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sbphoto
@sbiessel.com
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Photographer, wanderer, and house cat manager in Omaha, NE, USA. I'm interested in documenting human-altered landscapes, land use, urban sprawl, or whatever I find on walks. he/his

Works at https://sbiessel.com/
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Stumbled upon this scene waiting for a city bus. Minneapolis, MN. November 2025.

PS, anyone know what painting this is?

#Minneapolis #Photography
A storefront window with two panes of glass along a sidewalk. The right pane has a for lease sign. The right pane features a classical or baroque painting of a woman running with a hand outstretched while a woman crawls next to her. A pair of sneakers sits on the sidewalk below the painting.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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I was admiring how the late afternoon sun was glinting off this orange lettering and wouldn't you know it--this guy in orange glasses walked by. I asked for a photograph.

Omaha, NE. September 2025.

#Omaha #OmahaStreets #Photography #BelieveInFilm
A man stands against a textured wall facing the low evening sun. He is wearing large yellow glasses, a white shirt, and black pants. There large orange lettering is on his left. The edge of the building and a street is visible on the far right of the frame.
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Omaha, NE. November 2025.

#Omaha #OmahaStreets #Photography
The back of three signs along a parking lot are illuminated in the light from the setting sun. The skyline of a downtown mostly comprised of old brick buildings is visible in the background. One prominent six-story building is illuminated by the sun as well. Above, a dark blue sky is partly clouded.
November 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Omaha, NE. September 2025.

#Omaha #Photography #BelieveInFilm
A row of large power lines stretch into the distance over prairie land. The power line in the foreground cuts a path through trees.
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Pyro Joe's

Kansas City, KS. October 2025.

#KansasCity #Photography #BelieveInFilm
Front of a two-story brick building with heavily weathered white paint. "Pyro Joe's Fireworks" is written on the building in hand-painted letters.
October 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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In memory of Janet Lee North.

I don't know who Janet Lee North was. I stumbled upon this beautiful cross with her name under a railroad bridge. An internet search yields a few brief paragraphs about her death in 2023. No obituary. I'm sure she was a lot more.

Omaha, NE. September 2025.

#Omaha
A wooden cross with the words "Janet Lee North" inscribed sits under a railroad bridge. Grass in front of the lens partially obstructs the view of the cross.
October 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Kansas City, MO. October 2025.

#KansasCity #NewTopographics #Photography #BelieveInFilm
A beige-colored grain elevator-like building towers over a metal warehouse building and tractor trailers. Black skid marks from tires curve on the pavement in the foreground toward the elevator.
October 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Kansas City, MO. October 2025.

#KansasCity #Photography #BelieveInFilm
A woman walks around the base of a cylindrical marble column. Cut off words on the column appear to read "The World War Country." The skyline of Kansas City is visible in the distance in front of the woman.
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Three guys I met walking that wanted a photo

Omaha, NE. September 2025.

#Omaha #OmahaStreets #Photography #BelieveInFilm
Three men pose for the camera in front of a highway overpass. Each makes different signs with their hands.
October 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Omaha, NE. October 2025.

#Omaha #OmahaStreets #Photography #NewTopographics
"You a Hoe!!!" written in graffiti on the yellow boarded up window to single-story building. A line of power lines above an empty lot fills the right part of the frame.
October 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Omaha, NE. October 2025.

#Omaha #OmahaStreets #Photography #NewTopographics
A closed single story building featuring mid-century architecture faces an empty lot and street lights. "Freedom" is written in capitalized letters on the side of the building.
October 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Kansas City, MO. October 2025.

#KansasCity #Photography #NewTopographics
Four workers in orange on a raised platform above the entrance to a bank, viewed through the frame of the orange brick walls of an alley.
October 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Found today under the Lewis and Clark Viaduct in Kansas City. Tempted to try to find it back tomorrow and then frame it.

#KansasCity
Crude drawing of women stick figures among black, yellow, and red scribbles on a weathered piece of cardboard.
October 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Headed to Kansas City to do some urban landscape photography. Got any favorite spots?

#KansasCity #Photography
Two Nikon SLRs and a Hasselblad camera next to a Kavu bag on a wood floor.
October 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Working on the spreads for a new zine. The wildest diptychs sometimes just come out of seemingly nowhere.

Los Angeles area, 2015.

#LosAngeles #Photography
An elderly man looks down at the camera while walking down a ritzy avennue of designer stores. He is wearing large red glasses and a red sweater that reads "MCM." Graffiti of a cartoon bunny with sharp teeth, red eyes and a bloody knife next to several Disney-themed castle pinatas along a dirty weathered wall.
October 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Omaha, NE. October 2025.

#Omaha #OmahaStreets #Photography
A white squiggly line is spray painted onto a black scrim on a chain link fence. An old brick building is visible above the fence. Two window frames in the building are visible on the left and right sides of the image just above the fence. They are decorated with white diagonal lines on a black background.
October 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Did you know there's a knight's helmet on a concrete barrier next to the sink hole on 16th Street

This is a sequel to that one Lana Del Rey song

#Omaha #OmahaStreets
A knight's helmet sits on a concrete barrier next to an orange and white traffic barrier.
October 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Omaha, NE. April 2024.

#Omaha #NewTopographics
View of power plant stacks from between two trees. Industrial yard with a pile of concrete slabs surrounded by power lines.
September 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Postcard 7/10. You Can't Look Away: Postcards from America

This one features The "Athenaeum Portrait" by Gilbert Stuart (1796)

View the series thus far: sbiessel.com/you-cant-loo...

#YouCantLookAway
An unfinished painting of George Washington's bust. His head appears on a brown background and appears largely finished, but everything below his shoulders fades to a white blank canvas. His mouth looks closed and he seems to be looking down on the viewer. Text over the painting reads "History that only makes us feel good is propaganda."
September 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Executive series

Omaha, NE. June 2025.

#Photography #Omaha #OmahaStreets
Side view of an old silver sedan parked on a street on a sunny day. Old blue and white brick buildings lie in the distance down the street.
September 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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do not fill above line

Omaha, NE. September 2025.

#Photography #Omaha #OmahaStreets
A rectangular mirror leans against a dumpster in an alley. The reflection of a building behind is visible in the mirror. An ornamental skull sits perched at the top of the mirror.
September 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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I love that someone took time out of their day to tape a copy of Grease on VHS to an Omaha road sign
Grease on VHS taped to the rear of a road sign.
September 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Omaha, NE. September 2025.

#Omaha #OmahaStreets #Photography
A one way street sign sits at a slant in the center of the image amidst a construction area. A vacant lot and the Omaha skyline lie behind.
September 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Film version of a photo I posted awhile back. I think I prefer the grittier and dirty quality to the film shot more.

Omaha, NE. August 2024.

#Photography #Omaha #OmahaStreets #Portra400 #BelieveInFilm
Repeating posters advertising a fight between Crawford and Madrimov are stapled to a plywood wall. The posters feature two men glaring at each other. Several of the posters are ripped and torn, missing large portions.
September 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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urban banality

Omaha, NE. July 2025.

#Photography #Portra400 #BelieveinFilm
A multistory beige apartment building sits behind a parking lot, tree, fencing, and stadium lights. One of the tree's branches is dead. Large power lines tower over a vacant field near an industrial yard.
September 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM