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Leif Olson
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Current project: a 10,000 mile hike coast to coast and border to border across the United States. 5,233 miles complete! Next up, the Continental Divide!!
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EVERY-THANG HELP$ #streetphotography
Cardboard cutout reads “everything helps” in red ink, laying on the tracks as train passes over.
March 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Honestly, just cupcakes! #streetphotography and #cupcakes
Banner hanging from downtown building reads “CUPCAKES”
March 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Street Artists, E line, Denver; #streetphotography and #streetart
Artist sketching on Denver’s E line.
March 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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For Repairs Call…; #streetphotography
Close up of a transit bench with a fat tire bike leaning against the back, reflecting purple pedals. Printed on the rusted bench plate, “FOR REPAIRS CALL 720-91-FIXIT
March 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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38th, defunct puppet theater 🥺; #streetphotography
“Puppet Theatre Parking” scrawled, chipped and faded upon a concrete wall, now defunct. Monochrome tones.
March 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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The daily commute; #streetphotography in #monochrome
Young man on the commuter train looking down at his phone held in the palm of both hands, elbows resting on knees, wearing a winter coat and hat. Image taken through the frame of a bike faded in the forefront. Monochrome.
March 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Public transit, bench seat, a watchful eye; #macrophotography and #streetart
Sketch of an eye with lashes and brow on the bench seat of Denver’s RTD train line, colorful dots against a monochrome fabric (original fabric color is blue).
March 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Yale Station, Denver; #streetphotography
“Fuck Love!” etched into the stained glass of a transit bench back, backwards from the photographer’s view from the train, a horned or pointy eared head etched above.
March 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Lunch break, #streetphotography and #macrophotography
Banana peel resting on a bike rack with the legs of a biker and partial wheel faded in the background.
March 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Are you a communist? #streetphotography
A street crossing sign with a half torn sticker reading “Are you a communist?”
March 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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#macrophotography @ Denver’s Union Station
Partial silhouette of a man’s head with curls of hair before glass windows in the background.
March 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Just another day on the #streets of #Denver
Man pictured from shoulders down, bike helmet at side and using his phone on the streets of downtown Denver. Monochrome.
March 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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#sunset along the American Discovery Trail in Missouri (Rock Island Spur), January 2025; #landscapephotography
Sun setting to purple and orange as geese descend upon a pond.
March 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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#macrophotography on the nightly E line commute, my broken but still functional-ish handlebar phone mount 😩
Quad Lock handlebar phone mount, up close and busted.
March 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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16th Street Mall, Denver; urban #landscape in #monochrome
The blur of a passing car forefront as a man crosses behind and in front of city transit, the scrapers rise up.
March 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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State of labor and employment, Colorado; #macrophotography and #streetphotography
Macro shot of State of Colorado Labor and Employment sign in downtown Denver, black and white.
February 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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NE Colorado along the American Discovery Trail, #roadsideamerica
Tractor trailer, teal green, passing along a NE Colo highway, dual smoke stacks, trailer reads “CURE.”
February 28, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Weeds along a bike path, Iowa, #macrophotography
Violet colored blooms against a sky of grey.
February 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Iowa corn, #landscapephotography
Yellow crop duster over a field of Iowa corn.
February 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Denver’s E Line to Union Station, #streetphotography
Passengers aboard the downtown rail line, listening on headphones and gazing out the window, a faded bike handle in the forefront.
February 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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California St, Denver, #streetphotography
Pigeon poop, a sidewalk, a white VW across the street and feet passing by up close in white khaki pants.
February 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Denver’s Union Station, #streetphotography

Human kindness, pass it on!
Man in sunglasses and headphones walking in front of a train car with an advertisement showing a doctor or nurse and a child, with the words “Hello humankindness”
February 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Downtown Denver, #streetphotography
Downtown Denver, silhouette reflection of a bike delivery driver in the elevator glass.
February 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM