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Mark Murray

Mark Murray

@markrmurray.bsky.social

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Photographer. Educator. Foodie. Fan of all things chocolate. Executive director of the Association of Texas Photography Instructors. Support a lot of other scholastic journalism organizations including CSPA, JEA, NSPA, and TAJE. https://www.atpi.org

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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 2h

Photo of the Day. 10/25/25. Window Seat, Western Pennsylvania. August 2018. iPhone X and Snapseed. #photooftheday #iPhone #Snapseed #WindowSeat #EastCoastKin #Scape

Wispy clouds cover the hills near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on an early morning flight from Dallas to New York.

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks!

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 18h

Next time you are in New York you need to go. Be sure to get the lasagna.

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 1d

It really was. Had it every time I ate there when it was available. Still some really great dishes there, but I miss this one.

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FotoDeFer @fotodefer.bsky.social · 2d

📌 Desconexión.
(Disconnection).

#FotoDeFer #Asturias #UrbanGaze
#EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #Art
#Monochrome #BlackAndWhite
#Photography #Photo #Fotografía #Foto #ByN #B&W #BlancoyNegro #Black&White #StreetPhotography
#Minimalism #Minimal #Scape

Si miramos más allá de la moda, los dos maniquíes en este entorno clásico nos hablan de la desconexión social en la era actual. A pesar de estar próximos, parecen figuras aisladas, inmersas en sus propios mundos, simbolizando la alienación que a menudo se siente en ciudades concurridas o en interacciones superficiales, donde la presencia física no garantiza una conexión profunda o un diálogo significativo.

Las robustas columnas que se extienden en la distancia refuerzan una estructura social que, aunque imponente y omnipresente, puede sentirse vacía de verdadera reciprocidad. La imagen evoca la paradoja de una sociedad interconectada digitalmente, pero donde el encuentro auténtico y el entendimiento mutuo se han vuelto más elusivos, dejando un eco de monólogos silenciosos en la vida cotidiana.

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Christoph Fischer @beautysurroundsyou.com · 4d

The sublime textures and shapes of Namibia's dunes spring to life with the first light of day. There is beauty in simplicity!

#bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature #sunrise #scape

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 1d

Photo of the Day. 10/24/25. Pork Belly, Salumeria Rosi, New York. September 2016. iPhone 7 and Hipstamatic. Loftus lens and Kodot XGrizzled film. #photooftheday #iPhone #Hipstamatic #SalumeriaRosi #NewYork #EastCoastKin #FoodonFriday

Salumeria Rosi is an Italian tapas restaurant on the upper West side of New York City at Amsterdam and 73rd. One of my favorite restaurants in the city, the Pork Belly was melt-in-your-mouth goodness. Unfortunately it isn’t on the menu anymore, but I ask they add it back every time I go there.

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Armand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · 2d

Morning glory from Senja Island…

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 1d

Photo of the Day. 10/23/25. Bird Feeder, Paris. August 2009. Olympus E-3. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Paris #France #EastCoastKin #HumansofBlueSky

A man feeds birds out of his hand next to Notre Dame in Paris on a summer afternoon.

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks!

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 2d

Photo of the Day. 10/22/25. Coca-Cola, Lisbon. November 2024. iPhone 16 Pro. #photooftheday #iPhone #Lisbon #Lisboa #EastCoastKin #streetphotography

A Lisbon street car passes by in the night on a well lit street in Lisbon, Portugal. A souvenir shop and a sardine shop are visible in the background.

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 3d

Photo of the Day. 10/21/25. Yurt, Carson National Forest. July 2024. iPhone 15 Pro and Hipstamatic. John S lens and BlacKeys Supergrain film. #photooftheday #iPhone #Hipstamatic #NewMexico #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono

Looking up through the skylight in a yurt near Red River, New Mexico, the ribs of the yurt glow in the late afternoon light. A single pine tree towers over the yurt.

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 5d

Photo of the Day. 10/20/25. MCI to DFW. August 2025. iPhone 15 Pro. #photooftheday #iPhone #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday

Puffy clouds stretch to the horizon on a flight from Kansas City to Dallas-Fort Worth.

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 5d

Photo of the Day. 10/19/25. Early Morning in San Antonio. October 2025. iPhone 17 Pro. #photooftheday #iPhone #SanAntonio #EastCoastKin #Stunday

Early sunrise in San Antonio this morning at the Texas Association of Journalism Educators Fall Fiesta convention. The Alamo can be seen in the center. And yes, it is that tiny.

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 7d

Photo of the Day. 10/18/25. If I Don’t Look at It, I Don’t Have to Take It. July 2024. Santa Fe. iPhone 15 Pro. #photooftheday #iPhone #Monty #EastCoastKin #DogsofBlueSky

Monty looks away from his heart medication in the hopes that he won’t have to take it. It has been a tough week for the schnauzer, who had four teeth extracted on Monday, got an infection, spent the night at the vet hospital and was also diagnosed with pancreatitis. Happy to report he is feeling much better, except for all the medications he is on right now, which he still looks away from.

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 7d

Another amazing photo from Armand.

Armand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · 7d

Texture paradise from northern Spain…

#photography #nature #art #landscape

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 8d

Photo of the Day. 10/17/25. New Mexico Sunrise. October 2025. iPhone 17 Pro. Edited with Snapseed. #photooftheday #iPhone #Snapseed #NewMexico #EastCoastKin #Scape

The morning sun highlights the low cloud cover and mountains along Interstate 25 south of Santa Fe.

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Association of Texas Photography Instructors @atpi.bsky.social · 8d

We are less than one month away from the 2025 ATPI Fall Contest deadline. Upload entries by 6 p.m. Central time on Friday, November 14. Be sure to check out all the rules and categories at www.atpi.org/fallcontest. #atpifc25

Fall Photo Contest

Student Categories Rules and Submission Guidelines All entries, except portfolio entries, must have been taken or created after Aug. 1,… Read more »

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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.bsky.social · 9d

'On Tha Watahfront' (2024) -- My First Trip to Boston Began Under Dense Blankets of Mist & Fog, South Boston Waterfront, Boston, MA

#UrbanGaze Thursdays ✨ #ClassicMono ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

a foggy, partially obscured view of the downtown boston skyline from the southern waterfront piers

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 8d

Photo of the Day. 10/16/25. Morningside Park Snow, New York. December 2013. iPhone 5s and 645Pro app. #photooftheday #iPhone #645Pro #MorningsidePark #NewYork #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze

Looking through the trees from Morningside Drive, New York City sits under a blanket of snow on a cold, December morning.

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 9d

Photo of the Day. 10/15/25. Barcelona. March 2022. iPhone 13 Pro. #photooftheday #iPhone #Barcelona #EastCoastKin #HumansofBlueSky #streetphotography

A family walks by a wall-sized photograph of a man and his dog.

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 10d

Photo of the Day. 10/14/25. Wakeboarding, Hawaii. June 2018. Olympus E-M1 Mark II. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Hawaii #Maui #EastCoastKin #HumansofBlueSky

A boy runs along a Maui beach in Hawaii with a bright blue wakeboard as he skims the waves along the beach.

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 11d

Photo of the Day. 10/13/25. John Ford Point, Monument Valley, Arizona. April 2022. Olympus E-M1X. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #MonumentValley #EastCoastKin #MountainMonday #HumansofBlueSky

John Ford Point in Monument Valley is a favorite stop for visitors. Named for the famous director, who used Monument Valley as the setting for many of his Western films, provides an iconic view of the buttes and other rock formations in the park.

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 12d

John Ford is just out of view of the frame.

Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 12d

Photo of the Day. 10/12/25. Monument Valley, Arizona. April 2022. Olympus E-M1X. Edited with HDR Efex Pro. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #MonumentValley #EastCoastKin #Stunday #Scape

Wind-shaped dunes in the foreground lead to sandstone rock formations, including the Totem Pole, one of Monument Valley's named sites.