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Matthew Hollett
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✏️ Writer, photographer, walker
👁️ Optic Nerve (poems) published by Brick Books
🦑 Newfoundland / Ktaqmkuk
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Filibus, a silent sci-fi adventure film from 1915, is super fun and surprisingly contemporary. Filibus is a gender-bending sky pirate who lives in an airship and gleefully outwits snooty millionaires! Duotone tinting and slightly damaged film add to the dreaminess.

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Filibus (1915)
The mysterious air pirate Filibus steals from the rich and then retreats to the safety of her airship, which is manned by a staff of mask-wearing lackeys who instantly obey her every command. When an ...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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I made this little watercolour of an accordion for Eastern Edge's annual Fare & Square fundraiser! The event takes place at the Alt Hotel in St. John’s on December 7, and everyone who buys a ticket gets to take home an artwork. See easternedge.ca for details.
A watercolour painting of a red accordion, with a green-blue floral pattern background.
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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TFW everyone thinks you're a novelty pizza but you're secretly a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy
October 6, 2023 at 2:53 PM
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A little dose of light in Beaches Path, Witless Bay, Newfoundland.
Dappled light shining through two red berries on a small plant, the camera peering closely across the forest floor.
September 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Steam and sunlight
Steam from a pot glowing in sunlight from a nearby window.
August 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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The fireweed on the Bonavista peninsula is pretty epic right now. #newfoundlandandlabrador
A field of deep pink fireweed absorbing a wooden fence.
August 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Of course this happens on the one day I don’t bring my good camera with me.
A gull perching on a plastic owl meant to scare away gulls, on a rooftop in Newfoundland, with the ocean in the background.
August 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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A couple of seals encountered on the southern Avalon, Newfoundland. These were taken with a 300mm lens and then cropped quite a bit. I only got a telephoto lens a few months ago and it's been really fun to revisit places and see them with more telescopic eyes.
A seal lying on a seaweed-covered shoreline, peering back at the photographer over its shoulder, if seals had shoulders. A hefty-looking seal relaxing on a slab of rock by the ocean.
August 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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I feel like I levelled up in foraging this past week. I've picked bakeapples before, but never dewberries or wild haskaps! We also found a few creeping snowberries, but I forgot to get a photo. #newfoundland #foraging
Dewberries, bulbous bright red berries that look a bit like raspberries. A handful of bright red dewberries. A handful of bakeapples, which are peach-orange coloured and bumpy. A handful of wild haskaps, small dark blue oval-shaped herries.
August 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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I snapped this sundew yesterday on Newfoundland’s southern Avalon peninsula. It’s insectivorous! The sticky drops attract small insects that are dissolved by the plant’s enzymes. This one has a bit of fly stuck in its teeth.
Close-up photo of a sundew plant in Newfoundland. The plant is insectivorous and has a green center with red spines covered in sticky drops which attract and trap small insects.
July 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Another recent fox encounter on the hill trail. #newfoundland #wildlife #photography
A black fox standing on a rocky hill, almost silhouetted against a bright blue sky.
April 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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From a series of photos of traffic islands that I made while living in Halifax back in 2006-2008.
A triangular traffic island photographed from above, with slanting shadows created by early morning light.
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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A large day on the hill trail. #northheadtrail #newfoundland #parkscanada #photography
A hillside trail in deep blue shadow, with two hikers silhouetted in the distance. In the background is a port city glowing in warm evening light.
April 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Fox encounter on Signal Hill yesterday.
A black fox stands on a wooden staircase on a walking trail, peering back at the photographer as if assessing his possible value as a source of protein.
April 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Snow tires, St. John's. #photography
A pile of tires at a dock, partially covered in snow so that the tires create black circular patterns against the white expanse.
April 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Tallinn, Estonia. #photography
A cobblestone street at night, rounded stones shining bright red from the taillights of a passing car.
April 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Found this little pal while photographing cherry blossoms in Montreal a few years ago. #montreal #photography #streetphotography
A small songbird bird perched on a wire fence, with out-of-focus cherry blossoms creating a colourful dappled background.
April 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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A walk on Signal Hill a few weeks ago. #newfoundland #photography #landscapephotography
A view of St. John’s Harbour from Signal Hill, Newfoundland. A bit of snow along the edges of a walking path. The city sprawling along the sides of the harbour. A gold-tinged lens flare.
April 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Port de Grave yesterday. #newfoundland #photography #landscapephotography #abstraction
An almost abstract image, looking down into the waters of a port, with the hulls of boats reflected as looming shadows, bright orange floats dangling upside-down, and a flurried blur of bird.
April 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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My package arrived. #catscatscats
A cardboard box with a cat standing in it. The photo has a kind of fish-eye effect so the cat’s body looms large at the top of the image.
April 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Seeing softly on a squishy springish walk. #walking #photography #vintagelens
Wild rose hips in winter, photographed barely in focus so they are almost abstract, a blur of red and pastel purple hues.
April 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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A snowy St. John’s film snap from yesterwinter. #nlwx #35mm #filmisnotdead #filmphotography
A retro-looking film photo of a snowy street in downtown St. John’s, car tracks curving into the distance.
April 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Two years ago today I published my first poetry book! Optic Nerve, a collection of poems about photography and visual perception, was published by Brick Books in 2023. The cover image is by the wonderful Jon McNaught. #canlit #canadianpoetry #poetrybook #poetry
Several copies of a poetry collection titled "Optic Nerve", sitting on a wooden table. The book's cover image is an almost abstract graphical illustration of a tree reflected in a puddle shaped by paving stones.
April 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Got a few rolls of film developed – here's a snap from my trusty Olympus Trip 35. I love this little camera! #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #35mm #photography #olympustrip35
A retro-looking film photo taken from the passenger window of a moving car. The photographer is visible in the rear-view mirror, with a blurry landscape with trees and hills in the background.
April 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Flatrock as a snow flurry moved in. #flatrock #newfoundland #landscapephotography
A rocky coastal Newfoundland landscape, with dramatic sweeping rocks and a hilly headland in the distance.
April 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM