Dave Cooper
davecooperphoto.bsky.social
Dave Cooper
@davecooperphoto.bsky.social
Photographer + Filmmaker
davecooperphoto.com

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I’m not a heavy drinker, but I am a big fan of good beer. Last weekend in Frederick, MD, we sat for a time at Olde Mother Brewing. Loved this Barrel-aged Imperial Stout called Matriarch. #beer
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸

@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Tardee Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter.
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Something to explain to your stupid family members over turkey in a few weeks.
With Elon Musk’s new $1 trillion contract, he could make $11.4 MILLION per HOUR for the next 10 years.

He’s not creating his profits, working people are!

The “Four Comma Club” shouldn’t exist. A union contract is how we start to level the playing field. https://wapo.st/47O88M4
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Wedding photography gets a very bad wrap. In reality, it’s a rare opportunity to see and feel the frisson of emotions, document them forever, and be part of a very special day. I haven’t shot a wedding in years. This was one of my favs. #weddingphotography #photography
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Some #filmmaking #bts of my project shot on location in #luxor #egypt. It was an incredible opportunity to see a newly-discovered tomb in the Valley of the Nobles before it was open to the public.
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My daughter—now 23!—sitting atop a big ole pumpkin. Shot on my Rolleiflex. The lab screwed up the negative but I still love it. #photographersofbluesky #photography
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”

A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Ripples on the pond leading the way
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Every so often I go through periods of forgetting the number one rule as a #photographer: Document your life. I’m always closer to my ideal self when I get back to it. Side note: Big props to #leica for the beautiful app design that brings the joy of contact sheets to my phone with their app.
November 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Walking through Manhattan I noticed this man fast asleep on a bench, mid-book and mid-cigarette. I snapped a shot and suddenly a burst a wind knocked his book from his lap, waking him immediately. I pressed the shutter a final time. #streetphotography #photography
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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harvard medical school got bombed yesterday and it barely made news
November 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Making the best of the weekend, as daylight leaves. #photographer
November 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Here’s where I am as an “American:” who fucking cares. None of this changes anything. Nothing changes anything. I’m tired of grasping for hope in a hopeless country that loves rapists, child molesters, and ripping brown families to shreds.
BREAKING: The full bench of the 9th circuit has agreed to take up the Portland National Guard case and vacated the panel decision that had blessed Trump’s deployment.
October 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
October 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Seriously
Never imagined our law enforcement would look like this.
October 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Back in 2016 at an amazing enoteca in Tuscany, which had an ancient wine cellar.
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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The private detention centers ICE contracts with to hold thousands of people — including journalists it arrests — shouldn’t be off-limits to FOIA requests.

Use our action center to tell your member of Congress: FOIA should apply to private facilities.
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Defending press freedom for the next generation
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October 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Troubled times, troubled mind. A self portrait during the pandemic in 2020.
October 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s amazing just how Challenger-explosion-bad our public schools have failed these “men.” Dunderheads should not have access to zip cuffs, much less actual weapons.
New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST
October 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
God help us
"yeah I've got a pretty sweet white collar gig"
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Let this be the last time we hear Cuomo’s name in politics. What a scumbag.
October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM