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@thesimplecrew.com
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photographer, social media elder

spottedhyacinth (and formerly thesimplecrew) on the bird, thesimplecrew on the gram

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A sunrise for you beautiful people
Picture of a sunrise at Elliot’s beach Chennai, with a long row of clouds obscuring the horizon
March 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Soo happy to finally receive this from @blaft.bsky.social! Beautiful cover and can’t wait to dig into the stories
A photo of my hand holding a copy of “The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF” by Blaft Publications. In the background out of focus is my full bookshelf.
January 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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This is kinda perfect ☺️
Screenshot from a website called bluesky roast tool. It describes my bluesky profiles as: A photographer whose feed is a delightful mixtape of reflections, rants, and the unexpected joy of everyday life. “Like your favorite album, if your favorite album had a penchant for asking if you wash your legs.”
December 4, 2024 at 1:48 PM
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A photo of my hand holding a bun butter jam
December 3, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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Hello everyone. I'm a photographer based in Chennai and it was my birthday yesterday! As a small gift I kindly ask you for a repost 😊 If you like my work please consider hiring me or referring me to your friends/family! You can see my work at thesimplecrew.com and www.instagram.com/thesimplecrew
Photograph for a fashion designer. Photograph has a model in the wearing designer teal/green designer skirt and a top. She is standing on the bank of the river Teesta, in the town of Sevoke, West Bengal. The river is visible in the background and on the other side of the river are rocks and the Mangpong Forest. Portrait of a singer. It's a studio shot on a white backdrop. She is sitting on the floor, holding her tanpura vertically on her lap. She is leaning her head on the neck of the tanpura and her eyes are closed. She is wearing a deep blue sari with a red and gold border. Rose petals covering the entire floor while the groom puts a “metti” (toe ring) on the groom’s toe. Bride and groom kissing. The groom on the left is wearing a shiny red shawl and the bride is wearing a maroon/pink sari.
November 30, 2024 at 6:48 AM
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A little rain
A black and white photograph of my neighbours balcony, through my window. Across the frame there are raindrops falling from top to bottom.
November 26, 2024 at 6:02 AM
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Rainy crow 😊
November 26, 2024 at 5:50 AM
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Kongguksu for lunch
Korean cold noodles "Kongguksu" in a white bowl on the kitchen counter. Made with tofu and milk instead of soy milk. Garnished on top are slices of cucumber with gochugaru and salt. Close up photo of the slices of cucumber with gochugaru and salt.
November 21, 2024 at 9:03 AM
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Four photographs from this evening
A dog, looking at the camera, with a leash tied to a scooter in the middle of a small street Two boys in their school uniform walking down a mud path towards the beach. Photo taken from behind them. A photo along the sea shore, divided along the middle of the picture by a drop in the sand level closer to the sea, possibly indicating coastal erosion. A dog at the beach is sleeping on the cool sand, while man is sitting further behind on the sand reading a book.
November 18, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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Lunch
A bowl of noodles in beetroot+coconut milk broth
November 18, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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Lunch innit
A bowl of egg fried rice on the kitchen counter
November 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Aeropress + coconut milk
A glass of coffee (made with aeropress) in coconut milk. The glass is sitting on a weighing scale, on the kitchen counter with various coffee and kitchen paraphernalia behind it.
November 16, 2024 at 5:38 AM
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A soup from last week
A bowl of soup on a black kitchen counter. It’s a radish and cabbage soup with coriander giving it a green colour, made with a coconut milk base and roast potatoes and fried onions.
November 15, 2024 at 10:33 AM
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The rumours are true I have begun reading Intermezzo
My hand holding up a paperback copy of Sally Rooney’s new novel ‘Intermezzo’. The cover has an illustration in the middle with ‘SALLY ROONEY’ on top of it. The illustration is an image of a man with his back turned to the reader, looking at the floor. The view of him is from between two legs/feet wearing black shoes. There’s a white chess piece (a queen?) on the bottom right. Below this illustration is the name of the book ‘INTERMEZZO’. The backdrop behind the book in the photo is my bookshelf.
September 28, 2024 at 4:09 AM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #98,062!
Bluesky's 10M announcement card. This account was user #98,062.
September 18, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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Omg congratulations to @blaft.bsky.social! Excited about this 😁
Screenshot from an email saying the publisher Blaft hit their crowdfunding goal. The text: “Amazing! Our campaign has hit $10,000, so we can now do a hardcover first edition of The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF-- everyone who pledged or pledges for the $12 paperback tier or will get the hardbound copy instead (unless you prefer paperback -- we'll doublecheck before sending them out.”
August 2, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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Saw the evening light falling on this wall a few weeks back and took a photo with my phone. A few days ago I was walking by and this time had my camera with me. iPhone and Fujifilm X-T30ii with a 23mm F2 lens.
This tweet shows two photos of the same spot, one shot on iPhone and another on a Fujifilm X-T30ii + 23mm F2 lens. This was shot on iPhone. A green wall ahead, across the street. The evening light falls on it through the trees, as evidenced by the shadows. There is a black square granite (or other stone) attached into the wall and garlanded, inscribed with an image of a god. There is an image of a face on top of the wall, a practice to ward off evil. A white fence along the street outside the wall and trees on both sides of the image of the god. This tweet shows two photos of the same spot, one shot on iPhone and another on a Fujifilm X-T30ii + 23mm F2 lens. This was shot on the Fuji. A green wall ahead, across the street. The evening light falls on it through the trees, as evidenced by the shadows. There is a black square granite (or other stone) attached into the wall and garlanded, inscribed with an image of a god. There is an image of a face on top of the wall, a practice to ward off evil. A white fence along the street outside the wall and trees on both sides of the image of the god.
June 28, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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This evening
A photo of an evening sky with a formation of clouds that’s tapering upwards A photo of a “strawberry vanilla” softy cone ice cream. It is pink/purple on the left half and white on the right half.
November 18, 2023 at 2:01 PM
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Lunch earlier today
Four slices of avocado on toast. Two with cherry tomato, green chilli, garlic and lemon and two with pineapple chilli preserve, sweet mint paste and orange.
November 5, 2023 at 2:19 PM
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📷 An evening in Chintadripet
A small street in Chintadripet showing kids on cycles, some walkers and a man and kid on a red scooter. A photo looking up at a corner house painted blue and pink, against the dusk sky A small street in Chintadripet. A man wearing an orange veshti walks in the middle of the road towards the camera. A balcony of a house, with an outdoor unit of an air conditioner and clothes hung to dry across the width of the balcony.
October 22, 2023 at 12:03 PM
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Crescent
Photo of a crescent moon. Small in the frame but clear in shape, against a blue night sky. A balcony wall covers the bottom third of the frame, in the foreground and out of focus.
October 19, 2023 at 3:11 PM
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Good morning
Photo at a cafe table, with laptop open and a cortado to the right of the laptop. Close up gif of the cortado, the clip moves in and out towards the glass.
October 10, 2023 at 3:46 AM
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4 eggs and cheddar omelette
An omelette cooking on a pan with green bits (coriander) and circularly sliced onions An omelette cooking on a pan, now flipped and the near half of it with cheddar cheese An omelette on a white plate, next to a fork, with browned circular onion rings, folded in half.
October 7, 2023 at 6:14 AM
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Chorizo grilled cheese on sourdough
The end of some chorizo sausage Chorizo grilled cheese sourdough sandwich on a white plate
October 6, 2023 at 7:09 AM
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Worked out of Beachville this morning
Photo of a laptop and mouse on a table at Beachville Coffee Roasters, Chennai A photo of the inside of Beachville Coffee Roasters, Chennai
October 5, 2023 at 3:18 PM