Joseph Szymanski / Photographer

My Friend, Alberto Rangel I’ve tried to write this so many times. I sit down and I try and I’m empty. I can’t remember things. I can’t remember what I wanted to say or the story I wanted to tell, all the words that had be

"He was a big part of my life and I don’t remember how it happened. I can still hear his laugh when I picture him. It could fill a room. Strange, the little pieces we do remember."

Hey, thanks, appreciate that. Been fiddling with some cyanotypes lately, might do one of this frame.

The U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team won gold — and then lost the room The widespread celebration is over now. And some of the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team's goodwill has diminished.

Been a hockey fan my entire life. Really disappointed in team USA...

"The U.S. men’s hockey team won Olympic gold for the first time since the “Miracle on Ice” 46 years ago, and for a time, the joy belonged to everyone.

By the next day, it didn’t."

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Why Personal Websites Are Replacing Social Media The 30-Year Pattern & Why Web 1.0 is Coming Back

"Your website isn’t a digital business card. It’s proof of existence. It’s how people verify that you’re real, that your work is actually yours, that your ideas have a history, a context, and an origin source. "

Credit your models. Credit your photographers. Your photos take two.

I will be 45 years old tomorrow and I'm in Florida and I don't know how I feel about any of this.

A very damp, dreary, new years day eve...
#newyearsday #sanfrancisco

Good riddance 2025... you were a dumpster fire in slow motion.
#sanfrancisco #newyearseve #sutrotower #twinpeaks

Graphic with a blue background and large white text reading “DEAR AMERICAN FRIENDS.” Below is a screenshot of a post explaining that Canada does not have CBS, that a “60 Minutes” episode aired normally in Canada, and stating that Canadian networks are not subject to U.S. government interference. The post ends with “We’re not under a dictatorship. You are.”

This message hits hard.

I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?

Somebody caption these for me...
#portraits #blackandwhite #showerscene #analog #leicaR8

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Not much use for a title.
#nsfw #windowlight #art #photography #nude #hand #blackandwhite

Bits and Pieces.
#nsfw #art #film #analog #slowphotography #leicaR8

Window light...
#nsfw #analog #photography #art #windowlight #leicaR8 #ilfordfp4

‘He trusted the universe’: Husband details dedication of slain S.F. General social worker Inside and outside of his job at San Francisco General Hospital, Alberto Rangel approached life with optimism — and trust that even the most uncertain moments would work out.

Still cant believe hes gone...

‘He trusted the universe’: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/a...

Cocktail hour...
#nsfw #analog #art #slowphotography #leicaR8 #ilfordfp4 #windowlight

Sarah, awhile back...
#portraits #photography #art #blackandwhite #nsfw #analog #leicaR8 #ilfordfp4

Wintering | Joseph Szymanski, Photographer I came across this word awhile back, wintering… feels quite descriptive to say the least. I’ve been in a bit of a self imposed hibernation for the last month or so, a sort of torpor in the days…

"I absolutely hate the word ‘selfie’ and what it’s become, but quite enjoy the idea of the self portrait as an artistic pursuit, if for no other reason then the record it produces. Proof of a life, as it were."
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#selfportrait #art #slowphotography

He was a very dear friend, uncle to my son, at our home nearly every Sunday for dinner. Today is gonna be tough. Our hearts are broken.

More Signs, No Kings, San Francisco...
#nokings #signs #stolenland #sanfrancisco #art #slowphotography

I've been there man. I've been there....

"A Drunk Raccoon Passed Out in the Bathroom of a Virginia Liquor Store
Don’t worry, it’s OK."

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For the record, I asked very politely if I could photograph her butt, to which she responded, emphatically "hell yes, post it everywhere..."
#nooneisillegalonstolenland #nokings #sanfrancisco #stolenland #art

Signs, No Kings, San Francisco...
#nokings #sanfrancisco #slowphotography #art #leica

My hobbies include:

- Switching between the same three apps for hours
- Not speaking to anyone for days at a time
- Listening to the same songs I've been listening to for 15 years
- Imagining myself in situations that will literally never exist