PhotoByFisher
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Alan Fisher, award winning photographer for the New York dailies 1930s & 40s...
Photojournalist in Brazil during WWII and after...
Live in the past, understand the present...
#photojournalism
Instagram.com/alanfisherphoto
Patreon.com/alanfisherphoto
Photojournalist in Brazil during WWII and after...
Live in the past, understand the present...
#photojournalism
Instagram.com/alanfisherphoto
Patreon.com/alanfisherphoto
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@photobyfisher.bsky.social
· Dec 24
"There's nothing new but what's been forgotten..." - Old Coast Guard Chief addressing seamanship class...
First plank in next Democratic Party platform (or any progressive party's platform): Stop means testing all benefit programs...
Welfare programs are a core Constitutional function of the government. It's right there in the Preamble...
Welfare programs are a core Constitutional function of the government. It's right there in the Preamble...
November 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
First plank in next Democratic Party platform (or any progressive party's platform): Stop means testing all benefit programs...
Welfare programs are a core Constitutional function of the government. It's right there in the Preamble...
Welfare programs are a core Constitutional function of the government. It's right there in the Preamble...
Brazil has shown us the way to deal with a coup plotter...
Senta A Pua!...
Senta A Pua!...
September 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Brazil has shown us the way to deal with a coup plotter...
Senta A Pua!...
Senta A Pua!...
Harping further on this subject, ask Google's AI to list the ways in which economic inequality causes inflation...
It goes on for several paragraphs...
Actress Anita Louise. Photo by Fisher...
It goes on for several paragraphs...
Actress Anita Louise. Photo by Fisher...
July 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Harping further on this subject, ask Google's AI to list the ways in which economic inequality causes inflation...
It goes on for several paragraphs...
Actress Anita Louise. Photo by Fisher...
It goes on for several paragraphs...
Actress Anita Louise. Photo by Fisher...
Something that should be discussed more:
Economic inequality is inflationary. For example, private equity buys up homes forclosed upon in the last massive Wall Street fraud in '08, pricing out first time buyers...
You burn about 2 gallons/hr in your car, a mega yacht about 500...
Economic inequality is inflationary. For example, private equity buys up homes forclosed upon in the last massive Wall Street fraud in '08, pricing out first time buyers...
You burn about 2 gallons/hr in your car, a mega yacht about 500...
July 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Something that should be discussed more:
Economic inequality is inflationary. For example, private equity buys up homes forclosed upon in the last massive Wall Street fraud in '08, pricing out first time buyers...
You burn about 2 gallons/hr in your car, a mega yacht about 500...
Economic inequality is inflationary. For example, private equity buys up homes forclosed upon in the last massive Wall Street fraud in '08, pricing out first time buyers...
You burn about 2 gallons/hr in your car, a mega yacht about 500...
Annual per capita health care costs:
U.S. - $12,197
EU* - $6,514
* Comparable Country Average
Per Peterson-KFF health system tracker...
Get a handle on it!...
Photo by Fisher. Brazil. 1942
U.S. - $12,197
EU* - $6,514
* Comparable Country Average
Per Peterson-KFF health system tracker...
Get a handle on it!...
Photo by Fisher. Brazil. 1942
July 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Annual per capita health care costs:
U.S. - $12,197
EU* - $6,514
* Comparable Country Average
Per Peterson-KFF health system tracker...
Get a handle on it!...
Photo by Fisher. Brazil. 1942
U.S. - $12,197
EU* - $6,514
* Comparable Country Average
Per Peterson-KFF health system tracker...
Get a handle on it!...
Photo by Fisher. Brazil. 1942
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The gofundme page for Narciso Barranco, the father of three U.S. Marines who was attacked and abducted by ICE is:
www.gofundme.com/f/justice-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/justice-fo...
Thank you for donating to Justice for Narciso: Assaulted and detained by CBP
<div>Today June 21st 2025, NARCISO BARRANCO, husband and father, whom has 3 sons who are United States Marines,
</div>
<div>was picked up by immigration officials while he was doing his landscaping jo...
www.gofundme.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The gofundme page for Narciso Barranco, the father of three U.S. Marines who was attacked and abducted by ICE is:
www.gofundme.com/f/justice-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/justice-fo...
ktla.com/news/local-n...
The victim, landscaper Narciso Barranco, who has 3 sons who serve or have served in the Marine Corps, was severely beaten by ICE before being taken away...
Deporting people for no reason is bad enough, but this is just Kristallnacht stuff...
The victim, landscaper Narciso Barranco, who has 3 sons who serve or have served in the Marine Corps, was severely beaten by ICE before being taken away...
Deporting people for no reason is bad enough, but this is just Kristallnacht stuff...
June 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
ktla.com/news/local-n...
The victim, landscaper Narciso Barranco, who has 3 sons who serve or have served in the Marine Corps, was severely beaten by ICE before being taken away...
Deporting people for no reason is bad enough, but this is just Kristallnacht stuff...
The victim, landscaper Narciso Barranco, who has 3 sons who serve or have served in the Marine Corps, was severely beaten by ICE before being taken away...
Deporting people for no reason is bad enough, but this is just Kristallnacht stuff...
Ted Williams was described by biographers as "slightly to the right of Attila The Hun," but struck a blow for DEI in his 1966 speech at the Baseball Hall Of Fame, calling for induction of the great Negro League players into the Hall Of Fame...
June 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Ted Williams was described by biographers as "slightly to the right of Attila The Hun," but struck a blow for DEI in his 1966 speech at the Baseball Hall Of Fame, calling for induction of the great Negro League players into the Hall Of Fame...
Switching hobbyhorses...
Donald's sudden hissy fit over all the crappy judicial appointments Leonard Leo fed him underlines the fact that we've been doing it wrong all along...Judicial nominees must be vetted first by the Senate to effectuate Art. II's "advice and consent" clause...
Donald's sudden hissy fit over all the crappy judicial appointments Leonard Leo fed him underlines the fact that we've been doing it wrong all along...Judicial nominees must be vetted first by the Senate to effectuate Art. II's "advice and consent" clause...
June 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Switching hobbyhorses...
Donald's sudden hissy fit over all the crappy judicial appointments Leonard Leo fed him underlines the fact that we've been doing it wrong all along...Judicial nominees must be vetted first by the Senate to effectuate Art. II's "advice and consent" clause...
Donald's sudden hissy fit over all the crappy judicial appointments Leonard Leo fed him underlines the fact that we've been doing it wrong all along...Judicial nominees must be vetted first by the Senate to effectuate Art. II's "advice and consent" clause...
Back riding this hobbyhorse...
Delete "Authoritarian" from your lexicon...
It's weak sauce...
The words you are looking for are Tyranny, Tyrannical, Tyrant...
Delete "Authoritarian" from your lexicon...
It's weak sauce...
The words you are looking for are Tyranny, Tyrannical, Tyrant...
May 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Back riding this hobbyhorse...
Delete "Authoritarian" from your lexicon...
It's weak sauce...
The words you are looking for are Tyranny, Tyrannical, Tyrant...
Delete "Authoritarian" from your lexicon...
It's weak sauce...
The words you are looking for are Tyranny, Tyrannical, Tyrant...
Just a reminder that curating and maintaining the Alan Fisher Archive of iconic historic photos takes time and money...
So please consider a Patreon membership, which will give you access to selected high resolution scans of stunning historic photos for personal use...
So please consider a Patreon membership, which will give you access to selected high resolution scans of stunning historic photos for personal use...
April 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Just a reminder that curating and maintaining the Alan Fisher Archive of iconic historic photos takes time and money...
So please consider a Patreon membership, which will give you access to selected high resolution scans of stunning historic photos for personal use...
So please consider a Patreon membership, which will give you access to selected high resolution scans of stunning historic photos for personal use...
