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Christopher Ayala
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Writer from Massachusetts. Works published in The Massachusetts Review, Keith LLC, and The Common.

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rattysnake.bsky.social
Reporting live from the town where I live.

#leica #leicaphotography #film #photography #filmphotography #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmphotography #colorfilm #colorphoto #m6
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Pizzeria Buono Buono out there in Higashi Nihonbashi with the purest vibes on earth.

#leica #leicam6 #leicaphotography #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmphotography #film #photography #filmphotography #tokyo #japan #pizza
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
rattysnake.bsky.social
It's never lonely when the fellas pull up.

#leica #leicacamera #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmphotography #film #photography #filmphotography #colorphoto #colorfilm #colorfilmphotography
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Collabo photozine Textures 001 w/ design and layout by Renée Abaroa.

Features an incantation about concrete and several pictures of concrete, too, among other things.

#photozine #film #photography #memdiumformat #mediumformatphotography #35mmphotography #writing #poetry
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Goblin Shit.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
rattysnake.bsky.social
You aren't kidding.

#laundromatlife #laundry #laundromat #nikko #japan #mamiya #mediumformat #film #mediumformatfilm #photography #filmphotography #mediumformatphotography #colorfilm #colorfilmphotography
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
rattysnake.bsky.social
Nothing better than a parking pay station in the middle of the night.

#mamiya7 #mediumformat #film #photography #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphotography #nikko #japan #filmphotography #nightphotography #nightphoto #colorphotography
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
rattysnake.bsky.social
More about "Busy" and the Deep Local project here:

#shorts #shortfilm #writing #poem #poetry

rattlesnakehallelujah.substack.com/p/deep-local
Deep Local
In each day, a macrocosm.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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The culture in Michigan is pristine.

#leica #leicacamera #leicaphotography #leicam #m6 #film #photography #filmphotography #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmphotography #colorphoto #michigan
October 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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New short film about a superstitious guy getting ready for yard work featuring a poem from
@seanjbates.bsky.social

#shorts #shortfilm #poetryshort #digitalshort #canon #canon5d #digitalphotography #cinema

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Ep. 1: Busy
YouTube video by Deep Local
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October 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
rattysnake.bsky.social
Had a dream that started exactly like this.

#leicacamera #leicaphotography #leica #leicam6 #m6 #film #photography #filmphotography #colorfilm #colorphoto #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmphotography #filmphoto
October 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Pic of me smiling while taking in a bright happy future.

#pentax #pentaxcamera #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphotography #filmphoto #phoenix #arizona #saguarocactus #camelbackmountain
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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One hell of a tree.

#mamiya7ⅱ #mamiya7 #film #photography #filmphotography #photo #colorphoto #mediumformat #mediumformatphotography #mediumformatfilm #massachusetts
October 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Nice.

#mamiya #mamiya7ii #mamiya7 #film #photography #filmphotography #photo #halloween #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphotography #mediumformatphoto #120film
October 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
rattysnake.bsky.social
Turn down a road. Look around and see.

#mamiya #mamiya7 #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphoto #mediumformatphotography #mediumformatfilmphotography #tokyo #japan #shinjuku
September 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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It was a scorcher in Kyoto this year.

#leica #leicacamera #leicaphotography #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmphotography #35mmfilmphotography #film #photography #filmphotography #kyoto #japan #leicam6 #m6 #streetphotography #colorphoto #colorphotography
September 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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No book has impacted me more this years than Isabel Sobral Campos'The Optogram of the Mind is a Carnation. An honest undressing of dictatorship and colonial history, Optogram is one of those unafraid books of poetry directly engaging a quagmire. Check it out at @futurepoem.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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When the fellas and I get together, we're going for long walks, ok. We're doing one to two bowls a night.

#leica #leicam6 #leicaphotography #m6 #tokyo #japan #film #photography #filmphotography #colorphotography #colorphoto #colorfilm #35mmfilm #35mm #35mmphotography #ramen #ramennoodles
September 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Poet and Artist Emily Siegenthaler in Shinjuku.

#leica #leicacamera #leicam6 #leicaphotography #m6 #tokyo #japan #shinjuku #film #photography #filmphotography #blackandwhitephotography #35mmfilm #35mm #35mmphotography #streetphotography
September 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Chores
September 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Artist Coco Kashiwara prepping material (site specific plants, flowers, and tea leaves) for an art process demonstration.

#mamiya #mamiya7 #mamiyaphotography #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphotography #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitefilm
September 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Sometimes in Michigan.

#mamiya #mamiya7 #mamiya7ⅱ #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatfilmphotography #michigan #puremichigan #lakehuron #mamiyaphotography
September 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Wonder what that is.

#mamiya #mamiya7 #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphotography #mediumformatfilmphotography #photo #filmphoto #ektar100 #boston
September 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Facade I

#leica #m6 #leicam6 #leicacamera #leicaphotography #film #photography #filmphotography #35mm #35mmphotography #35mmfilm #35mmfilmphotography #portra160
September 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Early Spring in Western Mass

#leica #leicaphotography #leicam6 #leicacamera #m6 #film #photography #filmphotography #35mm #3mmphoto #35mmfilm #35mmfilmphotography #35mmphotography
September 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM