed over half a dozen ICE and Border Patrol agents who describe an agency that sounds like Reno 911!
“I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
“I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
my tv talking to me
© 2020 William Koechling
© 2020 William Koechling
January 26, 2026 at 3:18 PM
my tv talking to me
© 2020 William Koechling
© 2020 William Koechling
My wife had been wondering if her 100 yo mother could still play the piano. At her new assisted living facility last night we discovered a piano in an empty lounge. Though she resisted at first she started to play "Happy Birthday" remembering her 101st was in 3 days.
January 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
My wife had been wondering if her 100 yo mother could still play the piano. At her new assisted living facility last night we discovered a piano in an empty lounge. Though she resisted at first she started to play "Happy Birthday" remembering her 101st was in 3 days.
an abstract sky
© 2025 William Koechling
© 2025 William Koechling
January 23, 2026 at 3:41 AM
an abstract sky
© 2025 William Koechling
© 2025 William Koechling
Trees with full moon behind
© 2020 William Koechling
© 2020 William Koechling
January 23, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Trees with full moon behind
© 2020 William Koechling
© 2020 William Koechling
“There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.” –Nelson Mandela
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
“There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.” –Nelson Mandela
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...