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Mark Coggins

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Check it out! 👇👇👇👇👇

Announcing a new Poltroon Press edition of THE MALTESE FALCON with a pub. date of January 6, 2026! Illustrated with scene-setting B&W photos of FALCON locations from San Francisco, it includes a "mapback" pinpointing crime scenes and a […]

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Cover of THE MALTESE FALCON edition with coda by Mark.

Stockton tunnel in San Francisco by night.

November 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM

Mark Coggins

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Sweet Potato Fries

#foto #fotografie #photo #photography #street #streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #sanfrancisco

Mother and daughter eat lunch at Gotts Roadside in San Francisco's Ferry Building.

November 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM

Mark Coggins

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A piece of Hollywood history!

Raymond Chandler sells the movie rights for THE BIG SLEEP to Warner Brothers, resulting in the famous Howard Hawks film staring Bogie and Becall.

Renowned Hollywood agent HN "Swanie" Swanson brokers the deal.

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Last page of a contract signed by Raymond Chandler selling the movie rights to THE BIG SLEEP to Warner Brothers.

November 15, 2025 at 5:43 AM

Mark Coggins

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Pleased to be included in the Colorado Photographic Arts Center show "Threshold". See all the images in the exhibition here:

https://cpacphoto.org/threshold-2025/

#foto #fotografie #photo #photography #street #streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #honolulu #hawaii #oahu

Entrance to a dress shop in Honolulu's Chinatown.

November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM

Mark Coggins

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Found the black bird at the Sacramento Airport!

#maltesefalcon #hammett #crimefiction #noir #photography

Mosaic of a falcon perched on a post on the floor of the Sacramento Airport.

November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM

Mark Coggins

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Boo! I said Boo!

#foto #fotografie #photo #photography #street #streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #halloween #sanfrancisco

Small paper ghost in window appears to call down to a woman standing on the corner looking at her phone in San Francisco.

October 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM

Mark Coggins

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Napa Morning

#foto #fotografie #photo #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #napa

Standing on the 1st Street Bridge over the Napa river, looking out to the 3rd Street bridge.

October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM

Mark Coggins

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The Falcon and the Pigeon

#foto #fotografie #photo #photography #street #streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #sanfrancisco

Man jumps in the air from skateboard with his arms folded back like wings. Behind him, a less athletic individual walks along pumping his arms.

October 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM

Mark Coggins

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THIS is San Francisco...

#foto #fotografie #photo #photography #street #streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #sanfrancisco

Older couple standing near younger couple on a sidewalk in San Francisco. The older woman is staring fixedly ahead as if she can't believe what she's seeing.

October 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM

Mark Coggins

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Young Rowdy

#foto #fotografie #photo #photography #street #streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #sanfrancisco

Older man with beard wearing do-rag dances in front of a band at a free concert in San Francisco.

October 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM

Mark Coggins

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Haunted Lobby

#foto #fotografie #photo #photography #street #streetphotography #night #nightphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #sanfrancisco #Fotomontag #Photomonday

Woman reads while sitting in the lobby of a San Francisco office building at night. Beside her is a statue of a ghostly woman.

October 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM

Mark Coggins

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Lost Kerouac manuscript found:

https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/lost-jack-kerouac-chapter-found-mafia-boss-estate-21098566.php

Why, that could be the basis of a crime fiction novel, I'm thinking:

https://www.markcoggins.com/the-dead-beat-scroll/ […]

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Cover for the crime fiction novel THE DEAD BEAT SCROLL. Shows a close-up of a woman's hand drooping over the edge of a bathtub. Includes review quote, "Glorious potpourri of violence, black humor,... sex, and a hunt for a lost manuscript."

Picture of Jack Kerouac from the SF Gate article.

October 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Mark Coggins

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Return to Bruce Lee Corner

#foto #fotografie #photo #photography #street #streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #night #nightphotography #Fotomontag #Photomonday #sanfrancisco

Corner of Commercial and Grant in San Francisco's Chinatown by night. A Bruce Lee mural is illuminated by street light.

October 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM

Mark Coggins

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Spofford Corner

#foto #fotografie #photo #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #street #streetphotography #sanfrancisco #silentsunday

Spofford Street in San Francisco's Chinatown.

October 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Mark Coggins

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WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?!

Publication of my second Sam Spade story, "The Russian Egg" in Eclectica magazine. Read it here:

https://www.eclectica.org/v29n4/coggins.html

The second of two linked short stories that follow immediately after THE MALTESE FALCON, you […]

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