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Compositions of Black Joy
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Compositions of Black Joy is a book by street photographer and writer Tieshka K. Smith. COBJ features seven years of Smith's photos of the Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival in Germantown.

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Compositions of Black Joy @cobj-phl.bsky.social · Sep 26
Welcome to my feed: a mix of what matters and what catches my eye.

Here you’ll find #CompositionsofBlackJoy —news, updates, happenings—alongside my #streetphotography, new and old, capturing #unscriptedmoments.

Scroll. Linger. Experience both.

#PhiladelphiaPhotography #Phillyauthor #BlackJoy
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12-2-2025: On this day in 2021, I was on a rooftop in Buckhead, Atlanta... this is what I saw 🧡

#unscriptedmoments #betweenthelines #ruleofthirds #atlantaphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #streetportrait
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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12-1-2025: Heavy load, photographed November 2011 in north Philadelphia

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhitephotography #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #streetportrait #chasinglightandshadow
December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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11-30-2025: The Lesson, photographed May 2012 in north Philadelphia

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhitephotography #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #streetportrait #urbangaze #fatherandson
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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11-29-2025: The Growbot loves piggyback rides, November 2016, Germantown, Philadelphia

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #streetportrait #urbangaze #publicart
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Manhattanhenge Sunrise above 42nd Street, Thanksgiving Day morning in New York City #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc #sunrise #manhattanhenge
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Thinking of the people whose land we live on

Check the comments for ways to give back to Native Americans

#HumansOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
#PhotographersUnited
#photography
A Native American boy dancing in traditional dress on the grass as an older man plays a drum and sings. They're in front of an old building in Santa Fe and next to a tree.
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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11-27-2025: Happy Thanksgiving! So grateful for all of the support for my #unscriptedmoments series!

Today's photo: Saying Grace, 2011, Germantown, Philadelphia

#phillyphotography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhitephotography #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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11-25-2025: Napping child. Taken October 22, 2013 in Center City, Philadelphia.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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11-24-2025: Junkyard dog. Taken April 4, 2011 in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #dogsofbluesky
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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11-17-2025: Current mood. Photographed January 1, 2017 in southwest Philly.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhitephotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #cedarpark #catsofbluesky
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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11-16-2025: Nothing says #summer in #Philly more than this. Taken June 2015.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #softpretzels #snowcones #gtown
November 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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11-15-2026: Her eyes were on me. Taken September 2013 in Center City, Philadelphia.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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11-13-2025: A Watchful Eye. Photographed May 31, 2015 in Germantown, Philadelphia.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhitephotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #grumblethorpe
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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11-11-2025: Celebrating #VeteransDay. Taken in Germantown section of Philadelphia in 2015.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #blackmenofmeasure
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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H O M E
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#Photography
#Photonovember
#November
#Autumn
#Sunrise
#Sky
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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11-10-2025: On this day in 2015 in Old City, Philly...it was raining then, like it's raining now.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #scapes
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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11-9-2025: This #unscripted moment was photographed Sept 2013 in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #scapes
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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11-8-2025: Through a boy's eyes, part 2.
Taken November 2, 2011 on a bus from Philly to NYC.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #scapes
November 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Bonus for 11-7-2025: Billy Penn in the rain. Center City PA, sometime during spring of 2015.

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #scapes
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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11-7-2025: Some place else.

Photographed Sept 5, 2013 in the #Germantown section of Philadelphia, PA

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #colorphotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow #scapes
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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11-6-2025: Cold as hell. Photographed December 13, 2013 in the #Germantown section of Philadelphia, PA

#unscriptedmoments #streetphotography #phillyphotography #streetphoto #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhitephotography #streetportrait #caughtyoulooking #urbangaze #blueskyartshow
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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The sky last night looked like someone had drawn very fine, white feathers on the pale blue horizon.

#sky #nature #eastcoastkin
Blue sky with very faint white lines that look like feathers were drawn.
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM