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Overflowing public trash bin on a Stockholm sidewalk at dusk, stacked with takeaway coffee cups and food packaging beneath a municipal sign reading “Tack för hjälpen!” while pedestrians walk past storefronts including Dr. Martens, the bin visibly beyond capacity

Overflowing public trash bin on a Stockholm sidewalk at dusk, stacked with takeaway coffee cups and food packaging beneath a municipal sign reading “Tack för hjälpen!” while pedestrians walk past storefronts including Dr. Martens, the bin visibly beyond capacity

Cleanup request exceeded available attention

#stockholm #streetphotography #urbanlife #citystreets #sweden #scandinavia #everydaycity #publicspace #urbanrealism #citydetails #streetmoment #civiclife #urbanobservations #moderncity #nightblue #documentaryphotography #streetphoto #urbanstories

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"Are you happy?"

Someone asked me in an elevator. The honest answer would take hours, and we only have three floors. So I smiled and said "I'm tired" and watched the doors close on the truth.

#UrbanRealism #ContemporaryFiction

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"Veiled monument - tarntanyangga" 2022

#darylaustinpaintings #urbanrealism #contemporaryrealism #urbanlandscape #adelaideartist

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Global Power, Local Sidewalk
#streetphotography #streetphoto_bw #monochromephotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanlife #everydayusa #nycstreets #documentaryphotography #leicamonochrom #streetleaks #citylayers #urbanrealism #lifeonthestreet #visualnarrative #unposed #leica10monochrom

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Pixote (1980) watch uncut - Grindhouse and Forgotten Exploitation Cinema Also known as: Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco

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PIXOTE (1980)
10-year-old runaway. Police raids. Juvenile prisons.
Brazil’s streets become a warzone where childhood dies young.
Babenco’s brutal masterpiece of innocence devoured by corruption.
#BrazilianCinema #UrbanRealism #CultFilm #SlzyStudio #LGBTQCinema

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A grid of 4 square

top left:
Cupola Contemporary Art
Paintings By Andy Cropper

A solo show of paintings by Andy Cropper, from haunting nocturnes to rarely shown early works.

Preview: Friday 10 October, from 7:30 pm

Open 11th October – 15th November 2025
Monday to Saturday, 10.00am - 6.00pm

Artist Talk: Thursday 23rd October, 7.30pm

www.cupolagallery.com/events
www.andycropper.art/cupola2025

Top right:
A large silhouette of a newly built austere building sits against a vibrant late evening blue sky. A couple of street lights light the foreground.

Bottom left:
We are looking at overgrown wasteland large bushes and weeds fill the  painting, a lone bathtub sits adrift  in the space. The painting feels forlorn.

Bottom right:
Cupola Contemporary Art
174-178a Middlewood Rd
Hillsborough, Sheffield
S6 1TD

      info@cupolagallery.com
      www.cupolagallery.com
      www.facebook.com/cupolagallerysheffield
      www.instagram.com/cupolacontemporaryart 
      www.x.com/cupolagallery
      0114 285 2665  

Andy Cropper

      andy@andycropper.art
      www.andycropper.art
      www.facebook.com/andycropperart
      www.instagram.com/andycropperart
      0795 168 1677

A grid of 4 square top left: Cupola Contemporary Art Paintings By Andy Cropper A solo show of paintings by Andy Cropper, from haunting nocturnes to rarely shown early works. Preview: Friday 10 October, from 7:30 pm Open 11th October – 15th November 2025 Monday to Saturday, 10.00am - 6.00pm Artist Talk: Thursday 23rd October, 7.30pm www.cupolagallery.com/events www.andycropper.art/cupola2025 Top right: A large silhouette of a newly built austere building sits against a vibrant late evening blue sky. A couple of street lights light the foreground. Bottom left: We are looking at overgrown wasteland large bushes and weeds fill the painting, a lone bathtub sits adrift in the space. The painting feels forlorn. Bottom right: Cupola Contemporary Art 174-178a Middlewood Rd Hillsborough, Sheffield S6 1TD info@cupolagallery.com www.cupolagallery.com www.facebook.com/cupolagallerysheffield www.instagram.com/cupolacontemporaryart www.x.com/cupolagallery 0114 285 2665 Andy Cropper andy@andycropper.art www.andycropper.art www.facebook.com/andycropperart www.instagram.com/andycropperart 0795 168 1677

Painting:
A misty crossroads at night. the view is empty of people, the street lights fill the scene with misty halos beneath them.

Painting: A misty crossroads at night. the view is empty of people, the street lights fill the scene with misty halos beneath them.

Painting:
The same crossroads as before but a vibrant sodium orange lit night time sky fills the scene, trees and rooftops are silhouetted against the sky.

Painting: The same crossroads as before but a vibrant sodium orange lit night time sky fills the scene, trees and rooftops are silhouetted against the sky.

Painting:
Against a vivid blue night time sky looms the silhouette of an English Church.

Painting: Against a vivid blue night time sky looms the silhouette of an English Church.

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗕𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗬 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗥
𝘈 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴.

PV: Fri 10 Oct, 7:30pm
Exhibition: 11 Oct–15 Nov 2025
Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield

🔗 andycropper.art/cupola2025

#Kenopsia #SpiritOfPlace #BusStopGothic #UrbanRealism

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A gritty, cinematic portrait of a woman with braided hair, staring directly into the camera with an intense, unflinching expression. She wears layered gold chains with bold pendants, a grey knit top, and a fur-trimmed jacket that adds weight to her silhouette. Captured indoors under dim, cool-toned lighting, the background is subdued, allowing her gaze and presence to dominate the frame. The shallow depth of field softens the edges, while filmic grain gives the image a raw, street-level authenticity reminiscent of 1990s East Coast hip hop culture.

A gritty, cinematic portrait of a woman with braided hair, staring directly into the camera with an intense, unflinching expression. She wears layered gold chains with bold pendants, a grey knit top, and a fur-trimmed jacket that adds weight to her silhouette. Captured indoors under dim, cool-toned lighting, the background is subdued, allowing her gaze and presence to dominate the frame. The shallow depth of field softens the edges, while filmic grain gives the image a raw, street-level authenticity reminiscent of 1990s East Coast hip hop culture.

East Coast Grit

Prompt in ALT

#aiart #blueskyart #digitalart #aicommunity #streetportrait #urbanrealism #hiphopstyle #90saesthetic #cinematicportrait #moodylighting

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Robert Henri 1897

Robert Henri 1897

#onthisday 160 years ago, Robert Henri was born.

Painter & teacher, he is best known for founding the "Ashcan School", the urban realism of what he felt was "art for life's sake".
#AshcanSchool #UrbanRealism #ashcanart #arthistory #americanrealism #artlovers #americanart #museums #philadelphiaart

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As today is London History Day, the day when Big Ben first started keeping time. Here's a selection of my paintings of London that are still available to buy.

#londonhistoryday #london #soho #londonhistoryday2025 #sohoart #oilpainting #urbanlandscape #urbanrealism #landscapeartist

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#ttrpgintroduction Hey, just noticed Bluesky got a new/returning posters as the Chaotic Evil Realm gushes/loses more users every day.

Tl;dr I mainly post about #ttrpgs #comics #doctorwho #startrek #starwars #ghostbusters #sf/fantasy #urbanrealism #urbanfantasy
#folklore #history #art (cont.) 1/

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