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After time outside in the cold and snow, Roy Jealous of Him warms hinself by the wood burning stove in his one room home at Wounded Knee, SD. 2/12/1991
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#DocumentaryPhotography #Lakota #WoundedKnee #NativeAmerican #BlueSkyArtShow #Warmth

November 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM

James Cook

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On a cool afternoon in May, a sailboat passes between the Isle of Skye and the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Windmills are visible in the distance.
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#Highlands #Scotland #Small #BlueSkyArtShow

November 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM

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If it walks like a duck, it might be a goose. Alternating between frozen and thawed, the bank and surface of a pond in winter, bear testimony of the back and forth temperatures
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Winter #Bright

November 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM

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#Alternating between immersed and emersed. As waves wash across a low berm, water left behind takes on the texture of the sand and the darkening blue color of the sky above before seeping into the sand.
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#LakeMichigan #Landscape #Bright #Photography #Environment #BlueSkyArtShow

November 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM

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As a January 2007 storm moves towards the Michigan coastline, waves bearing bearing balls of ice and slush slam against the outer edges of the growing ice shelf. There has been minimal ice in January during more recent years
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#Environment #Climate #LakeMichigan #BlueSkyArtShow #Bright

November 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM

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Just published a new piece: “On Inspiration and Style.”
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It’s about the mentors and moments that shaped my photography — and what it means to find your own voice.
#Photography #Portrait #Art #Photographer

October 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM

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Working inside a Ben & Jerry's Waffle shop, Stockholm, Sweden, 2024
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#Photojournalism #Windows #Stockholm #StreetPhotography #Sweden #BlueSkyArtShow #Inside

October 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM

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Alberta Black Bear and two of her children, looking out from inside their home. Wounded Knee, South Dakota, 1990
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#NativeAmerican #WoundedKnee #PhotoDocumentary #Photojournalism #Photojournalist #Inside #BlueSkyArtShow

October 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM

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Leola One Feather with all of her kids inside her car. Wounded Knee, South, Dakota, 1991
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#NativeAmerican #WoundedKnee #PhotoDocumentary #Photojournalism #Photojournalist #Inside #BlueSkyArtShow

October 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM

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Inside the home of Ruth Black Bear, shown here sewing in her living room. Wounded Knee, South Dakota, 1990
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#NativeAmerican #WoundedKnee #PhotoDocumentary #Photojournalism #Photojournalist #Inside #BlueSkyArtShow

Ruth told me about when she was a child. In school, they were punished if they were caught speaking Lakota, their native language. They were taught to be ashamed of who they were. Ruth may have been poor by common standards, but she was very proud of who she was and was among those who caused me to rethink and change the point of view of my photodocumentary.

Wounded Knee, South Dakota, 1990

October 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM

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Hibiscus grow in many climates; in many varieties. Among those in Michigan is the Red Hardy Hibiscus, such as this Lord Baltimore Hibiscus, a sterile hybrid. The deep red blossoms range from 8 to 10 inches across.
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Spring #Color #Colorful #Photography #Flowers #Vertical

October 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM

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Vertical panorama of the ceiling in Oslo Cathedral, Oslo, Norway
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#Architecture #BlueSkyArtShow #Norway #Tourism #Travel #Cathedrals #Vertical #Oslo

October 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM

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Windmills are big, and an efficient green energy. Stoney Corners, a 29-turbine windfarm near McBain, Michigan. 2012
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#Climate #Energy #DocumentaryPhotography #Environment #Landscape #PhotoDocumentary #Michigan #Photojournalist #Vertical #BlueSkyArtShow

October 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM

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It's a popular pastime to watch the sunset over Lake Michigan at Oval Beach in Saugatuck, Michigan. A classic 1955 Cadillac added to the visual treat.
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#Environment #LakeMichigan #Michigan #Photography #Cadillac #Cars #ClassicCars #BlueSkyArtShow #Glow

October 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM

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Lights at Lakeside Amusement Park, Denver, Colorado, 1990
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#Abstract #Design #Graphic #BlueSkyArtShow #Glow #Photography #Kodachrome #Color #Colorful #Cars #Cadillac

October 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM

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Neon, Lakeside Amusement Park, Denver, Colorado. 1986
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Glow #Abstract #Design #Graphic #Kodachrome #Photography

October 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM

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A silhouetted visitor descending on an escalator into the galleries of the Albertina Museum in Vienna, seen from above.
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#Abstract #Architecture #Design #Graphic #Austria #Vienna #Stunday

October 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM

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The road leading to the home of Roy Jealous of Him. Pine Ridge Reservation, Wounded Knee, South Dakota
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#DocumentaryPhotography #PhotoDocumentary #Photojournalism #Lakota #NativeAmerican #WoundedKnee #BlueSkyArtShow #TheRoad

September 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM

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A rural coastal road near Portnablagh, County Donegal in northwestern Ireland. The remote area is largely Irish speaking, referred to as a Gaeltacht district.
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#TheRoad #BlueSkyArtShow #Landscape #Travel #Ireland

September 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM

James Cook

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Graduating cadets, at the US Airforce Academy, take an oath to the Constitution. Moments later they gave photographers an opportunity to make the iconic image of their hats tossed into the air.
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#Abstract #Graphic #Photojournalist #Photography #Pattern #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHats