Mentor with Bil Brown in Los Angeles — BIL BROWN Are you ready to take your photography and image making to the next level, or have a special project you would like some guidance on. Street and portrait photographer Bil Brown can help.

I have a street photography workshop in LA Sept 6

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View of a medium format digital camera with a tilt/shift lens on a tripod looking out at the Los Angeles River and the surrounding landscape. To the right of the river is an industrial area with train tracks in front of it. The river itself is a concrete lined channel with only a small stream of water running through the center. In the far distance are the San Gabriel Mountains.

So many interesting things going on in this landscape and it’s a block from where I live.

View of homes in a partially demolished neighborhood in Mumbai, India. A tree with a sparse amount of leaves and several large black birds is centered in the frame. Surrounding the tree are concrete block homes, some covered with colored stucco, with holes broken through many of the walls. In the background a new-construction high rise housing development is visible. The photograph was made at sunrise under a hazy, soft, warm light.

Golibar Slum Rehabilitation #1; Mumbai, 2011. This isn’t an example of urban decay, it’s a government demolition of an informal community.

First the tech industry took control of the flow of information. Now it’s taking control of, well, seemingly everything. What can possibly go wrong?

Photograph of a busy market area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The streets in the foreground are filled with street vendors as well as bus, car and pedestrian traffic, which are blurred due to movement during a long exposure photograph. The streets are surrounded by concrete mid-rise buildings, some of which are still under construction. Many of the buildings have brightly colored signs and advertising billboards. The photograph was made close to sunset which provides a soft, warm light.

New Market #1, Dhaka.
2013.

LA River X started on Instagram and is flowing over to Bluesky. It's an experiment (isn't everything).

It's good to see you here. Be sure to tell your friends!

Thanks so much Casey!

A high rise building falls to the ground while being imploded. In the foreground is a historic building under renovation with scaffolding.

Demolition of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino; Atlantic City, New Jersey. 2020.

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View of power lines and poles in front of an industrial building in downtown Los Angeles, photographed just before sunset.

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If you love photography you should check out this list put together by @flakphoto.news!

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Photo of an industrial building in Downtown Los Angeles with a sign with the words “God Love & Hope” on a wall along with graffiti and charred areas from a recent fire. An empty tent is in the foreground.

God, Love & Hope in Los Angeles.

It would be an honor to be included Andy. And I’ve pinned it so I can enjoy the list!

I plan to curate a list of #photo people — Not a starter pack, a list. This way, you can pin the list to your feed and follow #photographers in a custom feed on Bluesky. It should be a nice way to find new people when you log on. Drop me a line if you want me to add you. Please RT. Thank you!

Who are your favorite Bluesky #photographers? I'm still planning to make a @flakphoto.news starter pack to complement my Photo People list and would love suggestions. Thanks in advance!✌️✨

Picture of a suburban home in a housing development on the outskirts of Las Vegas. The home is separated from the street by a high concrete block wall.

A house in Las Vegas from a few years ago.

I was here a looong time ago but couldn’t really handle yet another social platform. But even going on Xitter has become tedious and threads has a lot of the same problems as Instagram, so I figured I should give this another try now that it seems to be gaining renewed interest…

Anyone still here?

A Venn diagram Threads: Interact with a brand Twitter: Waste $44B Blue Sky: Bring Weird Twitter energy Threads & Blue Sky: Talk about how nice it is there Threads & Twitter: Challenge competitor to a cage match Twitter & Blue Sky: Make fun of Threads Threads, Twitter & Blue Sky: Make fun of Twitter

Social media strategy in the age of Threads, Twitter and Bluesky.

Thanks Heather! The feeling is mutual!

Hotel curtains in Rochester, NY, 2022

So sorry to hear this. But I suppose it’s why we’re here instead of there!

Flowers in a restaurant window in Chinatown, Philadelphia.

Home 1; Atlantic City, NJ.

This shouldn’t be so revolutionary. But it is, so well done!

Highrise 1, Xi'an, China.

GM!

Bluesky: “If you liked Twitter, you’ll love Bluesky.”

Mastodon: “If you hated Twitter, you’ll like Mastodon.”

Hundreds of millions of people liked what Twitter once was, and what it aspired to be. Bluesky might be that.

View of the Huaycán Zona Z community on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. The once-rural area is now home to a rapidly-expanding network of informal settlements.

Welcome! Glad to see you here.