"Tariffs will lead to 2 million fewer auto sales in US this year, auto advisory firm forecasts..." - Reuters
Shipping a car required a lot more workers back in the day...But, still, < 2 million cars smells like a recession...
Photo from the Alan Fisher Archive...
Shipping a car required a lot more workers back in the day...But, still, < 2 million cars smells like a recession...
Photo from the Alan Fisher Archive...
April 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"Tariffs will lead to 2 million fewer auto sales in US this year, auto advisory firm forecasts..." - Reuters
Shipping a car required a lot more workers back in the day...But, still, < 2 million cars smells like a recession...
Photo from the Alan Fisher Archive...
Shipping a car required a lot more workers back in the day...But, still, < 2 million cars smells like a recession...
Photo from the Alan Fisher Archive...
Over a thousand enthusiastic folks at the Hands Off! rally today in Ventura, California...not the wokest place in California...
April 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Over a thousand enthusiastic folks at the Hands Off! rally today in Ventura, California...not the wokest place in California...
So, is fascism good for business?...
April 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
So, is fascism good for business?...
80 years ago this month, the F.E.B (Brazilian Expeditionary Force), Os Cobras Fumantes, routed Nazi forces in the Battle Of Montese in Northern Italy...
April 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
80 years ago this month, the F.E.B (Brazilian Expeditionary Force), Os Cobras Fumantes, routed Nazi forces in the Battle Of Montese in Northern Italy...
We're all equal...but some of us are more equal than others...Trumpism in a nutshell...
Photo by Fisher. Circa 1938...
Photo by Fisher. Circa 1938...
March 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We're all equal...but some of us are more equal than others...Trumpism in a nutshell...
Photo by Fisher. Circa 1938...
Photo by Fisher. Circa 1938...
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As Veteran Affairs Gets Gutted We Must Resist The Current Fascist And Nazi Regime. Musk, Trump, Hillbilly Eyeliner And MAGA Don’t Care About You. If You’re Not A Veteran Or Military Just Remember DOGE Is Coming For You Next…
March 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
As Veteran Affairs Gets Gutted We Must Resist The Current Fascist And Nazi Regime. Musk, Trump, Hillbilly Eyeliner And MAGA Don’t Care About You. If You’re Not A Veteran Or Military Just Remember DOGE Is Coming For You Next…
Gotta keep our eye on the ball...Trump has asked Stefanik to hang on to her seat...So the GOP thinks they have a good chance of losing the two special elections in FL-1 & FL-6...
Do what you can to elect Gay Valimont & Josh Weil...
Photo by Fisher..
Do what you can to elect Gay Valimont & Josh Weil...
Photo by Fisher..
March 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Gotta keep our eye on the ball...Trump has asked Stefanik to hang on to her seat...So the GOP thinks they have a good chance of losing the two special elections in FL-1 & FL-6...
Do what you can to elect Gay Valimont & Josh Weil...
Photo by Fisher..
Do what you can to elect Gay Valimont & Josh Weil...
Photo by Fisher..
For every federal job lost to Trump-DOGE vandalism, many more are lost in the general economy as private sector contractors are laid off and local economies are destroyed...
If a foreign power had done this, the B-52s would be on the way...
Oh, wait...
Photo by Fisher. Pratt & Whitney 1941, PM...
If a foreign power had done this, the B-52s would be on the way...
Oh, wait...
Photo by Fisher. Pratt & Whitney 1941, PM...
March 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
For every federal job lost to Trump-DOGE vandalism, many more are lost in the general economy as private sector contractors are laid off and local economies are destroyed...
If a foreign power had done this, the B-52s would be on the way...
Oh, wait...
Photo by Fisher. Pratt & Whitney 1941, PM...
If a foreign power had done this, the B-52s would be on the way...
Oh, wait...
Photo by Fisher. Pratt & Whitney 1941, PM...
Reposted by PhotoByFisher
Y'all, we've got 6 days until the special election here in Florida's 1st Congressional District!
We're talking with thousands of voters daily. You can feel the energy here!
So, can I count on you to make some phone calls to voters today at 6 pm CDT?
mobilize.us/gayforcongress
We're talking with thousands of voters daily. You can feel the energy here!
So, can I count on you to make some phone calls to voters today at 6 pm CDT?
mobilize.us/gayforcongress
Gay Valimont for Congress - Get Involved! · Gay Valimont for Congress on Mobilize
Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with Gay Valimont for Congress.
www.mobilize.us
March 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Y'all, we've got 6 days until the special election here in Florida's 1st Congressional District!
We're talking with thousands of voters daily. You can feel the energy here!
So, can I count on you to make some phone calls to voters today at 6 pm CDT?
mobilize.us/gayforcongress
We're talking with thousands of voters daily. You can feel the energy here!
So, can I count on you to make some phone calls to voters today at 6 pm CDT?
mobilize.us/gayforcongress
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Can't vote but want to stand with us?
Secure.actblue.com/donate/jweilfl6/weil-social-ig
Secure.actblue.com/donate/jweilfl6/weil-social-ig
I just gave to Josh Weil!
Show your support with a contribution.
Secure.actblue.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Can't vote but want to stand with us?
Secure.actblue.com/donate/jweilfl6/weil-social-ig
Secure.actblue.com/donate/jweilfl6/weil-social-ig
Fl 6 & Fl 1 special elections are close! Could flip the house or make GOP majority too thin to use as GOPers in Biden+ districts are starting to feel the heat...
Send $ to Dem candidates Josh Weil and Gay Valimont!...
Photo by Fisher. Sarasota Herald Tribune...
Send $ to Dem candidates Josh Weil and Gay Valimont!...
Photo by Fisher. Sarasota Herald Tribune...
March 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Fl 6 & Fl 1 special elections are close! Could flip the house or make GOP majority too thin to use as GOPers in Biden+ districts are starting to feel the heat...
Send $ to Dem candidates Josh Weil and Gay Valimont!...
Photo by Fisher. Sarasota Herald Tribune...
Send $ to Dem candidates Josh Weil and Gay Valimont!...
Photo by Fisher. Sarasota Herald Tribune...
Reposted by PhotoByFisher
#earlyvote update 3/26 on FL-6:
On Monday the party reg was essentially tied, today R's have a 28,117 R/25,270 D lead (2,847 margin or 4.5 points). This is largely due to more in-person early vote, which Republicans prefer using (since 2020) countyfilesvbm-ev.floridados.gov/VoteByMailEa...
On Monday the party reg was essentially tied, today R's have a 28,117 R/25,270 D lead (2,847 margin or 4.5 points). This is largely due to more in-person early vote, which Republicans prefer using (since 2020) countyfilesvbm-ev.floridados.gov/VoteByMailEa...
Home - County Vote-by-Mail and Early Voting Reports
countyfilesvbm-ev.floridados.gov
March 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#earlyvote update 3/26 on FL-6:
On Monday the party reg was essentially tied, today R's have a 28,117 R/25,270 D lead (2,847 margin or 4.5 points). This is largely due to more in-person early vote, which Republicans prefer using (since 2020) countyfilesvbm-ev.floridados.gov/VoteByMailEa...
On Monday the party reg was essentially tied, today R's have a 28,117 R/25,270 D lead (2,847 margin or 4.5 points). This is largely due to more in-person early vote, which Republicans prefer using (since 2020) countyfilesvbm-ev.floridados.gov/VoteByMailEa...
When you hit the streets, do it to a Samba beat and have fun, like they do in Brazil...
Anti-Axis demo, Rio 1942...
Photo by Fisher. OCIAA...
Anti-Axis demo, Rio 1942...
Photo by Fisher. OCIAA...
March 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
When you hit the streets, do it to a Samba beat and have fun, like they do in Brazil...
Anti-Axis demo, Rio 1942...
Photo by Fisher. OCIAA...
Anti-Axis demo, Rio 1942...
Photo by Fisher. OCIAA...