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Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, Photograph by Kim Weston (n.d.)

…Such a sweet picture. Buds!

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My Lucky Day

—One of many! 💫

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Mustang Girl, St. Petersburg, FL, 2001, Photograph by Burk Uzzle — born on this date in 1938 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Happy 87th Birthday to Burk Uzzle! who now resides in Wilson, NC. ❤️

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An impressive fresco seen inside an abandoned 1800s villa, in Italy.

Photo - Reginald Van de Velde

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Happy Birthday, William Eggleston! born on this date in 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA

PHOTO- Bill and Andra [his daughter], Memphis, 1991, by Maude Schuyler Clay [his first cousin]

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by Ryan Sneider

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Loading Dock, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina

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Cologne, after World War II. Cologne, Germany, Photo © Leonard Freed, 1965

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Driving home after taking care of my Mom in Florida for three months.

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Bill Brandt

Rainswept Roofs, 1934

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“Hubert Shelby Jr. 1988,” Photograph by Sylvia Plachy, Hungarian-American photographer, born May 24, 1943 in Budapest, Hungary

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Mid-May in the ever-beautiful—and always nearby when I need it—Umstead State Park, Raleigh, North Carolina

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Photo by Patrick Joust

patrickjoust | flickr | tumblr | IG | prints for sale

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Mamiya C330 S and Sekor 80mm f/2.8

Kodak Portra 160

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The deep dive into the archives continues-

In the early-1980s, I made a project for myself of photographing at the not-that-far-away-at-the-time Bronx and Philadelphia Zoos on occasional weekday mornings. This pleasant practice went on for several years.

During one early visit to the Philadelphia Zoo, I spent a good deal of time in the primate house, which was mostly empty of school groups and other visitors at the time. I remember finding the experience of spending time with an individual animal, and watching it so intently and intimately, to be very moving.

This is the final picture in a long sequence of pictures I made of this noble creature on that Wednesday morning in 1982. It breaks my heart to look at it now.

This article appeared in local newspapers on Christmas morning, 1995:

"A fire in the primate building of the Philadelphia Zoo during the early morning hours of December 24 killed 23 animals, including a family group of six lowland gorillas, a family group of three orangutans, four white-handed gibbons, and ten lemurs. All were members of endangered species. The animals died in their sleep from smoke inhalation (carbon monoxide poisoning); none were burned."

A photograph is a memory of—and a memorial to—life.

#philadelphiazoo #philadelphiazoofire #photography #fineartphotographer

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Some lovely fog this morning in West Raleigh, North Carolina.

This is the view upwards from the back deck of our house. I'm fortunate to live in such beautiful surroundings!