Eric Schwabel

Eisenhower

War will never give us peace.

I know *you* know this already, and I’m saying nothing profound, but I needed you to know I know too.

🍎 was the only remaining subscription I had on @profgalloway.com's #resistandunsubscribe list. I've been an Apple customer since I was a teenager (I'm 45), and until last week, I used them for everything. It took all month to get all the cloud stuff moved over but it's done, and I'm happy about it.

maybe it’ll happen in the middle of his speech

A split-image portrait of Katherine Johnson, the pioneering Black NASA mathematician: On the left, a black-and-white historical photo from her NASA career in the 1960s shows a smiling middle-aged woman wearing cat-eye glasses and a light-colored dress with white collar and trim, seated at her desk with a globe and papers in the background. On the right, a color photo from 2015 depicts an elderly Katherine Johnson (in her late 90s) seated in a wheelchair during the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, wearing glasses, a dark suit jacket, an orange top, a blue ribbon with the medal, and holding a green item in her lap, as she looks directly at the viewer with a gentle expression. The side-by-side images contrast her youthful professional life with her honored later years.

Mathematician & NASA 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 Katherine Johnson died #OTD in 2020.

She was instrumental in the success of the first US manned spaceflights, calculating complex trajectories enabling humans to reach orbit & land on the moon. Her story was told in 𝘏𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 (book/movie). #WomenInSTEM #BHM

Desert Folks: these items will be distributed on Sunday, along with home cooked meals. If you're able to contribute any of these items but not able to get them to 29 Palms, I'm happy to pick up from Palm Springs to Yucca Valley before Sunday. And of course if you need any of these items, c'mon by!

(4/4) I never loved the group shots, so they're not here. My agent liked them though and used them to get me ad gigs -- you'll just have to flip through your 2007 copy of Frontiers to find those 😂
I always liked working with this ragtag crew. Small mags that valued art were the best.

This model was also the underwater swimmer. I clearly liked that railing.

That railing was maybe 2 inches wide if I recall.
Kudos to this model (whose name I can't recall) for the balancing act.

This particular mag was large format, so you could get a little weird with details. Once everything went online, I think styles had to change because photos got smaller and need to be "understandable" in an instant.

Happy Friday!

Here's a fashion / swimwear story I shot for a local rag in my 20s, which I think was the tail end of the magazine explosion.

I was "classically (commercially) trained" so I always left room for text back then, but designers rarely took advantage of it.

Happy #thirstday!
Here's another one from the book.
Scott, photographed in my studio back in 2007.

All that's left for me on this list is Apple (will happen this month) and I still have an Instagram account, so Meta.

We’re canceling all streaming as part of #resistandunsubscribe, which means no more Apple Music, so I’m gonna start playing vinyl more. This morning needed jazz so it’s Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool.

Gonna check out the used shops this weekend. Any album recommendations?

Happy #humpday!
Shot this 20 years ago. If I recall, the model preferred anonymity so I shan't name him... and I think that beach ball came with an issue of some fashion mag. This was published in my 2009 book, "Shooting Male"

I still have those apple boxes. They served as tables at my wedding.

Don’t know how many more examples it’s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.

That sounds fun - DM me and lets set it up!

Happy Monochrome Monday with Chris in Anza-Borrego a few years back. #mcm

Hell, yeah.

“I’ve got white skin, so I’m using my privilege to speak for my friends and neighbors. We’re telling them to stay home and stay safe, and we’re coming out and fighting for them.”

Anyone in / headed to / near Joshua Tree want to shoot (once it warms up)? Say hi.

Here's a shot of Jase that we shot in JTNP a few years back, had a lot of fun on that shoot.

So does Bluesky.
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This whole thing. Everything that’s happening is about riding the momentum and wave. There are so many people at different political levels. Some have been organizing for a long time, while others are brand new. This time is about supporting the energy to and get people engaged in a strike.

Today, we stand in solidarity with Minnesota. Here's how you can be part of this movement.
#iceout #iceoutforgood #minnesota

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MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years o...

MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

In 2009, Bruno Gmunder published a book of my work titled "Shooting Male." It's out of print now but here's a taste for #FCF

Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.

The murderer’s name is Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

Condemn the Illegal Occupation of Venezuela We are calling on every elected official in this country to condemn this unprecedented aggression and violation of international law. This attack is clearly aimed at giving billionaire interests in ...

Easy way to mail your representatives re: Venezuela

It's wild to me that I've lived here 9 years. Every year brings something new. Today it's rainforest-meets-desert. #joshuatree

Happy Birthday, Patti!

I've been fortunate to see her a few times in recent years up here at Pappy's