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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis
@gregfallis.com
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Former medic, former prison counselor, former criminal defense investigator, former almost academic, photographer, writer of detective fiction, Edgar Award winner.
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I used to write the Sunday Salons--essays about photographers as a prompt for #photography discussions.

This piece, from 2007, is on Ralph Meatyard--one of those WTF photographers (which, okay, isn't an actual genre of photography, but ought to be).

salon.utata.org/2007/08/12/r...
A photograph by Ralph Meatyard, showing two kids wearing latex masks standing beside a urinal and a watering bucket.
November 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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William Kent, the Principal Painter in Ordinary to King George II, said, "Nature abhors a straight line." Aristotle said, "Nature abhors a vacuum." I suspect Nature is a lot more forgiving than folks credit.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #monochrome
A black-and-white photograph of a tree that refuses to give up its leaves, an urban sculpture comprised of curved poles, with angular buildings in the backgroun.
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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This is the plant you'd find in the window of the office of a 1940s hard-boiled detective. In 3 weeks it'll be dead. Suspiciously.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #Noirvember
A plant, the name of which I can't recall, illuminated by morning sunlight through Venetian blinds.
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Larking About on Railroad Tracks edition.

#ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography
A man in a hoodie stands outside a fenced area containing large storage tanks with exterior stairways. A railroad track runs along beside them.
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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“You will be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits
An engraving by Gustave Brion illustrating a scene from the 1867 edition of Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo. It depicts three masked men standing in a doorway. One holds a staff, another carries a large hammer, and the last, a large key.
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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An old tree in an oxbow. It's like a lesson in How To Hold On.

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An almost leafless old tree in an oxbow lake.
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Forget Secretary of Defense. Double forget Secretary of War.

This is the Secretary of Dense, only partly because we think he should get the F out of here.
A photo of Pete Hegseth looking confused and suspicious.
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Yesterday's bike ride along the railroad tracks, through the Valley of Warehouses, chilly but so pleasant.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #bikesky
A photograph taken into the sun showing a curving bicycle path.
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Not far from where I live is an area I call the Valley of Warehouses. I'm told it used to be farmland; now it's massive warehouses and data centers. An intercity bike trail threads through the area.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #newtopographics
The back of a massive concrete warehouse structure in what was once farmland.
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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I used to write the Sunday Salons--essays about photographers as a prompt for #photography discussions.

This piece, from 2007, is on Japanese photographer Shomei Tomatsu, one of those "who knows more than they care to about things they cannot afford to believe in."
salon.utata.org/2007/06/17/s...
A photograph of a card game by Japanese photographer Tomei Tomatsu.
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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I don't shoot a lot of landscapes, but this felt like it was inside a John Prine song.

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A cloudy, cold Autumn afternoon when the light decided to show off a bit.
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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So here's me having lunch in a small town diner, trying to ignore this animated discussion at the next table...then I figure out they're arguing about which Elder Scrolls game is better, Skyrim or Oblivion.
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A black-and-white photograph of three mature white guys having an animated discussion about the relative merits of the video games Skyrim versus Oblivion.
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Connected.

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An older white man sitting on a bench talking on his cell phone.
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Shopping for Jams and Jellies edition. These old guys were serious about their preserves.

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A black-and-white photograph of people shopping for jams, jellies, and various fruit preserves.
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Not a good day for shopping.

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A black-and-white photograph of storm clouds above a street, on which cars can barely be seen in the gloom.
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Bricks

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Splashes of paint on some large bricks beneath a tunnel on a bike path.
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Crazy Urban Sunlight & Shadow edition.

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A photograph of an urban setting in which sunlight and shadow get weird an interesting.
November 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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From 2006 to 2017 I wrote a series of short essays about photographers--some well-known, some obscure--as a platform for #photography discussions called the Sunday Salons.

This piece, from 2006, is on Lewis Hine, documentary photographer & muckraker.

salon.utata.org/2006/10/01/l...
A photograph by Lewis Hine of a young newsboy hawking newspapers on the street.
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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I suspect the true secret to happiness is simply to find a sunny spot and sit down in it.

Cats know this.

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A black-and-white photograph of a man relaxing in a chair in a patch of bright sunlight outside a parking garage.
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Yesterday was the 65th anniversary of six-year-old Ruby Bridges being escorted into Frantz Elementary School by US Marshals. In 1964, this painting ('The Problem We All Live With') by Norman Rockwell was published in LOOK magazine.

The painting is still shocking. And still needs to be seen.
The painting by Norman Rockwell of 6-year-old Ruby Bridges being escorted to school by Federal Marshals, which took place on November 14th 1960.
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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A little dust mop #noir for a domestic #Noirvember day.

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A black-and-white photograph of a dust mop leaning against a cellar wall, sunlight streaming in from the top of the stairs.
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Some sidewalk #noir for #Noirvember.

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A black-and-white photograph of a sidewalk outside a marble-front building on which can be seen the reflection of the building across the street.
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The Valle drive-in theater, closed for the season.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #newtopographics
The rear of the large screen of a drive-in theater in rural Iowa, seen from the road (at 55 mph). A red sign in front says "Valle Drive-in. Closed. Thanks for a great season."
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Loitering Outside the Bail Bondsman's in #Noirvember edition.

#ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #monochrome #HumansOfBlueSky
A black-and-white photograph of a man smoking a cigarette at night outside a bail bondsman's office.
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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First snow of the season.

(Handheld 1/2 second exposure; I love IBIS)

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A black-and-white photograph of a woman in silhouette, looking out a window at the first snow of the season. A slow shutter speed (half a second) turns the snowflakes into white streaks and blurs the woman's head as it turns.
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM