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Robert Genaille
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Stó:lō/Saulteaux, living and working in Ts’msyen territory. Current teacher, failed filmmaker, wannabe photographer.
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This. Always this.
“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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#photography #smartphonephotography #nature
Eagle and a raven trying to keep an eye on me without looking like they’re keeping an eye on me. Both are standing on some grass, beside a gravel road.
October 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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On a tangent from *waves around at everything* all this, wanted to share my stà:xwelh are making their hearts for our Every Child Matters ceremony tomorrow. They take this one seriously.
Several wooden hearts, coloured and painted in a variety of designs for, Every Child Matters,” sit on top of a stack of papers beside a binder. In the background is a student’s desk and the rest of the classroom.
September 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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#photography
A snail, with a beautiful spiral shell, moves across concrete.
September 24, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Happy International Left-handers Day to all who celebrate!
Four panel cartoon: Panel 1- WHEN YOURE LEFT-HAANDED... A woman bumps her dinner mate as she eats with her left hand. Her: Oops!! Panel 2- WHEN YOURE LEFT-HANDED... NOTEBOOK RINGS ALWAYS GET IN THE WAY Image of a left hand writing, wrist resting on the rings of the book. Panel 3- WHEN YOURE LEFT-HANDED... Image of a left hand writing above an image of a left hand revealing the smudgy remains on the hand. Panel 4- WHEN YOURE LEFT-HANDED... YOU NOTICE ALL LEFTIES. EVERY TIME Woman on couch, pointing at tv and looking to her friend: LEFTHANDED! SARA POGOEK EOR MITTERED
August 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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#landscapephotography #photography #blackandwhiteohotography #roadscenes
Black and white photo of a paved road with some wet spots on it, curving out of sight with trees on either side of it.
July 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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#blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #photography #bnwphotography
Last part of a scene that I’ve been sharing this week that I got a photograph of, black-and-white photo of a series of boats, crashed up against a lighthouse and Rocky shore. All of it is models that have been homemade. I think it was cute.
July 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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#blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #photography #bnwphotography
Black and white photograph, close-up, of a model boat with the word, Hercules, on the side. Saw this on my walk.
July 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Encountered on my walk today. There is a larger scene, but I couldn’t fit it in this shot. I’ll try and show it later. #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #photography #bnwphotography
Black and white photograph of a slightly deteriorating model of a fishing boat on someone’s lawn. It is framed by rocks and weeds. Above it is a wooden platform with stones and. And a toy construction vehicle. There is a larger scene with more ships that I’m not showing. I’ll try to show them later.
July 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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#blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #photography #bnwphotography
Black and white photograph of an alleyway. In the forefront is a garbage bin with phrase printed on it, in a cloud, that says,” happy thoughts.” Down to the alley, in the distance , a man pushing a shopping cart towards the camera.
June 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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#blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #photography #bnwphotography
Black and white photo of a woman, walking past a hair salon, pulling two suitcases behind her.
June 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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#blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #photography #bnwphotography
Black and white photograph of a man walking on a sidewalk, between the corner and the wall of the building. Behind him is a stop sign in front of him, I don’t know. He is wearing a hoodie and a jacket and walking tentatively.
June 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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I just found this. I’ve been waiting for it to come out for a while. This wooly dog is extinct as I understand it.
Photo of a book with the words: The TEACHINGS of Mutton: A COAST SALISH WOOLLY DOG By LIZ HAMMOND KAARREMAA WITH COAST SALISH CONTRIBUTORS The image is of some wool.
June 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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That’s okay, I’m not trying to teach right now or anything.
June 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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#blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #photography #bnwphotography
A black and white photograph of a “One Way” sign above a no entry sign (white minus on red circle). They are in front of a freshly mown lawn, a bunch of trees and then Prince Rupert harbour. In the distance are some tree covered islands at low tide, so they appear connected.
June 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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My 10 minute hall pass has certainly taken a beating this school year.
Laminated, neon green hall pass, with a sketch of a rodent crawling on the ground, reaching up with one outstretched paw. The words, “I NEED A BREAK,” are written above the animal.
June 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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One of the things I’ve never gotten used to is that it’s time for me to go to bed but it’s still daylight outside at 10:22 pm.
View through my window of concrete and a wooden staircase. A red house’s wall is visible as are trees to the right. It is not dark out, despite it being 10:22 pm at the time the photo was taken.
June 16, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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The city continues to offer the best advice in the most unexpected places. #streetphotography #photography
A colour photograph of a garbage bin with a black and white rainbow and the words: NEVER STOP BEING A GOOD PERSON BECAUSE OF BAD PEOPLE. Good advice, I imagine.
June 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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#blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #photography #bnwphotography
Black-and-white photo of a shopping cart discarded in an alley up against a concrete barrier and on the far side of a telephone pole. The alley is pitted, and there is a lot of water in the pit holes on the right shrubbery and short trees.
June 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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I should have cleaned the mirror. #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #photography #bnwphotography
Black and white photo of a driver side mirror of a vehicle. In the reflection, we see down a 4lane street into the distance where you can see a portion of a cruise ship, framed by trees and power lines.
June 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Not really black and white but the gravel is and the crushed bulb really pops, so let’s all pretend. I don’t know how to process black and white but maintain the colour of one aspect. #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #photography #bnwphotography
Photo of a crushed dandelion bulb resting on gravel.
June 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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#blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #photography #bnwphotography
Close up, black and white photo of a dandelion, unbloomed, and upside down on a gravel road. In the background, you can make out people and a car.
June 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Coming soon to a Canada near you: The Strong Borders Act.

Canada is about to make it a lot harder for asylum seekers to come to Canada and easier to kick out folks they aren’t interested in having here. #cdnpoli

www.canada.ca/en/public-sa...
• Protect the asylum system against sudden increases in claims by introducing new ineligibility rules. • Improve how asylum claims are received, processed, and decided; • Strengthen authorities to cancel, suspend or change immigration documents, and to cancel, suspend or stop accepting new applications; and • Improve how Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) shares client information with federal, provincial and territorial partners.
June 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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This was supposed to be a flower study. It didn’t work out.
Sketch of an animal of some sort, wearing oversized glasses and looking surprised, probably because the sketch started as a sketch of a poppy but failed miserably.
June 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Me: Thunderbirds don't wear toupees.

Also Me: Nobody tells a Thunderbird they can't wear a toupee.

Also also me: Sometimes ideas are hard.
Rough sketch drawing of a standing thunderbird wearing a toupee.
June 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM