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John J Baucher
@moochinphotoman.bsky.social
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Artist, photographer and part time vexillologist . Just a bloke trying to look and see.
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Seen on my commute to the studio #Belfast #MiddlepathSt
A worker in full orange high visibility clothing stands with their back to camera on a bridge with concrete siding framed with dramatic grey clouds
May 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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He is a fucken moron.
sharonk.bsky.social Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Apr 25
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One final question. Mr. President, you were showing us the new paintings you have behind us. You put all these new portraits. One of them includes John Adams. John Adams said we’re a government ruled by laws, not by men. Do you agree with that? John Adams said that? Where was the painting? It’s right here. We’re a government ruled by laws, not by men? Well, I think we're a government ruled by law, but you know, somebody has to administer the law. So therefore men, certainly, men and women, certainly play a role in it. I wouldn't agree with it 100%. We are a government where men are involved in the process of law, and ideally, you're going to have honest men like me.
April 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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From my commute yesterday #Ballymacarrett #Belfast #Pinkfluffyface
April 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Colourful scene in the evening light from my studio window as Leo Boyd works on his latest mural for @dctoursbelfast.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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February 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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My da died of this insidious bastard. This is superb news and yeah HUGE
February 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Great week in Maketu then Katikati where I sat beside Brian in the shade outside the grocery store and got yarning. He’s 73 this year And whaddya know he’s an Māori Irishman his father was a Brady. #FujiX100T #Portrait #Katikati #Aotearoa #NZ
73 year old Māori Irishman sit his fingers interlaced and his arms resting on his knees and stares intently at the camera. He is wearing a green bandana and a red bag is between his legs Brian a 73 yr old Māori Irishman with a green bandana stares intently at the camera in this intimate portrait. 73 year old Māori Irishman Brian shows his Māori culture in an unprompted expression by sticking his tongue out.
February 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Maketu beach this morning. Special place back after 21 years #Maketu #Aotearoa
A drift wood pole carved with a Māori design stands at the top of the beach with sand and blue seas and sky behind it at Maketu beach in the Boy of Plenty New Zealand Aotearoa
February 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Trump on whether Zelensky should cede territory to end the war: "He’ll have to do what he has to do, but his ratings, to put it mildly, are not very high. At some point you got to have elections too."

Trump is gently pushing the Kremlin narrative: that Zelensky is illegitimate.
February 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Takapuna beside the war memorial #Takapuna #Auckland #NewZealand #man #Candid #Documentary #iphone12 #iphonography #geometry
An Asian man with an unlit cigarette in his mouth glances across the scene as he walks out of the shot on the right hand side. A raised flower bed with red flowers can be seen on the left and a bench runs around the brick wall of the flower bed. In the mid ground and unturned ice cream can be seen it is a sign for an ice cream shop which is closed. A palm tree is seen with blue sky’s behind with the green cladding of a two story building in the photograph behind the man. The is a geometry to the image which is a wide angle candid phone photograph. This is the area outside the Takapuna public library in Auckland New Zealand.
February 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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‘Thing bin’ a peeling sign seen on my perambulation yesterday and the suns rays backlight clouds at Torpedo bay this morning 07:09 am. #Auckland #Torpedobay #NewZealand #thingbin
A peeling sticker saying thing bin on the side of a blue metal bin. A hint of blue sky and clouds can be seen along the top of the photograph 07:09 am the sun rises at Torpedo Bay Devonport, Auckland, NewZealand. Beyond the headland seen in shadow on the left, the suns rays backlight white whispy clouds above a long line of dark rain laden clouds. Water can be seen in the foreground and the suns rays are reflected.
February 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Meta family portrait of maah boy taking a portrait of me and my bro (his uncle) captured by my sister in law’s cousins wife @caroline.j.hunter also from NI) All Clear? #metafamportrait #family #auckland #NewZealand #pavlovanotshown fun times
A young man in a pale red shirt is seen from behind as he takes a photograph of his father and uncle who can be seen in the background wearing blue short sleeved patterned shirts. The men are all standing in shade as the blue sky and sunlight can be seen. The potential photograph about to be taken can be seen in the phone screen the young man is holding.
February 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Alt text A young man in the foreground holds his camera to take a photograph of his father and his brother in the background On the phone screen can be seen the photograph he is about to take
February 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Thanks maah man. Good to know that someone is seeing the layers(not that I always do at time of capture) !
February 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Aye but without the last g…..Connecting with people and place ya know looking and seeing
February 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Ffs I had to go through the rigmarole of applying and fretting and waiting then cheering then booking and flying over here for this to happen! And I could have stayed at home! Aah well il know the next time😜 Making connections is the way forward and I look forward to meeting if time permits.
February 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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So yeah 🤔😉 what’s your connection there Seamus? How djah know each other. Small world but I wouldn’t want to paint it 😁🤣
February 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Just so happens @beefaerie.bsky.social will know my brother Terry @trabaq.bsky.social as he advised the gov
February 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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End of March Greg. Particularly interested in the syncretic nature of belief and how meaning is conveyed to everyday and otherwise overlooked things. Research trip to build capacity and understanding but with plenty of scope for collabs and making work.
February 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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It’s not all lollygaggjng …research material gathered in the first week…connections sought and some threads found. Connections are being made. This trip possible through the assistance of @artscouncilni via the National Lottery Support for Individual Artist programmme.#Auckland #Research #NewZealand
A pile of books on a table with photographic book by Ans Westra Handboek in foreground other books piled in the table are of New Zealand history including a book explainingTreaty of Waitangi and one of Māori phrases. In the background is the sun dappled green leaves of a Quince tree
February 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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I know I know Mate. Just watching a coup from afar. Aghast !
February 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Hey Greg thanks I hope you’re doing ok maah man.
February 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Great couple of days up in Mangawhai the first photo is my fav and very pleasing as I saw it on the way up and was able to get it on the way back. Always pleased when pre-visualised photos come out. #Mangawhai #Auckland #NZ
A barn made of faded ripply tin of many shades greys is at the centre with trees lining the background and grass in the foreground . Stormy clouds over head with a hint of blue sky on the left treeline. A hill in silhouette backlit at sunset framed at either edge of the photograph by trees. Glorious orange sky with darkened clouds drifting by Palm trees and blues skys framing a distant orange ferry approaching Devonport marina in sunshine The repeating pattern of passenger seat on the ferry to Auckland
February 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Mangawhai…sunset to sunrise with some astrophotography of the Milky Way (newly acquired skill from maah boy) #Mangawhai #NewZealand WaitangiDay
February 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Kia ora from Nz I’ve an coffee on the deck companion 4 mth old Marty 1/3 golden retriever 2/3 border collie. Maah boys hopped over from OZ for a week…. We had a few beers…thirsty work these reunions. #Auckland #NZ #Marty #Maahboy #10yearsfromthelastvisit
February 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM