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John. Random dinosaur who likes creating photos, particularly on film.

Long Island, NY, US
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Oh, yes, son, I'm talking to you...
Photo of an Ikea storage box called SKUBB. I guess I wanted one... No, I don't want your number No, I don't want to give you mine and No, I don't want to meet you nowhere No, don't want none of your time and...
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Prop seen today in a shop window. 🧐🤨
Prop intended to resemble a TLR camera but labeled “SLR CAMERA”
November 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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"ASSC"

Near Building 7 - Medical/surgical building (1966)

TMAX 400 / L110B / light red filter / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of a heavily stickered and graffiti-covered lamp post. Taken at the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park, NY. Near Building 7, a 10 floor medical/surgical building built in 1966. One of the last to close. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Park_Psychiatric_Center
October 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Vacation countdown. 🙂 Mood toward work:

🎵 Cash it in and throw it all away
Never needed any of it anyway 🎵 (Zero 7 / Sia)

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday

Building 21

TMAX 400 / L110B / light red filter / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of an abandoned building with vines, graffiti, and bushes growing on top. Taken at the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park, NY. Building 21 for patient housing was built in 1957. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Park_Psychiatric_Center
October 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Grim Mountain

Voigtländer Perkeo II
80mm f/3.5 Color-Skopar lens
Ilford SFX 200 film
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#FilmPhotography #Photography 🎞️ 📷 #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #CO #Ilford #Voigtlander #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono #MediumFormat
A dramatic black and white photograph of a mountain town street leading toward towering peaks partially dusted with snow. Dark, textured storm clouds gather overhead, contrasting sharply with the bright mountains illuminated by sunlight breaking through the clouds. Buildings with balconies and windows line both sides of the street, creating a sense of depth that draws the viewer’s eye toward the distant landscape. Captured on Ilford SFX 200 film with a Voigtländer Perkeo II and 80mm f/3.5 Color-Skopar lens.
October 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday

Building 15

Kentmere 100 / L110B / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of a window with a ripped thick mesh screen. Taken at the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park, NY. Building 15, the maximum security violent ward. Also known as Wisteria House. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Park_Psychiatric_Center
October 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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WALL 😋

Kentmere 100 / L110B / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of graffiti on a concrete wall. The word WALL is above a face composed of diamond shapes. Taken at the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park, NY. Behind building 83. Campus firehouse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Park_Psychiatric_Center
October 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Happy #caturday !

Kentmere 400 / L110B / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of a cat grooming in the second floor window above a liquor store.
October 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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“Mustache” #drawATog
Pen and ink wash
#Inktober
#Inktober2025
A cartoon of a TLR camera with a curling mustache, holding a cigar.
October 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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This is now going to live rent-free in my head all day. Like an earworm.

Nothing one can do but surrender to it. No Weetabix in the house, but this is close enough... 🙂
October 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Metarot

Building 21 (1957)

TMAX 400 / L110B / light red filter / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of an abandoned building with vines, graffiti, and bushes growing on top. Taken at the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park, NY. Building 21 for patient housing was built in 1957. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Park_Psychiatric_Center
October 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Fire Island Lighthouse

Acros II / Legacy Pro L110C / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of the Fire Island Lighthouse, Fire Island, NY (barrier island off the south shore of Long Island, NY). Sunny, clear winter day with good contrast.
October 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Look closer

Building 7 (1966)

Kentmere 400 / L110B / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of the loading dock at the rear of an abandoned building that looks like a mid-20th-century hospital. Heavily covered it graffiti. Taken at the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park, NY. Building 7, a 10 floor medical/surgical building built in 1966. One of the last to close. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Park_Psychiatric_Center
September 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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I prefer the composition of the phone photo, but here's a similar one on film a few weeks later. I'll just have to try again!

Acros II / L110C / #believeinfilm / #monochromemonday
Photo of the west side of a brutalist building (a Verizon office) on Main Street in White Plains, NY. The day was somewhat hazy and the contrast is a bit flat. Meh.
September 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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👽

Building 5 - The maintenance shop (1909)

Kentmere 100 / L110B / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of graffiti that looks somewhat like a stereotypical grey alien. Taken at the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park, NY. Building 5 - The maintenance shop (1909) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Park_Psychiatric_Center
September 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Happy cat*urday! ⛵

*catamaran

Tri-X / ID-11 / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of a catamaran in one of the local harbours. Taken on Tri-X using a light red filter.
September 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Shabba

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday

Kentmere 100 / L110B / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of a window surrounded by graffiti. Taken at the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park, NY. Building 94, the campus laundry. Built in 1953. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Park_Psychiatric_Center
September 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Building 7 - Medical/surgical building (1966)

Of all the buildings on the KPPC campus, this one feels most likely as the epicenter of a zombie apocalypse. It's visceral. Like the dark side of the force is strong in this place.

T-MAX 400 / L110B / light red filter / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of an abandoned building that looks like a mid-20th-century hospital. Taken at the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park, NY. Building 7, a 10 floor medical/surgical building built in 1966. One of the last to close. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Park_Psychiatric_Center
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Bigmouth Strikes Again

Building 94 - Campus Laundry (1953)

Kentmere 100 / L110B / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of a concrete column on a front porch with graffiti. Taken at the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park, NY. Building 94, the campus laundry. Built in 1953. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Park_Psychiatric_Center
September 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Every Fall I revisit the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center nearby. It's an ever-changing environment as the buildings continue to decay and new graffiti replaces the previous. I'll put context in the ALT for anyone curious about what you're seeing.

Kentmere 100 / L110B / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of a front door with graffiti. Taken at the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park, NY. Building 15, the maximum security violent ward. Also known as Wisteria House. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Park_Psychiatric_Center
September 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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I didn't butcher this one originally, but definitely an oldie. This was at Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego. (It's the public restroom). Taken with the Mamiya 7 and probably a form of Portra.
Public restrooms at Cabrillo National Monument. The building overlooks the Pacific Coast in San Diego. The structure is stone. There is a walkway with a white railing that leading to it. it is winder and old brush stands brown.
September 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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On her throne 👑

Happy #caturday !

Kentmere 400 / L110B / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of a cat lying on a thick pillow on top of a leather couch. The afternoon sun is making her happy and sleepy.
September 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Happy hump day!

Here's something vaguely hump shaped for you. It always makes me think of Monet's bridge in Giverny.

Tri-X / ID-11 / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of an arched foot bridge over an estuary. A white bird is standing in the water near the center of the frame.
September 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Dark Day Downtown

Tri-X / ID-11 / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of Main Street in White Plains, New York. A woman is walking past a Target on the left. To the right, the two 44 floor Ritz-Carlton residential towers loom over the smaller buildings.
September 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Something fishy going on

Kentmere 400 / L110B / #believeinfilm
Black and white photo of a wooden fish next to a wooden mannequin in a somewhat dirty window of a brick building. Port Jefferson, NY
September 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM