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Mat
@matnova.bsky.social
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🧑 artist
📷 photographer
🐶 pet lover
📍 bangalore/kochi
🧠 living with a brain disorder

🖼️ exhibited at the artcrush gallery (brussels), artverse gallery (paris), and the bangalore international centre

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Mat @matnova.bsky.social · Oct 24
hi bsky folks, my name is chinoy and i am an artist and photographer that dabbles in portraiture, street photography and mixed media pieces, these are some of my works

you can find them for sale on the #tezos blockchain 👇

objkt.com/@matnova
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lucidillusions.in
Another #Yellow bird for #BirdOfTheDay (and this time a photograph)

Here's a Grey Wagtail

🪶 📸📸 🌿🖌️
#WagtailWednesday #Nature #Birds #Photography #Jungle #Safari #EastCoastKin
a small bird with a long tail, sitting on a small wall with water overflowing on the road. there are moss on the wall due to constant wetness due to spring water. the bird has a yellow chest and body and butt, the head and back are light grey feather, the wings and tail has darker black wings.
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
matnova.bsky.social
wonderful read and loved the photos as well, reminds me to take more photographs
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"The greatest lesson I carried from this project is this: never dismiss a project conceived on a whim. Some of the most meaningful work comes not from careful planning but from a reckless spark that refuses to die."

scroll.in/article/1087...

✍️Uday Khambadkone
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social
people need to start viewing politicians the way they currently view retail and food service workers
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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normalityistoxic.bsky.social
Today’s #blueskyartshow theme is #evening and I present a photograph from Japan in 2019 🇯🇵🚈 years go by and I still adore my photos from this trip.
#japan #photography #streetphotography #nightphotography #travelphoto #eastcoastkin
November 9, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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sarahanmy.bsky.social
I tried to have fun last night. I bought some film with cute little ghosts on it from my film shop. It was fun even if moving through a huge crowd cause me to shake and stun the whole night!!
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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annihowls.bsky.social
Happy Halloween.
A grey cockatiel wearing a tiny black witch hat and a cape
October 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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lucidillusions.in
Desperate times, and all that -- I still need to raise money for rent and CC bills.

So offering another #commission: custom stories with you in them - this could be #horror #fantasy or even Slice of life.

Help me boost this post! (DM for discount?)

#WritersSky #WritingCommunity #MutualAid 💕💸
October 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
matnova.bsky.social
"eyes closed because you can't look at what you're leaving behind"

a collaboration between my friend eleonora and i

3/7 eds remaining
7 xtz

#art #mixedmedia

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this piece is a collaboration between eleonora and i, the piece is called "eyes closed because you can't look at what you're leaving behind" because for me it feels like I am growing older and i see parts of my past leaving me which scares me and I avoid looking and reminiscing about it, eleonora says: "there is nothing ahead of me, except the crumbs you left. there is nothing ahead of you, except the phantom kisses you accepted. neither of us can look at it." the piece uses my mixed media style of working with a picture of the moon, this one shot and edited by eleonora, it is designed to look like a folded page in a notebook, the string implies a connection
October 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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matnova.bsky.social
i rearranged my heart to fit you in it

5 xtz

#art #mixedmedia

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a photograph of the moon manipulated in post to express that i rearranged my pervasive and turbulent emotions to allow someone special to take up space in my heart; the person will remain anonymous, the artwork is designed to look like a folded page you might find in a child's notebook; the string implies a connection between the art and the viewer included in this description is a poem by my friend navya who graciously allowed me to include it in the description of this work Blunt Edges: I speak in lines, not circles spun, No sugar-coating on my tongue. Sharp and honest, clear and true, Yet somehow, that's too much for you. You twist my words, reshape my tone, Make me a villain on your throne. Convenience writes the tale you tell- It's easier to cast me as hell. Too blunt to soften, too raw to feign, A mirror held, yet I take the blame. watch them flinch, retreat, disown, For truth is heavy when it's shown. I will not bend, I will not break, For honesty's a risk I take. Misunderstood, alone, yet free- I'd rather be real than liked falsely.
October 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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matnova.bsky.social
i want to be what you saw in me

0.1 eth reserve

#art #mixedmedia

www.transient.xyz/nfts/ethereu...
October 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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nofaith.bsky.social
GM

no faith and other stories…
October 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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lucidillusions.in
Haven't been able to shoot much or even edit old things due to current existential dread period wrt lack of new work, and feeling bad about not sharing enough Big Cat photos especially on #Caturday

