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John Wilcox
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Boston Mayor's Office Photographer experienced in news, sports, features, and events. Long-standing obsession with fly fishing. Recent obsession with beer brewing.
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Dorchester native and Boston Latin School graduate Ayo Edebiri comes home!
Mayor Wu @mayorwu.boston.gov declared it Ayo Edebiri Day and introduced her to the baby who was obviously impressed. Kudos to the person who asked me to take the "goofy" group shot. Gotta love those theater kids!
Mayor Michelle Wu and Ayo Edebiri laugh as they chat on the stage in the auditorium at Boston Latin School. Mayor Michelle Wu introduces Mira to Ayo Edebiri during her visit to Boston Latin School. The Head of School Jason Gallagher and Mayor Michell Wu walk Ayo Edebiri through the halls of Boston Latin School, her alma mater. She said it was surreal. Ayo Edebiri and Mayor Michelle Wu pose for a "silly" picture with students and teachers at Boston Latin School.
April 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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A few more pictures from Hands Off Boston! It was nice to see everyone.
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu greets Senator Ed Markey in City Hall after he spoke to the crowd gathered for the Hands Off Massachusetts rally. Chris Stockbridge and others gather behind speakers on the stage for the Hands Off Massachusetts rally on Boston City Hall Plaza. Mayor Michelle Wu embraces Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley after her speech during the Hands Off Massachusetts rally on Boston City Hall Plaza. Mayor Michelle Wu poses for a picture in front of Boston City Hall with Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune, Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata, and Counselor Benjamin Weber after her speech for the Hands Off Massachusetts rally on Boston City Hall Plaza
April 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Hands Off Boston!
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Tens of thousands gather around the stage at Boston City Hall Plaza for the Hands Off Massachusetts rally. Protesters hold signs and raise their voices at City Hall Plaza during the Hands Off Massachusetts rally. Mayor Michelle Wu speaks to the crowd gathered at City Hall Plaza for the Hands Off Massachusetts rally. A protester in the crowd at City Hall Plaza for the Hands Off Massachusetts rally holds a sign depicting the Statue of Liberty covering her eyes saying "I can't watch."
April 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Opening Day Hoopla!
As many of you know, I am now @mayorwu.boston.gov's baby photographer and at this point I've totally blended into the background. In fact, she usually just falls asleep. Not sure how long it will last. Go Sox!
#openingday #fenwaypark #redsox #cityofboston
Wally the Green Monster holds baby Mira in his hat as they pose for a picture with Mayor Wu on the field at Fenway Park for opening day. The Boston Arts Academy's "Treble Allstars" performs the national anthem at the Boston Red Sox home opener at Fenway Park. Opening Day fly-over by two F-35's flown by the 134th Fighter Squadron, Green Mountain Boys of the Vermont Air National Guard, and one KC-46 from the New Hampshire Air National Guard's 157th Air Refueling Wing. Red Sox manager Alex Cora poses with Mayor Wu and baby Mira in the dugout just prior to the start of the Opening Day game at Fenway Park.
April 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Up bright and early for a few cityscapes. Bonus: a cool piece of driftwood 🙂
#boston #bostonskyline #cityscape
The Boston skyline, pictured from a low angle with the harbor in the foreground. The Boston skyline, pictured with the leafless branches of a tree in the foreground above it. A ship called Northern Lights passes between a rocky point in East Boston and the City of Boston skyline on the far side. A selfie I took with a cool piece of driftwood I found among the rocks in East boston as I was photographing the skyline at sunrise.
March 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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What is water but rain but cloud but river but ocean but ice but tear.
-Danielle Legros Georges, Boston's 2nd Poet Laureate who passed on February 11th.
I didn't know her personally but I've heard her read and she signed a book for us. May she rest in peace.
Poet Danielle Legros Georges reads from a book she had recently edited called "Wheatley at 250" during the book launch celebration for fellow poet Linda Carney-Goodrich at the Menino Arts Center in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. The cover of Wheatley at 250, Black Women Poets Re-imagine the Verse of Phyllis Wheatley Peters, Edited by Danielle Legros Georges and Artress Bethany White. Poet, Danielle Legros Georges, signed a copy of "Wheatley at 250" for Diane and John saying, "I hope you will enjoy these Wheatley covers."
February 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Cure for the winter blues. I felt better just watching them.
Two people ride saucers down the hill in the Boston Common with Beacon Hill residences in the background. Two kids share a sled going down a hill in Boston Common a few hours after the snow stopped flying. A kid slides down the hill as another walks back up holding a red saucer.
February 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Last night, volunteers counted our homeless residents and offered assistance to those on the street during the 45th Annual City of Boston Homeless Census. It's tough, caring work that goes on mostly without the cameras. Thanks to everyone for allowing us to be present.
Mayor's Office Chief of Staff Tiffany Chu addresses volunteers gathered in City Hall before they broke up into smaller teams for the annual census. Jim Greene, with the City of Boston, checks in with a person sleeping on Washington Street in Downtown Crossing. Volunteers head down the stairs to look for people staying in the halls of the subway station in Downtown Crossing. Jim Greene, and other volunteers with the City of Boston and their partners, check in with a person sleeping in Downtown Crossing.
January 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Enjoyed visiting Tết In Boston 2025 with Mayor Wu's team yesterday.
Chúc mừng năm mới! Happy New Year!
January 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Mom's framed "Four Freedoms" lay shattered. It felt like a bad omen. Then we showed up at the "Power of the People" exhibit at the MFA and there they were, in all their glory. Feels like faith has been restored, for now.
-Freedom of Speech
-Freedom of Worship
-Freedom from Want
-Freedom from Fear
Norman Rockwell's 1943 paintings which were reproduced in the Saturday Evening Post echoing the FDR speech given a few years earlier. A framed version of the "Four Freedoms" shattered on the floor.
January 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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@ladydeedub.bsky.social and I get excited about a little bit of snow these days!
#bluehills #bluehillsreservation #snowday #hiking #winter
Diane hikes on a snow covered trail as she approaches the top of Buck Hill in the Blue Hills Reservation. A lone tree pictured on top of Buck Hill as the snow flies in the Blue Hills. Pine trees and snow flakes as seen from an exposed ridge in the Blue Hills. Me looking directly at the camera as Diane takes my pictures standing near some snow covered rocks in the Blue Hills.
January 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Guided by the same stars. I like that.
A black and white photo from inside of Boston City Hall featuring a neon light art installation that says "guided by the same stars." Included in the upper half of the frame is a view outside a large window of a flying bird with the control tower at Logan Airport in the distance.
January 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Happy Three Kings Day from Boston City Hall!
Three "Kings" goof around as they pose for pictures during the Three Kings Day celebration at Boston City Hall.
January 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Please join me in wishing my parents the happiest of anniversaries! They tied the knot in the Berkshires 60 years ago tonight. My sources tell me it was quite the party. Happy anniversary you two! Happy New Year everybody!
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Two lovebirds cuddle on a chair watching their kids and grandkids open presents on Christmas morning. The fine looking couple, married nearly 60 years, wave goodbye to their daughter and son-in-law following their Christmas visit.
December 31, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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Might have Santa beat this year!🤰🏻
Michelle & Santa pause to compare belly sizes at the 31st annual Menino Family toy drive in Dorchester
December 25, 2024 at 2:12 AM
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Santa made my day comparing bellies with @mayorwu.boston.gov at the 31st Annual Menino Toy Drive at St. Peter's. Lots of kids and families left happy today! Congratulations to the Menino family and all the volunteers for putting on such a great event.
Mayor Michelle Wu and Santa compare bellies at the 31st Annual Menino Toy Drive. A happy young man poses with Santa and his new sneakers at the 31st Annual Menino Toy Drive at St. Peter's in Dorchester. Mayor Michelle Wu talks with Angela Menino, wife of Mayor Thomas M. Menino, during the 31st Annual Menino Toy Drive. The Menino family, Mayor Wu with her family, volunteers, Santa, and other officials pose for a group picture during the 31st Annual Menino Toy Drive at St. Peter's in Dorchester.
December 25, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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Snow on Snow Place! The old news photographer in me couldn't pass on a weather feature like this.
The snow flies as two bundled up people walk down Arch St. under the "Snow Place" street sign in Boston, Massachusetts.
December 20, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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Celebrating new homebuyers in Boston yesterday with @mayorwu.boston.gov! 230 residents bought homes this year with help from the City's first time homebuyer program. The perfect holiday party chock-full of hopes and dreams.
December 15, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/08/o...
Wu deserves credit for free museum program expansion - The Boston Globe
Also worth applauding: The two city councilors who first raised the issue of those students excluded from the program and continued to press the issue with City Hall, Erin Murphy and Ed Flynn.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 8, 2024 at 1:19 PM
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Happy Boston Bruins Centennial Day! It's been 100 years since they first beat Montreal. Cool to see Captain Brad Marchand along with Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, Willie O'Ree and other Bruins greats gathered to celebrate the new bear statue outside the TD Garden. Go B's! @mayorwu.boston.gov
City Councilor Sharon Durkan, Mayor Michelle Wu, Governor Maura Healey, Bruins CEO Charlie Jacobs, and Representative Aaron Michlewitz pictured with the new bronze bear statue outside the TD Garden with the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge in the background. Bruins greats Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito laugh with each other as they sit with other alumni waiting for the start of the event marking the 100 year anniversary of the Bruins first game against Montreal and the unveiling of the new bronze bear statue. Mayor Michelle Wu takes a selfie with Bruins great Willie O'Ree before the ceremony celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the first Bruins game against Montreal and the unveiling of a new bronze bear statue outside the TD Garden. Mayor Michelle Wu shakes hands with Bruins Captain Brad Marchand as people gathered for the ceremony celebrating the 100 year anniversary of their first game against Montreal and the unveiling of the new bronze bear statue outside the TD Garden.
December 1, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving everybody! My holiday season kicked off a few nights ago at the annual Trellis Lighting in Columbus Park which is always stunning. Nice to see everyone! @mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social @ruthzee.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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The city was aglow last night. It was so pretty I stopped for a picture as a MBTA Commuter Rail train passed under the West Fourth Street Bridge in South Boston.
November 27, 2024 at 10:21 AM
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📷 of 📷 of 📷 or it didn’t happen #TitusSparrowPark
A young girl uses a disposable camera to take a picture of her mom & baby sister with Michelle, while a community photographer takes a picture of her in the background
November 17, 2024 at 4:31 PM