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Jack Toolin
@jacktoolin.bsky.social
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Artist working in a range of media, with a conceptually driven approach. Adjunct Associate Professor at Pace University and New York University.
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Delivery Biker, NYC, 2025.
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#urbanportraits #urbanphotography #newyorkcity #newyorkers
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Financial District Details, NYC, 2024.
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#urbanphotography #contemporaryphotography #fidi #newyorkcityphotographer #documentaryphotography
October 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Financial District Details, NYC, 2024.
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#urbanphotography #newyorkcityphotographer #fidi #cities #contemporaryphotography
October 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Financial District Details, NYC, 2024.
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#urbanphotohgraphy #newyorkcityphotographer #fidi #cities #contemporaryphotography
October 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Financial District Details, Water Street, NYC, 2024.
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#urbanphotography #newyorkcityphotographer #fidi
October 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Tip Jar No. 45, Brooklyn.
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#tips #casheconomy #serviceindustry #serviceeconomy #microeconomics #psychoeconomics #economicart #artabouteconomics #documentaryphotography #contemporaryphotography #conceptualart #neoconceptualism
October 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Tip Jar No. 85, Brooklyn, 2023.
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#documentaryphotography #contemporaryphotography #empiricaleconomics #microeconomics #psychoeconomics #fringeeconomy #casheconomy #serviceindustry #lensculture #phroom #broadmag #noicemag
October 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Tip Jar No. 90, Manhattan, 2025.
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#documentaryphotography #contemporaryphotography #digitalphotography #tipjars #fringeeconomy #casheconomy #economicphotogaphy #economicart #conceptualart #phroom #noicemag #broadmag
This is a color photograph of a tip jar in a Manhattan cafe. It is surrounded by the typical objects one finds on a cafe counter: cups, cash register, snacks. This is Tip Jar No. 90 in this long-running photography project.
October 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Pedestrian Photographs, San Francisco, CA, 1985.
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#newtopographics
#urbanphotography
#analogphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#mediumformatphotography
#twinlensreflex
#pedestrianphotography
This is a black and white photograph made in San Francisco in 1955. It falls within the New Topographic genre, it depicts a cement plant located in on the eastern edge of the city, now dominated by condominiums.
September 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Convenience Store, Brooklyn, 2020.
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#newtopographics
#urbanphotography
#urbanlandscapephotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#buildings
September 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Flag, Brooklyn, 2020.
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#documentaryphotography
#brooklynphotographer
#flags #americanflag
#fadedflag
September 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Flag, Brooklyn, 2024.
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#urbanphotography
#newtopographics
#contemporaryphotography
#landscapephotography
#brooklynphotography
#documentaryphotography
#flags
This is a photograph of a construction site in Brooklyn, New York. The main features are the orange traffic barriers and the dispirited American flag, hanging in a cloudy gray sky. It is part of a photo portfolio featuring flags.
September 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Verrazzano Bridge Time Lapse, Brooklyn, 2020.
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#contemporaryphotography
#digitalphotography
#urbanphotography
#photography
#timelapsephotography
#urbanphotography
#newyorkcity
#brooklyn
#verrazzanobridge
#brdiges
September 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Taking a break.
Guitarist, Verrazzanno Bridge, Brooklyn, 2026.
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#urbanphotography #bridges #brooklynphotographer #breathe #contemporaryphotography
September 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Urban Suburbia, Brooklyn, 2025.
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#urbansuburbia #urbanphotography #brooklynphotographer
September 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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It's time to promote my project Profit and Loss, which is featured in the current Photo Books Now newsletter. You can buy this newsletter for a VERY affordable price, and doing so will both allow you to learn about the project and give me a morale boost. 😀

www.wurstercreative.com/pbn-newsletter
August 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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3rd Ave. Corridor, Brooklyn, 2025.
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#newtopographics #urbanism #urbanphotography #brooklynphotographer #documentingspace #documentaryphotography #photography #jacktoolin
August 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Profit and Loss, Portfolio, AP/1, 2025.
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See the project description and more images from this project at jacktoolin.net/profitAndLoss
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#visualeconomics #artabouteconomics #newstreetphotography #newconstructivism #enhancedpost #psychoeconomics #conceptualart #digitalphotography
July 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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3rd Ave. Corridor, Brooklyn, 2025.
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#urbanphotography #brooklynphotographer #mixeduse #contemporaryphotography #newtopographics #urbanlandscapephotography
June 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Times Square, NYC, 2025.
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#urbanphotography #nyc #subway #liminalspace #documentingspace
June 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Urban Suburbia, Brooklyn, 2025.
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#urbanphotography #newtopographics #brooklynphotography #photography #brooklyn #urbansuburbia #cities
June 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Profit and Loss, Speculations, A/P 1, 2025.
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#psychoeconomics #newstreetphotography #postphotography #enhancedpost #contemporaryphotography #digitalphotography #contemporaryart #conceptualart
June 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Urban Suburbia, Brooklyn, 2024.
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#urbanphotography #brooklynphotography #homesandgardens #newtopographics #citylife
June 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Urban Suburbia, Brooklyn, 2022.
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(Bluesky is desaturating the colors and reducing the contrast of my images, sadly.)
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#urbanphotography #brooklynphotography #homesandgardens #contemporaryphotography #photography #urbansuburbia
June 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Urban Suburbia, Brooklyn, 2025.
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#urbanphotography #brooklynphotographer #newtopographics #architecture #yardwork #brooklyn
#middleclassstyle #photography #jacktoolin
June 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM