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MaxSidman
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Enthusiast, practitioner. Mostly
#photography & #vinyl #records, some #boxing, occasional #travel, miscellaneous debris. Always curious, based in #Oakland.

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Rainy day self portrait in the window of a Lyonnaise strip club. Lyon, France, October, 2025.

Leica MP, Elmarit 28mm f/2.8, Kodak UltraMax 400.

#believeinfilm #photography #travel #selfportrait #streetphotography
Red window trim and patio furniture against white walls frame mirrored windows, one of which contains the painted pink silhouette of a person dancing on a pole. The photographer can be seen in the background of the same window
December 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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I refuse to watch Paul fight, and I’m kinda bummed out (but not surprised) that AJ even entertained this theater of spectacle, but I’m glad to hear that it ended the way it did. Getting his dumb jaw broken in two places is getting off light. Boxing is dangerous and AJ is a legit heavyweight […]
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December 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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New photo gallery post, images made during a stopover in #nyc a couple months ago. Leica MP, Elmarit 28mm f/2.4, Kodak Ultra Max 400.

#photography #streetphotography #believeinfilm #leica_camera

https://www.maxsidman.com/new-york-city-2025/
New York City | 2025
There’s always so much to see and do in New York, stepping off a plane for a mere stopover in that city always feels like a starting gun going off, the beginning of a sprint. This year, with less than 72 hours before I jumped on another plane headed
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December 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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#nowplaying Miclotronic Commandos, S/T (Sanctimonious Records, 2025). Underground West Bay rap legends Jihad (Third Sight) and Luke Sick (Sacred Hoop, Grand Invincible) team up for this modern boom-bap classic. Beats and scratches from B Squeezy, Eons One […]

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A black vinyl record spins on a black turntable. The record sleeve stands up on the turntable’s closed dust cover behind the platter.
December 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Normally don’t pay any attention to anything Grammys related but this is good. https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/12/19/g-s1-102766/grammy-fela-kuti-afrobeats
December 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Oregon. 3rd October, 2025.

📷 Hasselblad 500C/M
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160

#pdx #filmphotography #kodakportra160 #hasselblad500cm
A rural landscape with fields marked by lines of the harvesting machines, electricity pylons, under a clear blue sky. A lone overhead cable crosses the image diagonally.
December 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Transplant, San Francisco, CA, December 2025.

#monochrome #blackandwhite #streetphotography #photography #sanfrancisco
A black & white photograph of a couple in the streets, one of them wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers ball cap
December 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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“I've spent my whole life chasing something,” Crawford said. “Not belts, not money, not headlines. But that feeling, the feeling you get when the world doubts you, but you keep going and prove everyone wrong.” I wouldn’t call his retirement a surprise, I’d call well earned. (And frankly I’m glad […]
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December 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Chill, analog, instrumental beats for cold, foggy mornings…

https://djharrison.bandcamp.com/album/pen-eyes
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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A baker's dozen of digital black & white street photos shot at a wide open aperture a couple weekends back...

#monochrome #blackandwhite #streetphotography #sanfrancisco

https://www.maxsidman.com/shooting-zone-wide-open-in-the-streets/
Shooting Zone Wide Open in the Streets
Photography is a two-dimensional art form—whether printed or digital, images appear in a flat plane on an X and Y axis. Depth, the perception that gives photos life, appears on a Z axis that cuts through the foreground, middle ground, and background layers of an image. This dynamic can
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December 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Recently received my copy of Trevor Traynor’s excellent Newsstands photo book. The published culmination of over a decade of work, it contains 110 photos of newsstands in 23 cities around the world. I can’t overstate how good this project is, and how nicely this […]

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A color photo of a red hardcover book titled NEWSSTANDS in gold lettering A photo of a two-page spread containing two photographs of newsstands A photo of a two-page spread containing two photographs of newsstands
December 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Fresh instrumental flip for the Xmas playlist, courtesy of the Bay’s own DJ Raw B…
https://djrawb.bandcamp.com/track/god-rest-single
December 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Thinking about going into the City and taking photos at SantaCon today. On the other hand fuck that.
December 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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They say you get more conservative as you get older, but I’m 62 and I’m currently reading an oral history of anti fascist activism in Portland, Oregon, in the 1980s and ‘90s. If anything, I’m getting more radicalized as I get older.
December 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Empire

I’ve taken several photos of the Empire State Building, but this is probably the oddest. I was struck by its reflection in this building that sits over Penn Station (not Madison Square Garden). Pentax 17, Kodacolor 200, ECN-2 development.

#BelieveInFilm #halfframe
The Empire State Building is reflected, distorted and cut up, in the glass windows of a skyscraper. The entrance to Madison Square Garden is seen at the bottom of the frame, as well as the end of the words over the entrance to Pennsylvania Station at the left of the frame.
December 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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“It should be noted how incredibly stupid all of this is, which is perhaps appropriate for the year 2025, in which most of the economy consists of reckless gambling on AI.” 💯💯💯
https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115702475820042280
404 Media (@404mediaco@mastodon.social)
People who bet on "AI" did not win and are incredibly mad. https://www.404media.co/architects-of-ai-wins-time-person-of-the-year-sends-gambling-markets-into-a-meltdown/
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December 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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#nowplaying Harvey Milk, WhaRvEy milK (Chunklet Industries, 2025). A lost 1994 session at WREK Studio by Athens, GA purveyors of the finest bummer-sludge jams, edited and mastered for this just-in-time-for-the-holidays release. Heavy, heavy, heavy. Get some […]

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A black vinyl record spins on a black turntable. The record sleeve stands up on the turntable’s closed dust cover behind the platter.
December 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Damn. RIP Martin Parr. "I make serious photographs disguised as entertainment." Such a great photographer.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5m0mnvnvmo
December 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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#silentsunday #stilllife
A color photograph: a bouquet of lilies and a candle shaped like a baguette on a large dish at the center of a glass table, surrounded by placemats, felt coasters, a ravioli shaped white glass light hanging over the table
December 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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#Fensterfriday #Fensterfreitag #photography
A window made up of several glass tiles, one of which is broken
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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#nowplaying Roland Kirk, The Inflated Tear (Atlantic, 1968). This reissue on red vinyl is hard to date — Discogs doesn’t have one listed, nor does the LP jacket, all the numbers match the original release, which it’s definitely not. Great album though. Been […]

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A red vinyl record spins on a black turntable. The record sleeve stands up on the turntable’s closed dust cover behind the platter.
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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#psa (pozole service announcement): Glenview Taqueria in #oakland currently has #pozole verde in the menu and it’s damn good.
A color photo of a black bowl full of green soup sitting on some yellow paper, accompanied by a small pile of tortilla chips and a couple of squeezed lime wedges.
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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#nowplaying A Tribe Called Quest, Midnight Marauders (Jive, 1993). It’s #midnightmaraudersmonday y’all. #vinyl #rap #hiphop #records
A black vinyl record spins on a black turntable. The record sleeve stands up on the turntable’s closed dust cover behind the platter.
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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in Greenville, Mississippi

#greenville #mississippi #dorothealange #american #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017763080/
The photograph captures an individual sitting on a low stool or curb outside what appears to be a storefront with large glass windows. The person is dressed in casual attire consisting of a dark, possibly worn-out jacket over light-colored pants and black shoes that show signs of wear at the toes. They are resting their chin thoughtfully against one hand while the other rests along their body on top of the knee or stool. Their gaze seems directed off to the side rather than towards the camera, suggesting contemplation or introspection. The setting is an urban environment with visible elements like a brick wall and what looks to be part of a street scene reflected in the window behind them. A straw hat lies unattended on the ground beside the individual, adding a sense of casualness to their demeanor. This black-and-white photograph carries a historical quality, indicative of its likely mid-20th-century origin. The image is labeled with text at the top left corner that reads "Dorothea Lange" and beneath it in smaller print "1936," suggesting this was photographed by Dorothea Lange during her active years as an American photographer. The overall atmosphere of the photograph conveys a moment frozen in time, capturing not just the physical presence but also hinting at deeper personal or societal narratives.
November 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Yvonne Lam is just brutal in her review of KFC's bánh mì, and rightly so.

Why wouldn't you just go to a Vietnamese bakery and get the real deal for less than KFC's fried chicken coleslaw and mayo sandwich?

"I bite into my KFC bánh mì, and there is silence. No crunch, no crackle. My teeth sink […]
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November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM