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Alina Oswald
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Writer. Photographer. Educator. www.alinaoswald.com
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Sep 5
Since today is #September5 here's a #tbt #review of the #FreddieMercury #biopic alinaoswald.com/portfolio/fi... #BohemianRhapsody #hivaids #music #anightattheopera #queen #alinaoswaldwriting #alinaoswaldphotography
Film Review: Bohemian Rhapsody
A #tbt book review originally published in A&U Magazine Bohemian Rhapsody Directed by Bryan SingerTwentieth-Century Fox Reviewed by Alina Oswald Many years ago, as a kid, I discovered the music…
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NPR @npr.org · Sep 4
Lenacapavir has the potential to end the HIV epidemic, researchers say. The Trump administration says backing this kind of effort will be a model for how it does global health work in the future.
Why the medical community is thrilled by U.S. support for a 'breakthrough' HIV drug
Lenacapavir has the potential to end the HIV epidemic, researchers say. The Trump administration says backing this kind of effort will be a model for how it does global health work in the future.
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IAS - the International AIDS Society @iasociety.bsky.social · Sep 5
🆕 US to support rollout of #lenacapavir in low- and middle-income countries – aiming to reach up to 2 million people through #PEPFAR & the #GlobalFund.

#GileadSciences will provide the drug at cost, without profit.

📰 Read more about this announcement in @npr.org!
Why the medical community is thrilled by U.S. support for a 'breakthrough' HIV drug
Lenacapavir has the potential to end the HIV epidemic, researchers say. The Trump administration says backing this kind of effort will be a model for how it does global health work in the future.
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Sep 3
Yet another summer's end...and a verse from a French poem. alinaoswald.com/2025/09/02/s... #summersend #frenchpoem #photographyblog #fall #updates
Summer’s End
I haven’t posted as often as I used to, lately, but sometimes life gets in the way. That said, I do have a few updates to share. This past weekend it was Labor Day weekend in the U.S., markin…
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jul 22
Visual Storytelling alinaoswald.com/2025/07/20/v... #visualstorytelling #rulesofimagecomposition #framing #leadinglines #photoblog #alinaoswaldphotography
Visual Storytelling (cont)
Visual storytelling and the rules of composition: framing, leading lines, diagonals
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jul 9
Fireworks Photography alinaoswald.com/2025/07/08/f... #fireworks #july4th #nyc #mobilephotography #shotoniphone #alinaoswaldphotography
Fireworks iPhone Photography
Pano view of the 4th of July fireworks display over Lower Manhattan #shotoninphone ©Alina Oswald.
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jul 4
Lady Liberty in Black and White. Details. www.alamy.com/stock-photo-... #ladyliberty #statueofliberty #bnwphotography #blackandwhitephotography #alamy #alinaoswaldphotography #details #blackandwhite #happy4th #july4th
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jul 4
Lady Liberty in Black & White www.alamy.com/stock-photo-... #ladyliberty #statueofliberty #bnwphotography #blackandwhite #photography #alamy #happy4th #4thofjuly #alinaoswaldphotography
Statue of Liberty Stock Photo - Alamy
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jul 4
Lady Liberty www.alamy.com/stock-photo-... #Happy4th #July4th #StatueofLiberty #MissLiberty #LadyLiberty #stormyclouds #alamy #alinaoswaldphotography
Statue of Liberty Stock Photo - Alamy
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jul 2
alinaoswald.com/2025/07/01/v... #visualstorytelling #imagecomposition #photographyblog #alinaoswaldphotography #blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotography
Visual Storytelling
The Rules of Image Composition and Their “Why” “A picture is worth a thousand words.” “What is your ‘why’?” Two quotes: one, a pretty famous quote in…
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · May 7
Hope - subject & symbolism - alinaoswald.com/2025/05/06/h... #hope #rainbow #nyc #newyorkcity #storm #manhattan #skyline #photographyblog #alinaoswaldphotography
Hope?
A Photography Subject & Symbolism “There’s a very fine line between triumph and disaster. That line is hope.” Hope: A Story of Triumph, by Joel Rothschild The idea of hope has…
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · May 9
www.instagram.com/alina.oswald... Crossing the Bridge. #bnw #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #brooklynbridge #silhouettes #shotoniphone #alinaoswaldphotography
Alina Oswald on Instagram: "Crossing the Bridge. #random #crossing #bridge #bnw #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #brooklynbridge #nc #brooklyn #silhouettes #shotoniphone"
5 likes, 0 comments - alina.oswald on May 8, 2025: "Crossing the Bridge. #random #crossing #bridge #bnw #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #brooklynbridge #nc #brooklyn #silhouettes #shotoniphon...
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jul 4
Lady Liberty in Black and White. Details. www.alamy.com/stock-photo-... #ladyliberty #statueofliberty #bnwphotography #blackandwhitephotography #alamy #alinaoswaldphotography #details #blackandwhite #happy4th #july4th
The Statue of Liberty against the sky Stock Photo - Alamy
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jul 4
Lady Liberty in Black & White www.alamy.com/stock-photo-... #ladyliberty #statueofliberty #bnwphotography #blackandwhite #photography #alamy #happy4th #4thofjuly #alinaoswaldphotography
Statue of Liberty Stock Photo - Alamy
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CNN @cnn.com · Jul 4
For decades, the DOJ has used a tool to sniff out former Nazis who lied their way into becoming American citizens: a law that allowed the department to or strip citizenship from criminals who falsified records or hid illicit pasts.

That power, under the Trump administration, may be broadening.
Law used to kick out Nazis could be used to strip citizenship from many more Americans | CNN Politics
For decades, the US Department of Justice has used a tool to sniff out former Nazis who lied their way into becoming American citizens: a law that allowed the department to denaturalize, or strip, cit...
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jul 4
Lady Liberty watches over the City www.alamy.com/stock-photo-... #ladyliberty #statueofliberty #nyc #blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotography #alamy #alinaoswaldphotography #happy4th #4thofjuly
Statue of Liberty against Lower Manhattan Stock Photo - Alamy
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jul 4
Lady Liberty www.alamy.com/stock-photo-... #Happy4th #July4th #StatueofLiberty #MissLiberty #LadyLiberty #stormyclouds #alamy #alinaoswaldphotography
Statue of Liberty Stock Photo - Alamy
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jul 2
alinaoswald.com/2025/07/01/v... #visualstorytelling #imagecomposition #photographyblog #alinaoswaldphotography #blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotography
Visual Storytelling
The Rules of Image Composition and Their “Why” “A picture is worth a thousand words.” “What is your ‘why’?” Two quotes: one, a pretty famous quote in…
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jun 21
The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.
Administration to phase out NIH support of HIV clinical guidelines
The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jun 29
Bright Lights, Big City - Pride-inspired photography fineartamerica.com/featured/bri... #pridenight #tbt #wallart #leslielohmanmuseum #featuredphotography #nycpride #pridemonth #alinaoswaldphotography #tbt
Bright Lights, Big City by Alina Oswald
Bright Lights, Big City Photograph by Alina Oswald
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jun 29
Rainbow Divide - the story behind the image alinaoswald.com/2024/08/28/r... #rainbows #nyc #photography #alinaoswaldphotography #tbt
Rainbow Divide
The Story Behind the Image “…Choose wisely, for while the right Grail will bring you life, the false Grail will take it away from you.” The words of the Grail Knight character, in…
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jun 29
Photographing Pride events through broken glass (accidentally) - a #tbt post alinaoswald.com/2024/06/25/p... #pridemonth #antoniodeamor #prideevents #brokenglass #brokenlensfilter #pridephotography #alinaoswaldphotography
Photographing Through Broken Glass
There’s a first time for everything, I guess. This past week, when getting my photo gear ready for photographing a local Pride event, my camera, which was in its unzipped bag, on a chair, fel…
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jun 18
alinaoswald.com/2025/06/17/p... Pride Month. Visual Stories. #pridemonth #visualstories #photography #history #lgbtqia #rainbowflag #alinaoswaldphotography #photographyblog #nycpride
Pride Month in Visual Stories
June is Pride Month. Here are a few moments in history the history of Pride: June 28, 1969 – the Stonewall Riots that started the Gay Revolution. New York City, NY. Notable individuals and na…
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jun 29
Pride Month event photography #tbt alinaoswald.com/portfolio/re... #pridemonth #nycpridemonth #pridemonthevents #pridemonthphotography #alinaoswaldphotography #nyc
Reporting on Pride Month Events
Tear sheets: Pride Month 2022 at Northwell Health, NYC, and PMX’s hosting of a history of ballroom voguing, also in NYC (in person and streaming online)
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Alina Oswald @ano07.bsky.social · Jun 29
Pride Month event photography alinaoswald.com/portfolio/pu... #tbt #promnight #hpc #pridemonth #pridemonthphotography #alinaoswaldphotography
Pride Event Photography: HPC Prom Night 2023
A few images from the Hudson Pride Center Prom Night 2023 captured for the Jersey City Medical Center
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