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Preston Thomas
@preston.camera
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Husband, Dad.
Artist - Musician, Photographer.
Left-handed coffee snob. I curse a lot.

Film | Digital | Bourbon

"A beautiful print is a thing in itself, not just a halfway house on the way to the page.”
– Irving Penn

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Preston Thomas @preston.camera · Nov 28
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"Art has saved my life on a regular basis."
-Carrie Mae Weems

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Malécon | Arriving in La Habana, c.2014

Two more from a series of photographs I made from the back of a '56 Bel Air convertible.

There is a painterly / surreal texture to these images. Perhaps because the car was moving.

Or... maybe that's just #Havana.

#Dreamland #EastCoastKin #Photography
Humans strolling along the Malécon during the late afternoon in Havana, Cuba. Two children walk atop the breakwater, adjacent it to the Atlantic Ocean, while holding the hands of their parents. There are vibrant patches of red and pink from some of the clothing. Photographed by Preston Lewis Thomas. Humans strolling along the Malécon during the late afternoon in Havana, Cuba. A couple of fishermen and their friends are in conversation atop the breakwater, adjacent it to the Atlantic Ocean. A vibrant blue dress is caught in the breeze. Photographed by Preston Lewis Thomas.
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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Malécon | Arriving in La Habana, c.2014

Remembering a bittersweet time. My first trip to Havana, shortly after losing my mother. A coping mechanism.

My entrance to the city, I made a series of photographs from the back of a '56 Bel Air convertible. Dreamland.

#Havana #EastCoastKin #Photography
January 16, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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This has to be said.
#USA #FACISM #TRAITORS
YOU VOTED FOR HIM BECAUSE YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHO HE WAS, AND WHAT HE WANTED TO DO TO THOSE OTHER PEOPLE. THEN YOU WOKE UP ONE DAY AND LOST YOUR GOOD GOVERNMENT JOB AND YOUR FARM WENT BANKRUPT AND A LOVED ONE GOT SNATCHED OFF THE STREET AND AND THROWN INTO THE BACK OF SOME SUV AND YOUR HEALTHCARE EVAPORATED AND YOUR FOOD ASSISTANCE DISAPPEARED AND AT THAT MOMENT YOU REALIZED THAT YOU WERE ALSO... THOSE OTHER PEOPLE. AND NOW, I MUST FIGHT. I MUST FIGHT FOR THE SAKE OF MY LOVED ONES AND FOR THE GREATER GOOD. I MUST FIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS MY HOME. AND I PRAY THAT WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER, I NEVER SEE YOUR STUPID FUCKING TRAITOROUS FACES AGAIN. WITH LOVE, I AM EVERYDAY PEOPLE
January 15, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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FAITH
21 X 14
Black & White #Photograph
Chicago, Southside

True Believers and Grifters and Lost Souls and Weekend Saints, the Storefront Church, a fixture in Black neighborhoods, is home to all.

But tithing ain't what it used to be, and some just don't make it.

#EastCoastKin #StreetPhotography
A black and white photograph of a dilapidated and shuttered Store Front Church on the south side of Chicago. There's a crucifix on top of the building, as well as another crucifix attached to the boarded up front window. Photographed by Preston Lewis Thomas
January 14, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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"when the world is puddle wonderful..."
E.E. Cummings

A random photographic encounter with the best subjects, ever.

#Kids #Monochrome #EastCoastKin #Humans #People #Leica #StreetPhotography

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In Just — Preston Lewis Thomas | Photographs
South Loop in Chicago, walking to a restaurant with my wife. The day was pretty dreary and the grown-ups were boring, so… no photographs. Then we passed a daycare center and I locked eyes with one o...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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"There is no image without light.
And no context without shadow."
-Me

"Convergence, No.2"

16 x 24
Black & White Photograph
Monochrome Pigment Print
on Archival Rag Paper

#Monochrome #EastCoastKin #Artist #Photography #Monochrome
January 11, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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The intensity of her disposition left little room for doubt. Her eyes were galvanizing. As she passed, she looked me right in the face, daring me to miss the shot.

Black Women Tried to Tell Us.
1,000 words.

#Photography #EastCoastKin #ManualFocus #Leica #Pentax

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January 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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"In The Mood"
The Secret Life of Plants

#Flora #Photography #Plants #Pentax #50mm #VintageLenses #EastCoastKin #Sex
A color photograph which captures the formation and unfurling of a new leaf, on a rubber tree plant. Plants clearly have their own eroticism at play.
December 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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"UTILITY"
© Preston Lewis Thomas

I make a lot of these photographs for my personal documentation. I'm addicted to the science, engineering and design that went into a thing so deceptively mundane. This accidental work of Art.

#Photography #ColorPhotography #Miksang #Abstract #EastCoastKin #Pentax
A color photograph of a series of gas meters and pipes affixed to a brick wall in an alley in Chicago's South loop. There is a bright yellow concrete pole just to the left.
December 4, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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"Architecture in the Mist"
© Preston Lewis Thomas

Shot with a 50yr old Olympus Zuiko 24mm f/2.8 lens, which I adapted to fit one of my Pentax cameras. It has become one of my favorite things.

#ClassicMono #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Architecture #EastCoastKin
A high contrast black and white photograph of high-rise buildings in Hyde Park, Chicago. A heavy mist blankets the ground and most of Lake Michigan, extending all the way out to Chicago's magnificent mile skyline. © Preston Lewis Thomas
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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I’ve often described La Habana (Havana, Cuba) as “heartbreakingly beautiful.”

Most of the work on my site can be purchased.
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Four Scenes (Photographs) from Havana, Cuba, c.2016. 1.Three Boys @ 6:30 Havana Time Three young boys sitting together on the sidewalk. 2.Passing Souls Two elderly humans, both using canes, passing one another at an intersection. 3.Abuela with Orange and Green An elderly woman with her hand on her hip, leans casually against a soft green wall. There is a bright orange 50s vehicle in the foreground. 4.The Princess Spy A young girl peeks out of the massive window of a beautiful old building.
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Most of the work on my site can be purchased.
Hit me if you have questions.

•Shop Local
•Shop Small
•Support Living Artists
•We Not Buying It

"Art has saved my life on a regular basis."
-Carrie Mae Weems

#Photography (Photography)

Dance Encounters Architecture
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Dance Encounters Architecture — Preston Lewis Thomas | Photographs
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November 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM