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COPPER @copper.gay · Jun 9
the colors of lincoln park: a digital photography project documenting how Lincoln Park changes over time & space

Put together in honor of Chicago's queer community.

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Chicago graffiti, grabby rat edition.

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#graffiti #chicago #photography
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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I hope everyone going to MFF has a great time! Be safe, have fun, and look out for each other

If you can, wear masks in public spaces. We're in COVID-and-flu season and masks (like vaccines) help diminish the spread in gatherings as large as this one!

And buy at least one book...for writers!
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Digging through my archive over the winter, have a house sparrow. Look at those browns!

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#birds #wildlife #chicago #photography
November 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Holiday cards are now available in my shop at HiddenStashArt.etsy.com 💌

Each handmade, lino printed blank greeting card comes with an A6 envelope - both tucked neatly into a cellophane sleeve so you can gift them or hoard them to your heart’s content
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Chicago graffiti, Garfield edition.

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#graffiti #chicago #photography
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
baby duckies... from this Summer.

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#birds #wildlife #photography
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Like the city's wildlife, Chicago's graffiti catches my eye on the regular. I wanted to start sharing what I've found these last few years.

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#graffiti #chicago #photography
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Today over Chicago's Lakefront
November 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Was in the middle of a run through Lincoln Park this last week, and saw a random sandhill crane hanging out with a gaggle of geese. Naturally I ran straight back home, got my camera, and ran back to get some shots.

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#birds #wildlife #photography
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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I spent a week in Georgia, and met some very vocal Boat-tailed Grackles at the beach!
📸 November 5, 2025 - Tybee Island, GA
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife
November 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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yoteforms
October 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
More San Francisco photography, this time a Steller's jay. Such striking blues.

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#birds #wildlife #photography
October 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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The moon in all her glory, waning after the full moon
📸 October 8, 2025 my front yard - Springfield, IL
#photography #naturephotography #moon #astronomy
October 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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It's finished!! "My Avian Neighborhood": in total almost 100 hours of work in the span of 27 days to complete. So very proud of this one, it's going to be hanging in its first show over the next few months. Thank you to everyone who cheered me on, the species are in the alt text of the image! ✨
October 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Columbus Day (page 1/40) 🧵
October 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I visited San Francisco in August and I have to say my favorite part of the visit was the urban wildlife, especially the majestic pelican. Watching them fly in groups was hypnotizing.

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#birds #wildlife #photography
October 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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October 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Happy #October fellas
October 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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I've hired this thing to stare at you all month
October 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
can I come over and stare at you like this

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#birds #wildlife #photography
September 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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keep making beautiful art u wild animals
April 13, 2025 at 4:46 AM
To finish off my bug posting for the week, have a shot of a monarch butterfly from Labor Day. There were so many this summer, very grateful for that.

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#wildlife #photography
September 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Apologies, as these are not great but I have to share this Osprey sighting! Fall migration provided me the opportunity to see one locally, and the non-birders in my life don't understand my excitement over the sighting.
📸 September 7, 2025 Lincoln Memorial Gardens - Springfield, IL
#birds
September 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
One of my favorite parts of this summer were the bugs, so many bugs. It has been fun to watch crowds of grasshoppers jump around in native grasses as you walk by, like they're popping popcorn.

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#wildlife #photography
September 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM