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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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#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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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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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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#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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#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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#nowplaying Airto Moreira, Airto : Identity (Arista, 1973). A titan of percussion in Latin fusion jazz, Airto’s CV includes stints with Miles Davis, Weather Report, Carlos Santana and many more. This release, his seventh as a band leader, isn’t as highly regarded […]

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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
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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John Madden’s final boss level— striking out from the afterlife to hawk turkey parts in front of Bruno’s Market in Carmel, CA. #happythanksgiving
A bronze statue of American football coach and TV commentator John Madden holding a foil pan full of turkey parts. #HappyThanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Spotted on Highway 1 between Santa Cruz and Monterey moving at about 60mph. Say what you will about Swasticars, the ride is obviously smooth and the aerodynamics clean ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
A color photograph of an apple and an orange on the rear spoiler of a white car driving on the road
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Gig ready. San Francisco, September 2025. Leica MP, Summicron 50mm f/2, Kodak Tri-X 400, processed (Ilfosol 3, 1:9, 7.5 minutes) and scanned at home.

#believeinfilm #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #streetphotography #sfba
A black and white photograph of a person facing away from the camera, preparing to cross a street with. Guitar under their arm
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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#silentsunday

Stockholm, Sweden.

#believeinfilm
Black & white photo of a golden tomb shaped like medieval knight at rest, a column statue in the background
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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#Fensterfriday Future Antiquity. Stockholm, Sweden, September, 2025. Ilfocolor Vintage Tone 400 35mm film.

#Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday #believeinfilm #travel #streetphotography
A slightly grainy color film photograph of a washed out gray wall, below a sign that reads Framtids Antiken is a dark window filled with sunglasses hanging vertically
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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#silentsunday Stockholm, Sweden, September 2025.

Leica MP, Elmarit-M 28mm f/2.8, Kodak Tri-X 400 (processed and scanned at home) #believeinfilm #blackandwhite #streetphotography
A black & white photograph of two people fishing in an urban bay
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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#caturday “Oh were you planning to go somewhere?”
A tortie cat with a motherfuckerly look on its smug little face caught by the camera deciding that its house ape was not in fact going to leave the house.
November 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Saturday activity: the first five rolls of Tri-X from a recent trip to Paris.

#believeinfilm #diy #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #iphoneography
Black and white image of scissors, a film can opener, the empty and discarded contents of film roll canisters, and a large black developer tank sitting on a tiled countertop
November 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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#nowplaying Kenny Drew, Kenny Drew Trio with Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones (Riverside, 1956). This lively recording is all gold, from beginning to end. Drew’s piano playing is thoughtful, fluid and inventive against the unwavering foundation set by Chambers and […]

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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.
November 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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#happyhalloween in Shibuya, Tokyo, October 31, 2024.

Leica M10 Monochrom, Elmarit-M 28mm f/2.8

#blackandwhite #monochrome #streetphotography #photography
Four young people, three of whom wearing face paint People in costume, one appears to be riding an inflatable chicken A person in an oversized rabbit head mask A person in an inflatable alien costume that appears to be carrying him
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Wrapping two weeks in Paris, with a couple days in Lyon right in the middle. I bought records at well curated shops, ate incredible food (traditional French, mind blowing hipster Franco-Asian fusion, excellent Lebanese and Moroccan), saw amazing art at a couple […]

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Black & white photo of the Frank Gehry designed Fondation Louis Vuitton Black & white photo of a concept pod building Black & white photo of a defaced statue in a Parisian public square Black & white photo of an arched entrance to a high walled building on the hill over Lyon, France
October 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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A day in #lyon, #france, in two panoramic photos. #travel

(Made with @heliographe_studio’s 65x24 app.)
A color panoramic image of the city of Lyon A color panoramic image of a a garden courtyard and mix of architectural features
October 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Jazz show last night at 38Riv in the Marais neighborhood of Paris. Tiny club three floors below the street, 40ish people in attendance. Alexis Valet on vibraphone, Pierre Perchaud on guitar, Christelle Raquillet on flute, Étienne Renard on bass, and Antoine […]

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Alexis Valet invite Pierre Perchaud, 38Riv Jazz Club, Paris. A small group of musicians packs a tiny stage in a tiny club
October 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Saw the #raymondpettibon exhibit at the Museé National #picasso today. If, like me, you’re of a certain age and grew up with #punk, you know Pettibon’s work. To see it at the Picasso Museum in Paris was an awesome trip. Here are some pics…
A drawing of a skeleton at a microphone saying “Life’s a joke.” The drawing’s caption is “This is the punch line” A framed drawing of an abstract explosion and fire with the caption “My Money’s in there!” A drawing of many rows of crosses in the ground. The top line of the caption reads “You are necessary” while the smaller bottom line reads “fill the space.” A sketchy line drawing of 3/4 of a Ferris wheel with the caption “the lines are spoken for”
October 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM