A protester dressed as Elwood Blues holds a sign reading "TRUMP IS NOT ON A MISSION FROM GOD!" Taken at the No Kings rally on March 28, 2026.
Elwood, saying what should be obvious.
No Kings. Chicago, March 28, 2026
#nokings #nokingschicago #chicago #bluesbrothers #elwoodblues #elwood #resist #demonstrations #brucesharp
A protester holds up a sign showing George Washinton at Valley Forge. Taken at the No Kings rally on March 28, 2026.
No Kings. Chicago, March 28, 2026
#nokings #nokingschicago #chicago #resist #demonstrations #brucesharp #washington
I wonder if any MAGA support could answer this hypothetical question honestly?
www.mekong.net/random/ameri...
crowd of people with signs in front of ICE building (at center) with white smoke.
Thousands marched against ICE/fascism Jan. 31 '26 Portland, Oregon (the rainy Portland) endorsed & led by 20 labor unions. Peaceful afternoon crowd incl. children, met with massive clouds of toxic gas unleashed by Fed agents at ICE facility. Solidarity with Minnesota and Maine (the snowy Portland.)
A billboard at the corner of Cicero and Wilson displays a crudely painted sign reading "UPDATD ALPHABT -ABDFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ." No I.C.E.
UPDATD ALPHABT, Cicero and Wilson, Chicago, January 24, 2026
No I.C.E.
(Artist unknown)
#ice #chicago #resist #fuckice #fuckbovino #fucktrump #streetart #protest #brucesharp #lovechicago
A photo of purple blossoms, seen through a chain link fence.
Beyond the Fence. Northbrook, Illinois, May 2023
#flowers #spring #colors #purple #photography #brucesharp
Strands of holiday lights are draped over an old ladder.
Holidays are Over. Chicago, January 4, 2026
#photography #january #holidays #googlepixel #brucesharp
No worries! I appreciate the apology. On a not-quite-related note, I can't help but think that sooner or later someone is going to think that something I've photographed - or something I've written - was AI generated. I'm trying to mentally prepare for that so that I don't have a complete meltdown.
WIth the exception of a few reposts - which should be obvious, since they are displayed next to the avatar of the source - I'm the original photographer of everything here. What made you think otherwise??
A small cluster of yellowed leaves are all that remain on an old plum tree.
November Leaves. Chicago, November 25, 2025
#photography #originalphotography #photographersonbluesky #leaves #november #autumn #fall #chicago #novemberleaves #googlepixel #brucesharp
A nighttime photo of the last remnants of the Damen Grain silo, under demolition in November 2025.
The End of the Damen Grain Silos, Chicago, November 18, 2025
#damengrainsilos #urbanexploration #abandoned #photographersonbluesky #originalphotography #nightphotography #chicago #lostchicago #night #cityscapes #demolition #lostplaces #brucesharp #googlepixel
Black and white photo of of a burned tree, with a hole burned completely through the trunk.
Burned Tree, Morton Arboretum, November 2025
#mortonarboretum #illinois #fall #autumn #trees #blackandwhite #monochrome #nature #photography #originalphotography #photographersonbluesky #googlepixel #brucesharp
A sign on the door of a brightly-painted taqueria in Chicago reads, in both English and Spanish, "EVERYONE IS WELCOME HERE EXCEPT I.C.E. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DENY I.C.E. ACCESS TO PRIVATE AREAS WITHOUT A JUDICIAL WARRANT. WE ASSERT OUT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS - WHICH APPLY TO EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY, REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS - IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT."
Everyone Is Welcome Here Except ICE
Elston Avenue, Chicago, November 6, 2025
#chicago #handsoffchicago #photography #originalphotography #taqueria #immigrants #fuckice #fuckgregbovino #fucktrump #fuckrightoff #photographersontumblr #colorful #colors #brucesharp #lovechicago #googlepixel
I'm sure that if Trump Steaks were around, beef prices would be totally affordable. Whatever happened to Trump Steaks, anyway??
Children pose for the photographer in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 1991.
Children in Phnom Penh, 1991
#cambodia #phnompenh #khmer #photographersonbluesky #filmphotography #35mmphotography #originalphotography #southeastasia #mekong.net #brucesharp
Black and white photo of the abandoned Wauconda Rodeo, in Wauconda, Illinois, November 2025. The photo was taken with a Google Pixel 3a.
Wauconda Rodeo, November 2025
#illinois #abandoned #wauconda #waucondarodeo #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #desolation #lostplaces #forgotten #roadsideamerica #midwest #photographersonbluesky #brucesharp
Love this! Had no idea that there had ever been a streetcar on Western.
A cat stands on its hind legs and reaches for the light bulb in a desk lamp.
Lemme Just Adjust This Light. Chicago, November 2025
#photographersonbluesky #originalphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #cats #catphotography #catsofblueksy #brucesharp
A large skeleton looms above protestors on a downtown Chicago sidewalk. A sign around its neck reads: "DEMOCRACY IS NOT DEAD!!!"
Democracy is not dead, and it will not pass away quietly.
No Kings Protest, Chicago, October 18, 2025
#nokings #nokingsprotest #nokingschicago #chicagonokings #protests #chicago #photography #originalphotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #photographersonbluesky #brucesharp #googlepixel
A woman holds a sign showing the Blues Brothers over the flag of the City of Chicago. Inspired by a quote from the movie, the sign reads: "I Hate Illinois ICE Nazis"
Love this city. Hate Illinois Nazis.
No Kings Protest, Chicago, October 18, 2025
#nokings #nokingsprotest #nokingschicago #chicagonokings #protests #chicago #bluesbrothers #illinoisnazis #fuckice #fucktrump #photographersontumblr #brucesharp #googlepixel
Silhouettes of the witches from the movie "Hocus Pocus" stand in front of colorful floodlights in a house in Chicago. The photo was taken with a Google Pixel 3a, October 16, 2025.
Hocus Pocus Halloween: October 2025
#halloween #halloweendecorations #hocuspocus #photography #originalphotography #photographersonbluesky #colors #colorful #october #brucesharp #googlepixel
#chicago #holidays
I am going to re-up this a third time:
Please read this excellent piece by Lincoln Caplan about why John Roberts—more than Mitch McConnell, more than Stephen Miller or Russell Vought, more than anyone else—owns the destruction of Constitutional order.
www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
Feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park as neighbors respond to them detaining people. One person was taken, though another was freed.
“I was afraid to go over there. I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back."
This reminds me of a Robert Stone novel - I think it's "A Flag for Sunrise" - where a tabloid writer is asked to come up with a story about starving birds. His solution is "SKYDIVER DEVOURED BY STARVING BIRDS!"
A black and white photo, taken from inside a clay jack-o-lantern. Trees and parked cars are visible through the openings in the pumpkin's face. The photo was taken with an iPhone 5 on October 31, 2017.
The view from the porch: Halloween, 2017
#halloween #photography #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #originalphotography #brucesharp #fall #autumn #personalfavorites #chicago #pumpkin #halloweendecorations #holidays #iphone
A reflective spherical sculpture, symbolic of a pinball, in front of the Stern Pinball factory in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.
Stern Pinball. Elk Grove Village, Illinois, October 2025
#photograpy #originalphotography #reflections #sternpinball #sculpture #blue #googlepixel #brucesharp
There's a bit of background on the sign here: islandinthecity.substack.com/p/the-story-...
I've passed by so many times, and never even noticed it.
Black and white photo of Thornton Dial's "Outside the Coal Mine," on display at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. An empty black chair sits in front of the work.
Outside the Coal Mine, by Thornton Dial: Indianapolis Museum of Art, July 2025
#thorntondial #art #newfields #indianapolis #indianapolismuseumofart #blackandwhite #photography #monochrome #originalphotography #museums #blackandwhitephotography #brucesharp
Young children peer out the window of an old house in Providence, Rhode Island. The photo was taken in June 1989, using Kodachrome film and a Ricoh SLR.
Khmer children in Providence, Rhode Island, 1989
#khmer #cambodians #kodachrome #providence #rhodeisland #photography #filmphotography #kodachrome #immigrants #refugees #originalphotography #personalfavorites #ricoh #brucesharp
A black and white film photo of the Fox Theater in Elgin, Illinois, on a rainy night. The photo was taken around 1997.
Fox Theater, Elgin, Illinois, circa 1997
#theaters #theatres #movietheaters #photography #rain #blackandwhite #monochrome #nightphotography #filmphotography #brucesharp