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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · 5d

Financial District Details, NYC, 2024.
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#urbanphotography #contemporaryphotography #fidi #newyorkcityphotographer #documentaryphotography

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · 5d

Financial District Details, NYC, 2024.
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#urbanphotography #newyorkcityphotographer #fidi #cities #contemporaryphotography

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · 5d

Financial District Details, NYC, 2024.
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#urbanphotohgraphy #newyorkcityphotographer #fidi #cities #contemporaryphotography

Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · 5d

Financial District Details, Water Street, NYC, 2024.
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#urbanphotography #newyorkcityphotographer #fidi

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · 14d

Tip Jar No. 45, Brooklyn.
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#tips #casheconomy #serviceindustry #serviceeconomy #microeconomics #psychoeconomics #economicart #artabouteconomics #documentaryphotography #contemporaryphotography #conceptualart #neoconceptualism

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · 18d

Tip Jar No. 85, Brooklyn, 2023.
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#documentaryphotography #contemporaryphotography #empiricaleconomics #microeconomics #psychoeconomics #fringeeconomy #casheconomy #serviceindustry #lensculture #phroom #broadmag #noicemag

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · 21d

Tip Jar No. 90, Manhattan, 2025.
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#documentaryphotography #contemporaryphotography #digitalphotography #tipjars #fringeeconomy #casheconomy #economicphotogaphy #economicart #conceptualart #phroom #noicemag #broadmag

This is a color photograph of a tip jar in a Manhattan cafe. It is surrounded by the typical objects one finds on a cafe counter: cups, cash register, snacks. This is Tip Jar No. 90 in this long-running photography project.

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · 25d

Pedestrian Photographs, San Francisco, CA, 1985.
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#newtopographics
#urbanphotography
#analogphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#mediumformatphotography
#twinlensreflex
#pedestrianphotography

This is a black and white photograph made in San Francisco in 1955. It falls within the New Topographic genre, it depicts a cement plant located in on the eastern edge of the city, now dominated by condominiums.

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · Sep 25

Convenience Store, Brooklyn, 2020.
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#newtopographics
#urbanphotography
#urbanlandscapephotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#buildings

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · Sep 25

Flag, Brooklyn, 2020.
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#documentaryphotography
#brooklynphotographer
#flags #americanflag
#fadedflag

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Sep 23

If the GOP want to continue down their current path (Deport Omar! Deport Mamdani!), then Dems need to start calling for the denaturalization & deportation of Melania, fight fire with fire - plus there are far more unanswered questions about her immigration to the US than either Mamdani or Omar.

Melania Trump modeled in US prior to getting work visa

Melania Trump was paid for 10 modeling jobs in the United States worth $20,056 that she worked in the seven weeks before her attorney says she had legal permission to work in the country, according to...

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · Sep 21

Flag, Brooklyn, 2024.
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#urbanphotography
#newtopographics
#contemporaryphotography
#landscapephotography
#brooklynphotography
#documentaryphotography
#flags

This is a photograph of a construction site in Brooklyn, New York. The main features are the orange traffic barriers and the dispirited American flag, hanging in a cloudy gray sky. It is part of a photo portfolio featuring flags.

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · Sep 21

Verrazzano Bridge Time Lapse, Brooklyn, 2020.
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#contemporaryphotography
#digitalphotography
#urbanphotography
#photography
#timelapsephotography
#urbanphotography
#newyorkcity
#brooklyn
#verrazzanobridge
#brdiges

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · Sep 15

Taking a break.
Guitarist, Verrazzanno Bridge, Brooklyn, 2026.
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#urbanphotography #bridges #brooklynphotographer #breathe #contemporaryphotography

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brosenyc.bsky.social @brosenyc.bsky.social · Sep 15

Washington, DC, 2025 – © Brian Rose ⠀
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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · Sep 15

So disturbing and sad. What's that quote about resorting to patriotism when politicians are desperate, or most manipulative?

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · Sep 5

Gates too?! I thought he knew better, if only a little. 😠

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · Aug 22

It's time to promote my project Profit and Loss, which is featured in the current Photo Books Now newsletter. You can buy this newsletter for a VERY affordable price, and doing so will both allow you to learn about the project and give me a morale boost. 😀

www.wurstercreative.com/pbn-newsletter

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · Aug 14

3rd Ave. Corridor, Brooklyn, 2025.
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#newtopographics #urbanism #urbanphotography #brooklynphotographer #documentingspace #documentaryphotography #photography #jacktoolin

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · Jul 31

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · Jul 5

Profit and Loss, Portfolio, AP/1, 2025.
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See the project description and more images from this project at jacktoolin.net/profitAndLoss
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#visualeconomics #artabouteconomics #newstreetphotography #newconstructivism #enhancedpost #psychoeconomics #conceptualart #digitalphotography

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 5

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Jack Toolin @jacktoolin.bsky.social · Jun 24

3rd Ave. Corridor, Brooklyn, 2025.
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#urbanphotography #brooklynphotographer #mixeduse #contemporaryphotography #newtopographics #urbanlandscapephotography

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Jun 16

Among other things Melissa Hortman, murdered along with her husband yesterday by a far-right assassin, was a climate champion throughout her political career. I found a few things to that effect.

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