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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis
@gregfallis.com
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Former medic, former prison counselor, former criminal defense investigator, former almost academic, photographer, writer of detective fiction, Edgar Award winner.
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Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Loitering Outside the Bail Bondsman's in #Noirvember edition.

#ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #monochrome #HumansOfBlueSky
A black-and-white photograph of a man smoking a cigarette at night outside a bail bondsman's office.
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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First snow of the season.

(Handheld 1/2 second exposure; I love IBIS)

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #monochrome
A black-and-white photograph of a woman in silhouette, looking out a window at the first snow of the season. A slow shutter speed (half a second) turns the snowflakes into white streaks and blurs the woman's head as it turns.
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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From 2006 to 2017 I wrote a series of short essays about photographers--some well-known, some obscure--as a platform for #photography discussions called the Sunday Salons.

This piece, from 2009, is about the Japanese photographer Eikoh Hosoe.

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A black-and-white photograph by Japanese photographer Eikoh Hosoe of a woman's face partially obscured by an extended arm holding an octopus.
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Just a pleasing arrangement of shapes.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #SurfaceMapping #newtopographics
A woman presses a button to stop traffic and allow her to cross the street. She is dwarfed by the surrounding buildings.
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Debate at the Diner edition.

#ricohsnaps #GRist #photography #DemocraticCamera #monochrome
A black-and-white photograph of people have discussions at a small town diner.
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Sometimes it's more interesting behind the scenes.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #SurfaceMapping
A man in a checkered shirt and blue jeans surveys the setting of a street fair before the crowds arrive. On either side of him are the backsides of booths.
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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A little afternoon bus stop #noir for #Noirvember.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #monochrome
A black-and-white photograph of the silhouette of a man sitting in a bus stop shelter.
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Legs edition.

#ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #HumansOfBlueSky
A photograph in which light from skylights illuminates the legs of people coming and going.
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Cemetery noir for #Noirvember.

Vladimir: We've nothing more to do here.
Estragon: Nor anywhere else.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #monochrome
A very few graves in a pioneer cemetery. In the center of the frame, an angel. On the right, an American flag blows in the wind. On the left, a tree that has shed most of its leaves.
November 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Flannel-noir, for #Noirvember.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #noir #monochrome
A black-and-white photograph of a man in a flannel shirt, looking over his shoulder at a woman, who looks anxious about something.
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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From 2006 to 2017 I wrote a series of short essays about photographers--some well-known, some obscure--as a platform for #photography discussions called the Sunday Salons.

This piece, from 2007, is about Esther Bubley.

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A photograph by Esther Bubley (1921-1998).
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Because it's #Noirvember. As the poet Chandler said, "It is not a fragrant world, but it is the world you live in."

#FujifilmX10 #WeeFuji #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #noir #monochrome
A black-and-white photograph of a wet city street, down which a man--just a blurry image--walks. A neon sign is reflected in a puddle.
November 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Empire Hot Meals edition.

#ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #monochrome
A black-and-white photograph of a generic street, with a sign reading "Empire Hot Meals".
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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But this is fine.
A screenshot of Trump's 'Truth Social' post, which reads: "South Carerdddd".
October 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Cycling down Walnut

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #bikesky
A man in a brown jacket rides a bicycle down a street. It is autumn.
October 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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So much depends upon a blue barrel...

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography
A group of men prepare to erect a white tent in an urban plaza. Behind them is a metal sculpture. A blue barrel holding tools sits on the reddish tiles of the plaza.
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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You are full of unspent dreams...
You are laden with beginnings...
(Lola Ridge)

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #LarkingAboutInAlleys
On a dull, cloudy, dismal day a stray bit of sunlight illuminates part of an alleyway.
October 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Apparently it's #NationalBlackCatDay, so I'm not going to complain. Just gonna point out that somebody put a pillow on my reading chair (yes, I have a preferred chair for reading) and now this wee bastard thinks he owns it. He is NOT the boss of me.
A black cat who is also a chair thief.
October 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Well, you know...bollards and all. Four of them. Yellow. Also? Milk crates (yellow as well).

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #bollards
Four yellow bollards and three yellow plastic milk crates in an alleyway.
October 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Random Bits of Yellow edition.

#ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography
Yellow lampshades hanging above an al fresco dining area with yellow chairs.
October 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Noodling around the Flea Market edition.

#ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera
A woman with blond hair stepped into a patch of sunlight at the flea market. A large ventilation duct can be seen above her, illuminated by the same skylight. Some sort of rocket ship toy can be seen in the foreground.
October 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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"It flows thru us all."

I'd like to think this is true, but the evidence is weak.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography
A red traffic cone beneath a viaduct. On the abutment behind is a mural with the phrase "It flows thru us all" written in yellow paint.
October 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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I used to write short essays about photographers for a Flickr group called Utata. It occurs to me that some Bsky #photography folks might enjoy them. If so, I'll post them occasionally

This is about Jason Eskanazi from 2012.

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A photograph by Jason Eskanazi, shot in Moscow in 1993. It shows an ornate building in silhouette, and a man in a hat seen through the window of an old car.
October 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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I was once again out #LarkingAboutInAlleys.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography
An air conditioning unit secured in a metal cage in an alleyway. Giant sunflowers are painting on the wall behind the A/C unit. There are glass block windows above the flowers, and a green security door on the right side of the frame.
October 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Dadsplaining at the street market.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #monochrome
A black-and-white photograph of a long-haired man in sunglasses telling a young girl something she apparently doesn't to want to hear.
October 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM