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Ben Bristow
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Amateur photographer and software technical writer from New York. I post more of my work on Bluesky, but you can follow from here via @thelightisflat.com.

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One from Governors Island last summer. My favorite place in New York. More info in the alt text.

#photography #architecture #architecturephotography #urbanphotography #eastcoastkin #nyc #newyorkcity
An empty officer's home from when there was a base here. This one is off Nolan Park, so it was probably built in the 19th century. Many of these are now artist residences or galleries. One has a Robert Capa exhibit!
February 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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@MonaApp Hi, is there a way to keep hashtags I follow out of the main Mona feed? Or do I just need to unfollow hashtags? Thanks!
February 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Great Kills Park at sunset yesterday. A fun day trip; who knew you can hike in Staten Island?

#photography #landscapephotography #landscape #nyc #newyorkcity
The boat launch in the marina at Great Kills Park. I'd just seen deer and been unprepared for them, but a sunset is a bit slower.
February 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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I loved these aid stations at Coney Island. Very mid-century modern.

#photography #urbanlandscape #architecturephotography #architecture #brooklyn #nyc #newyorkcity
Hundreds of these modular buildings were put on New York City beaches after Hurricane Sandy. They were in a hurry, since most of the existing ones had been destroyed.
February 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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The Wonder Wheel at a frigid but peaceful Coney Island on Sunday.

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The Wonder Wheel in the offseason at Coney Island, looking north.
February 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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One more from Coney Island: the wreck of the Quester I on a sunless day. This personal submarine was built in the 1960s to dive the Andrea Doria. Yes, really. More info in the alt text.

#photography #urbanexploration #newyorkcity #nyc #brooklyn
A Brooklyn dockworker named Jerry Bianco built this sub to recover salvage from the Andrea Doria—which would definitely not have worked out. During the launch, the crane operator dropped her in the mud and investors were too spooked to fund a recovery. The Quester I never sailed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quester_I
February 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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I was taking photos at a frigid Coney Island yesterday and encountered the Polar Bear Club! It was 15 °F and they were completely unfazed.

#photography #streetphotography #candidphotography #nyc #brooklyn #newyorkcity
This was their leader. The mood was ebullient. They didn't swim out too far. And they were still there when I left!
February 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Some early morning light this week.

#light #liminal #mobilephotography
A New York stairwell, lit by early morning sun.
February 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Bryant Park after heavy rain.

#photography #light #nyc #newyorkcity
Bryant Park after heavy rain. These ping pong tables are always in use, but not then.
February 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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The Glasgow War Memorial from a few years ago.

#photography #streetphotography #candidphotography #glasgow #scotland
Also called the Glasgow Cenotaph, this commemorates Glaswegians—a new word for me—who served in WWI.
January 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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The Mid-Manhattan library.

#photography #candidphotography #nyc #newyorkcity
Information desk in the NYPL.
January 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Old one that I just reprocessed. This view from under the Manhattan Bridge has changed. More info in the alt text.

#photography #urbanphotography #urbanlandscape #nyc #newyorkcity #brooklyn
That’s the Hudson Avenue Generating Station, a 92 year-old coal and steam plant which was once the largest in the world. It’s being replaced with clean energy infrastructure and luxury buildings.
January 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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May as well use my real name here on Mastodon. I don’t gain anything from using a handle and I lose the chance to have my identity stolen.
January 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Another from Central Park yesterday, Other side of the lake, facing uptown.

#photography #urbanlandscape #urbanphotography #nyc #newyorkcity
Looking north over the lake in Central Park.
January 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Central Park today.

#photography #urbanphotography #urbanlandscape #nyc #newyorkcity
The Lake at Central Park, about half frozen over.
January 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Antelope Canyon/Tsé Bíghanílíní

#silentsunday
A view from the bottom of a reddish sandstone slot canyon, looking up. At the bottom left the canyon walls are in shadow. Above are striated pink-red-orange walls, curved by erosion. A little circle of bright sky is towards the top right.
January 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Green-Wood Cemetery, from near DeWitt Clinton's grave.

#photography #silentsunday #newyorkcity #nyc #brooklyn
Green-Wood Cemetery, looking west from the DeWitt Clinton memorial and gravesite.
January 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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This is a photography account, but don't expect to escape every #caturday unscathed. She's almost two now.

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The chonk is strong, as is the floof.
January 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Old one. The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

#photography #edinburgh #scotland
In the atrium at the National Museum.
January 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Iona Abbey on the Isle of Iona, Scotland.

#photography #architecture #architecturephotography #scotland #hebrides
The cloisters of Iona Abbey, in the Scottish Hebrides.
January 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Older one. Isle of Iona, Scotland.

#photography #seascapephotography #seascape #hebrides #scotland
Iona in the Hebrides. Low-angled shot showing bright blue water and rowboats.
January 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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On Essex Street this afternoon.

#photography #streetphotography #streetart #nyc # NewYorkCity
A colorful mural on the side of a building on Essex Street in the late afternoon sun.
January 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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This FDNY mural in Midtown is from the last few months.

#photography #streetart #texturetuesday #nyc #newyorkcity
Colorful mural of a firefighter holding an axe on the side of a tall building in Midtown Manhattan.
January 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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No Access, ©️ Ian Wood. If this image doesn't win the guy Wildlife Photographer of the Year: People's Choice, they should cancel the contest. Get your votes in!

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/peoples-choice/2024-no-access

# Photography #wildlifephotography # Wildlife
No Access | Wildlife Photographer of the Year | Natural History Museum
An ambling Eurasian badger appears to glance up at badger graffiti on a quiet road in St Leonards-on-Sea, England, UK. Residents had been leaving food scraps on the pavement for foxes. But Ian noticed that badgers from a nearby sett were also coming to forage.<br/><br/>After seeing a badger walking along the pavement by this wall late one night, he decided to photograph it. He set up a small hide on the edge of the road to take his picture.<br/><br/>Only the light from a lamppost illuminated the creature as it ambled along, seemingly glancing up at the badger graffiti just in front of it.
www.nhm.ac.uk
January 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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St Pancras, London.

#photography #architecturephotography #urbanphotography #architecture #london
The train shed at St Pancras.
January 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM