Model Nora Shvartsberg, Strobe lighting workshop Charles Chessler, NYC, September 14, 2025 #portraitphotography #modelphotography #newyorkphotographer #canonR6MarkII #picoftheday #photoart #fineartphotography #photofineart #photography

Sue Williams and Milo, Edgewater, NY, September 1, 2025 ... One of NY's most in-demand bassists and her feline friend. #bass #jazzbass #jazzmusician #musician #musicianphotography #portraitphotography #cats #catphotography #canonphotography #canonR6MarkII #POTD #fineartphotography

Circle Line Cruise to Lady Liberty, NYC, NY, August 18, 2025 #statueofliberty #circlelinecruise #manhattannyc #urban #monument #newyork #what_I_saw_in_nyc #nycphotocommunity #urban #canonR6MarkII #picoftheday #photoart #fineartphotography #parkwestcameraclub #photofineart #photography #photooftheday

High Line, Chelsea, NYC, NY, August 14, 2025 #siesta #highlinenyc #chelseanyc #streetphotography #urbanphotography #streetsofny #nycstreetphotography #streetphotographyinternational #urban

Muslim Women, Prince Street near Crosby Street, SoHo, NYC, NY, August 7, 2025 #sohonyc #muslim #streetphotography #nycstreetphotography #urban #POTD #picoftheday #photoart #fineartphotography #photography #photooftheday

Sorrowful in SoHo, Crosby at Prince Streets, SoHo, NYC, August 11, 2025 #sohonyc #stoop #blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotography #bnw #streetphotography #urbanphotography #streetsofny #nycstreetphotography #what_I_saw_in_nyc #nycphotocommunity #streetphotographyinternational #urbanphotography

Sigh ... Prince and Crosby Streets, SoHo, NYC, August 2, 2025 #soho #sohonyc #streetcorner #streetphotography #nycstreetphotography #what_I_saw_in_nyc #nycphotocommunity #peoplewatching #peoplewatchingart #picoftheday #photoart #fineartphotography #blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotography #bnw

‪charleslevin.bsky.social‬ ‪@charleslevin.bsky.social‬ · 10s Back at my favorite corner in SoHo, Prince and Crosby streets, NYC, NY, July 24 2025 #streetcorners #streetcornerphotography #streetphotography #urbanscenes #sohonyc #bnw #bnwphotography #blackandwhite #streetphotographyinternational

Portraits of Parkinson’s. Raising awareness of PD to eliminate stigma and inspire donations for research. Hank Laubacher, Farmer, Age 71. Diagnosed 2010. Camarillo, California, July 6, 2025

Trolley vs. Waymo! Choose!! San Francisco, California, July 16, 2025 #trolley #waymo #driverless #driverlesscar #driverlesscars #marketstreet #marketstreetsanfrancisco #urbanphotography #streetphotography #streetphotographyinternational #POTD

Leigh Vance, Grill on the Green, Simi Valley, California ... July 4, 2025 #music #jazzsinger #musician #musicianphotography #vocalist #jazz #jazzphotography #livejazzmusic #livemusicphotography #jazzmusician #canonR6MarkII #picoftheday #photoart #fineartphotography #photography

First day of summer, Central Park, NYC, June 21, 2025 First day of summer in Central Park, NYC ... June 21, 2025 #cycling #cycle #centralpark #centralparknyc #streetphotography #streetsofny #nycstreetphotography #canonR6MarkII #fineartphotography#photofineart #photography #photooftheday

14th Street/Union Square, Subway, NYC ... June 12, 2025 #subway #subwaynyc #subwayplatform #14thstreetnyc #streetphotography #urbanphotography #streetsofny #nycstreetphotography #what_I_saw_in_nyc #nycphotocommunity #peoplewatching #peoplewatchingart #canonphotography #canonR6MarkII #POTD

14th Street Subway, NYC, June 12m 2025 #subway #subwaynyc #subwayplatform #books #bookreader #reading #readingtime #nycsubway #streetphotography #streetphotographynyc #nycphotocommunity #canonr6markii #POTD #photoart #fineartphotography #photooftheday

What's the rush? 42nd Street near Times Square, NYC, May 29, 2025 #timessquare #running #rushhour #streetphotography #streetphotographynyc #runningphotography #urbanphotography #streetsofny #peoplewatching #canonr6markii #peoplewatchingart #fineartphotography #photofineart #photooftheday

Fleet Week, Ninth Avenue, Hell's Kitchen, NYC ... May 23, 2025 #fleetweek #hellskitchen #sailors #streetphotography #streetphotographynyc #streetsofny #peoplewatching #canonr6markii #picoftheday #photofineart #photography #photooftheday #canonphotography #partimenewyorker

I'll have the, ahhhhh ... Orchard Street, Lower East Side, NYC, May 20, 2025 #restaurant #restaurantnyc #restaurantphotography #streetphotography #streetphotographynyc #streetsofny #fineartphotography #photoart #canonr6markii #nycphotocommunity #peoplewatching #peoplewatchingny #picoftheday #people

Really!? Ninth Avenue Annual International Food Festival, Hell's Kitchen, NYC, May 17, 2025 #hellskitchen #hellskitchennyc #confrontational #streetphotography #urban #streetphotographynyc #canonr6markii #people #streetsofny #urbanphotography

Urban Still Life, Manhattan Plaza, 43rd Street, Hell's Kitchen, NYC, May 11, 2025 #stilllife #urbanstilllife #stilllifephotography #nycphotography #hellskitchennyc #canonr6markii #bnw #bnwphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #streetphotographynyc

Manhattan Plaza, 43rd St. between 9th and 10th Avenues, Hell's Kitchen, NYC ... May 7, 2025 #reflections #streetphotography #mirror #mirrorpics #manhattanplaza #hellskitchen #reflectionsofbluesky #newyorkcityphotography #canonR6markii #potd #pictureoftheday

On The Corner(s) Series, Crosby Street at Prince Street, SoHo, NYC ... March 20, 2025 #sohonyc #streetphotography #urbanphotography #nycstreetphotography #bnw #bnwphotography #blackandwhitephotography #canonphotography #canonr6markii

On the Corner(s), An Evolving Series. Crosby and Prince Streets, SoHo, NYC, April 18, 2025 #soho #streetphotography #urbanscenes #peoplephotography #candidphotography #newyorkcity #fineartphotography #canonr6markii #pictureoftheday #streetsofny #nycphotocommunity #urbanphotography

Girl Power Trio, Hudson Yards, NYC ... April 25, 2025 #girlpower #hudsonyards #streetphotography #streetphotographynyc #canonr6markii #pictureoftheday #venturaphotographer #parttimenewyorker #fineartphotography #urbanscenes #urbanphotography #photofineart #photography

Orchard Street near the corner of Broome Street, Lower East Side, NYC, April 18, 2025 #mural #streetphotography #peoplephotography #lowereastsidenyc #urbanscenes #fineartphotography #canonr6markii #pictureoftheday #newyorkcityphotography #newyorkcity

Yeah, just how'd they do that? Was it 40+ years of trickle-down economics? Outside an exit to the Lyric Theater, 43rd Street near 8th Avenue, NYC ... April 17, 2025 #homelessness #homelesspeople #streetphotography #nycstreetphotography #venturaphotographer #parttimenewyorker #canonmark6markii

Laughing it up on the Lower East Side, Broome Street, NYC, April 13, 2025 #lowereastsidenyc #streetphotography #streetphotography #urbanphotography #streetsofny #nycstreetphotography #what_I_saw_in_nyc #nycphotocommunity #canonphotography #canonR6MarkII #pictureoftheday #POTD #photofineart

Pianist Jeff Franzel, Bitter End, Greenwich Village, NYC ... April 2, 2025 #jazz #jazzpiano #piano #jazzmusician #blackandwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #pictureoftheday #potd #canonr6markii #livemusic #bitterend #jazzmusician #livejazz #livejazzmusic #concertphotography #livemusicphotography

Abandoned and severely rundown outbuildings always possess a magical kind of beauty. This one sits on my grandmother's property where my mom and her siblings grew up during the depression. Accord, NY, March 15, 2025 #accord #hudsonvalley #venturaphotographer #bnw #canonR6MarkII #POTD

Yet another image from my session with Leigh Vance, Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara, California ... February 19, 2025 ... #noir #femmefatale #bnw #bnwphotography #nightphotography #blackandwhite #santabarbara #photofineart #photooftheday #monochrome #canonmark6rII

Femme Fatale at the library. Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara, California ... February 17, 2025 #noir #femmefatale #bnw #bnwphotography #nightphotography #blackandwhite #santabarbara

Romantic Sunset, Surfer's Knoll, Ventura, California ... February 17, 2025

Saxophonist Steve Marsh with the Ladd McIntosh Big Band, The Grape House of Jazz and Spirits, Ventura, California ... January 4, 2025

Gargoyle Guardians of the Night, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, California ... December 21, 2024 #arcade #gargoyles #amusementpark #santacruzca #nightphotography #streetphotography #canonR6Markii #boldcolors #boardwalk

Roll-A-Bingo, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, California ... December 21, 2024 #arcade #santacruzcalifornia #boardwalk #boldcolors

Olvera Street Market, Los Angeles, California, December 7, 2024 ... #guitars #olverastreetla #boldcolors #colorphotography #chicanoart #losangelesstreetphotography #streetphotography #urbanphotography #urbanscenes #venturaphotographer #canonphotography #picoftheday #canonR6MarkII #photoart

Union Station, Los Angeles, California, 2:29 p.m. Union Station, 2:29 p.m., Los Angeles, California ... December 7, 2024 #unionstationla #unionstationlosangeles #missionmoderne #trainstation #trainstationphotography #streetphotography #urbanphotography #streetphotographylosangeles

Three of my images are now on display at the Ojai Art Center’s annual Open Photography Exhibit. The show runs through the end of December, Noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday-Sunday. Reception: Saturday, Dec. 14, 1-3 p.m. Come by and say hello! Ojai Art Center, 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai, CA 93023.

First outing with headshot and portrait photography. Gracious thanks to Leigh Demarche Vance for being an excellent model and guinea pig for this. Arroyo Verde Park, Ventura, California, November 19, 2024.

Salsa dancers on Broadway, Greeley Park, NYC ... August 8, 2024 #dancers #salsadancers #salsa #streetphotography #nycstreetphotography #dancephotography #canonphotography #canonr6markii #fineartphotography #photooftheday #dancersofbluesky #photofineart #photography #urbanphotography #streetsofny

Sepulveda Dam, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California ... February 12, 2022 #dam #urbanphotography #urbanscapes #fineartphotography #damsofbluesky #tractor

Rail Crossing, Ventura, California ... October 4, 2024 #photography #fineartphotography #bridgephotography #railroad #canonphotography #canonR6MarkII

Outside Macy's on 34th Street, NYC ... May 16, 2024 #urbanlife #fineartphotography #streetphotography #nycstreetphotography

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Greetings from Ventura (and in the future from NYC, too) ... Joining Bluesky today and hopeful that this will be a platform for lively discussion, posting my photo art and engaging with all people — even those I disagree with — in a civil and respectful way.