So meet Tigress Raa

#Mammals #Photography #ForestScape #EastCoastKin #IndianJungle #wildlife #nature
a tigress in the lower half of the frame - there is varying shades of grass visible - the lowest part is light green, the middle patch is brown, and some of the morning sunlight hitting and adding a warmer hue, and further up green leaves of the bushes.
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
matnova.bsky.social
i want to be what you saw in me

0.1 eth reserve

#art #mixedmedia

www.transient.xyz/nfts/ethereu...
October 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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paulisson.bsky.social
"weaving_light_005"

#OBJKT #OBJKTCOM #artistsofbluesky #blueskyphotographers #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #photographersofbluesky #portrait #tezos
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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adagio 🔺🎶▪️
October 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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paulisson.bsky.social
"through looking time"
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#architecture #architecturephotography #blueskyphotographers #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #objkt #photographersofbluesky #tezos #urbanphotography
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
matnova.bsky.social
i rearranged my heart to fit you in it

5 xtz

#art #mixedmedia

objkt.com/tokens/KT1EA...
a photograph of the moon manipulated in post to express that i rearranged my pervasive and turbulent emotions to allow someone special to take up space in my heart; the person will remain anonymous, the artwork is designed to look like a folded page you might find in a child's notebook; the string implies a connection between the art and the viewer included in this description is a poem by my friend navya who graciously allowed me to include it in the description of this work Blunt Edges: I speak in lines, not circles spun, No sugar-coating on my tongue. Sharp and honest, clear and true, Yet somehow, that's too much for you. You twist my words, reshape my tone, Make me a villain on your throne. Convenience writes the tale you tell- It's easier to cast me as hell. Too blunt to soften, too raw to feign, A mirror held, yet I take the blame. watch them flinch, retreat, disown, For truth is heavy when it's shown. I will not bend, I will not break, For honesty's a risk I take. Misunderstood, alone, yet free- I'd rather be real than liked falsely.
October 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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indrapramitdas.bsky.social
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives
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October 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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From mid-20th century Ceylon to present-day India, Boats In A Storm by Kalyani Ramnath traces how ordinary lives are shaped by paperwork, politics and power as #citizenship laws are enacted. Read an excerpt on @article-14.com

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Boats In A Storm: Law, Migration And Citizenship In Post-War Asia By Kalyani Ramnath
Article 14 addresses threats to and failures of justice and deficiencies in the legal system, tracks successes that can be built upon and discerns trends and patterns that require to be brought to the...
article-14.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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normalityistoxic.bsky.social
My favourite #classicmono portrait of all time ft Maleah from 2021. I still love and cherish some of my older work that can’t be done again. The moment, the person, the year… our photographs are time capsules.
#photography #bnwphotography #grayscale #bnw #eastcoastkin #portrait
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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normalityistoxic.bsky.social
Kate in a bath of rubble 💐 2022
#portrait #portraitphotography #photography #eastcoastkin #thephotohour #fujifilm
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
matnova.bsky.social
street photography from chickpete, kr market in bangalore, india

#streetphotography
#bangalore
#bengaluru
#india
a women sells groundnuts on the street a man sitting in the back of a truck looks at me while i take a picture a man carries a child on his shoulders, they both stare into the bottom right of the frame 4 members of a family are all squeezed on to a bike, they don't notice me taking a picture
October 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
matnova.bsky.social
watched play dirty yesterday and highly recommend it, you know it's going to be good when mark wahlberg is in it
October 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
matnova.bsky.social
street photography from chickpete, near kr market, bangalore, india

#streetphotography
#photography
#street
4 men lie in the back of a truck amongst some cargo, one of them spots me and points at me with a smile as i take a photo a young man carries a box on his head a woman amongst the crowd spots me taking a photo, her face is obscured except for one eye looking directly into the camera a man smiles as he carries some cargo on his head and looks at me
October 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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normalityistoxic.bsky.social
Intro thread! My name is Erika Lamothe and I am a 29-year-old artist and photographer currently residing in the PNW 🌲 of a sleepy town known as Bellingham. I’ve been drawing since I could hold a crayon and have been photographing for over 10 years! Visual art has been a massive part of my life…
February 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM