I've had my patented Paula closet in most places I've lived since I was 22. It's an 8' upper rod for shirts, with dresses on either end & a 5' lower rod for pants & skirts. Both poles are covered in white fluorescent light covers & they're attached with screw eyes, S-hooks & white plastic chain...

Soon I'll tell this whole story on a podcast, but this photo shows the sunrise I saw over Athens, Greece... after a talking dog led me through the city all night, and I flirted with a cop to get into the Parthenon all alone, as riots happened outside the gates. (Shot from Acropolis w/ fisheye lens.)

Hairstylist: What would you like today? @nbcnews.com Lady: I want a blunt cut. Really blunt. (An hour later...) NBC Lady: I SAID REALLY BLUNT!!!!!

Idk wtf the BlueSky algorithm wants to see, so here's a photo I took of my friend's cat standing on a ceramic hippo on a fireplace mantel. I give up.

I am not, nor have I ever been, a wedding photographer. It's just too much responsibility and risk for me to handle. But when I get invited to weddings, there's always the same added request - please shoot photos with your silly phone so the other photographer doesn't notice what you're doing...

September 23, 2015 - I had the rare opportunity to fly over an iconic part of Los Angeles, right at the moment of its great rebirth. It was once Hollywood Park Racetrack, where I went with my parents 35 years ago...

An oldie but a greatie...

I gotta pack. I gotta go. I gotta not cry bc Milo is pulling at my heartstrings...

When it truly is The End of the World As We Know It, you look back almost 40 years and have to wonder... Were REM psychic?

I just learned what an "interrobang" is and I don't think I've ever been this disappointed.

John Fetterman is like the psycho Army dude from Seinfeld, if he got too big for his daily fatigues and had to switch to daily hoodies.

Jeffrey Epstein - not a suicide Virginia Giuffre - not a suicide Ivana Trump - not a fall down the stairs

70% of driving in Baltimore City is just swerving around people doing mental gymnastics, but physically.

My niece is high up in product operations at Flock Safety. She's never been very political, and I don't know where she stands. What I do know is that she's always been a warm, kind, generous person, whom I've loved her since she was a baby... (1/2)

If you thought reverse mortgages were predatory, you should try the *ALL NEW* 50 year mortgages!

I miss most in life: - My dad. - The woman who raised me. - Cocaine.

I'd rather our laws be made by the Supremes than the Supreme Court.

Who knew Stranger Things' Gaten Matarazzo would grow up to look exactly like all 4 of the guys from Entourage combined?

Kiddo SO wanted to be Hornet from Silksong. I ordered the costume off of Etsy - no tracking for wks. Last min, seller told me it was returned bc he put the wrong address. Had to SCRAMBLE; this child was gonna be Hornet if it killed me. 31 hours of 3D printing + 2 days of sewing = this masterpiece.

Kiddo got a treat worse than razor blades...

Every Conservative online flips out when I call them Nazis. I guess they're just more comfortable with their old name, Neo-Nazis.

People who give businesses 4 stars if they're excellent - reserving 5 stars for the very few places that go "above and beyond" - should be publicly humiliated once and for all.

Ranchero at the Shell just now.

Tomorrow (Sun 10/19) @ 8 pm EDT, I will be introducing myself - and my goods - as the owner of ENELOC ANTIQUES on the @whatnot app. This 1st show will just be a look at the types of things I plan to sell; it's a pretty random collection! Among the initial items for auction will be (see below):

What a saucy personality "The White House" has! Can't wait to read more! 😒

One of my best and oldest friends is a veterinarian who just had multiple organs removed in emergency surgery, from which she's currently recovering at home. Today, her dog collapsed and, while in her own house, on FT with a surgeon...

I will die on this hill. 🎞️

Imagine if Aaron Sorkin made this show now... 1999 was truly a different world.

God, I 💗 Baltimore...

Just called to get an appt at an office with 15 rheumatologists (over 5 locations), and asked for their earliest appt for a new patient. The woman at their office happily said, "No problem! What do you need to be seen for?" I said I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and her tone dropped...

Hey Facebook, I DON'T CARE. Please stop trying to turn me checking in on friends into a fucking competition.

At least Time Magazine offset their bootlicking with a photo of his gigantic neck vag.

Real talk: I ordered the Superman 24K gold coin in July & the Batman gold coin in September, on their days of release, from the U.S. Mint. According to my account on their site, both of these coins are still on backorder, but... (1/2)

One of the greatest joys of my photography career was when - on my original gram page that got disabled by AI for no reason - I posted this photo and it got a lovely compliment from one of my film and photography heroes, @chivexp000.bsky.social (Emmanuel Lubezki). It doesn't get better than that.

TikTok is now the propaganda tool of Larry Ellison. IG has totally ruined its app. So now I'm on to You Tube! Please like and subscribe, you YouTube users!

Bought this box of Cheers trading cards. Was promised a signed Ted Danson or Kelsey Grammar, but the signed @diedrichbader.bsky.social card I got is worth a thousand times more to me. 💕

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

New account... NEW IDEA! So excited to get back to 35mm! Please follow on IG @pauladixonphoto 💗

Hey ChatGPT, thanks for explaining to me that Curtis Yarvin and Peter Thiel - as they puppeteer the Republican government - are planning to turn Washington, D.C. into a technocratic fiefdom:

Meta's AI disabled by IG account of 14 years w/ no explanation or recourse. I've had to start from scratch. Please follow @pauladixonphoto on IG - and like, comment & share - to help me build things up again. For more info, watch the pinned video. Put in the effort... And I WILL make out with you. 💗

Cool, so Weebly - which hosts BOTH of my photography portfolio sites - just announced that it's killing its mobile app... That can't be a good sign, right?

Today is my birthday. How old am I? I'm "when someone says President Bush, I still assume they're talking about H.W." years old.

l have a small collection of antique cameras. One, from around 1900, literally disintegrated. So the one in this photo, with its retractable bellows, is now my oldest. On one of my loner hotel stays, I got the idea to shoot a self portrait as if I were shooting it with the ancient camera...

The NY Times is pushing Charlie Kirk as a great debater. Anyone who fit that description would've debated students at Ivy Leagues, where the average SAT score is 1520. Instead, Kirk traveled to colleges where the average SAT score is below 1100. That's not the flex the media wants us to think it is.

Trump is worried about war-torn Portland, while ignoring the fact that we may soon see war-torn Poland.

Zach Woods coached my sketch group when he was just 20 years old. Even then, as pretty much a kid, he was easily one of the best improvisers I've ever seen. He's also one of the kindest guys in comedy. It tracks that he'd call out the shameful work of other comedians at this insane Saudi laughfest.

If ever I had a photography muse, it would be Zoe Farmingdale... It's as if we speak telepathically when we're shooting. Every move, pose, and expression she makes is exactly what I was about to ask for. She's a joy to work with, and a joy to call a friend. 💗

SO EXCITED. Had to give up tickets to the Rocky Horror 50th Anniversary show in DC to a friend of a friend, whom l've met once, at a game night she and her man were cool enough to invite us to... (1/2)

It's become quite clear that Reels are all IG cares about anymore... So this weekend, I'm going to do an "intro to Paula" vid. Then I'll be approaching complete strangers and asking if I can take their portraits. Wish me luck!!