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stage is set for a jazz icon (esperanza spalding)
black and white photo of the interior of the Chan Centre, people getting to their seats before the show started
August 31, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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#WinchesterMysteryHouse #SanJose #CA

With too much money, the woeful widow of the Winchester rifle maker believed the #ghosts of people killed were after her and the only way to stop it was to constantly make nonsensical additions onto her house.
August 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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An iconic scene in the English countryside as a farm tractor ploughs a field in North Norfolk near marshes followed by a flock of gulls.
A tractor ploughs a field in North Norfolk near marshland followed by a flock of gulls. The field to the left has already been ploughed and the rich soil will be left for some time until being replanted with fresh crops. To the right, the field’s crop has been harvested and awaits the plough. The gulls are ready to pounce as the plough turns up worms and other insects from the earth. Fields stretch towards the horizon, broken by hedges and small trees in the typical East Anglian coastal landscape.
August 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Once a regular sight on our roads but now a rarity, a group of traditional iconic Romany Vardo caravans passes our village home after spending a night on the village green. An annual event.
A group of four traditional Romany or Vardo caravans with rounded roofs and colourful wheels drawn by horses stand in a narrow road waiting for traffic to clear outside our home below a canopy of trees. The caravans were once used as living quarters by the Romany community and were highly decorated inside but they are no longer used for year-round living and are more likely to be shown at cultural gatherings held throughout the year, the best known of which is Appleby Horse Fair in the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria, North West England. This group belong to a family based in London and they bring them out for trips in Surrey and Kent each summer. Some resent their presence but older members of local communities remember their contribution to society in the past and welcome seeing them.
August 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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the iconic Matterhorn + happy smol snowman
black and white photo of the top of the Matterhorn with a little, happy, expressive snowman in the foreground
August 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Baltimore icon at Baltimore’s iconic The Horse You Came in On Saloon

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#EdgarAllanPoe
Wooden sign featuring Edgar Allan Poe and two ravens
August 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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#CarcassonneCastle #France #UNESCO
August 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
#KansasCity, #Missouri
May 2012
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#Architecture
Photo: A north façade of a building designed by Moshe Safdie backgrounded by a blue sky and foregrounded with its name engraved in a retaining wall: "Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts." Beyond that, I cannot describe it any better than the Center's website describes its home: "The north façade features arched stainless steel walls that rise from the ground like a wave." No lies detected. Also by Moshe Safdie: The National Gallery of Canada, the Quebec Museum of Civilization, and Vancouver Library Square. Other notable cultural works include the Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex, the national museum of the Sikh people in Punjab, India; the United States Institute of Peace Headquarters on the Mall in Washington, DC (recently hijacked by DOGE & MAGA); and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. D40X: ƒ/8, 1/250, 22mm, ISO100
August 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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#ParkGuell #Barcelona #Spain #Gaudi #architecture
August 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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August 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Pablo Picasso, Spanish, 1881-1973,
Bull’s Head. This iconic ‘found art’ sculpture was created in 1942 and exhibited in Paris 1944. It sparked public outrage and was removed. It is now considered a masterpiece #AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforIcon
#Photography by me
August 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Art Deco Convertible
a 1931 Packard Model 840 Dietrich Convertible Victoria,
American Art Deco: Designing for the People, 1918-1939
an exhibit at the #NelsonAtkinsMuseumOfArt
#AlphabetChallenge in #WeekIforIcon
#KansasCity, #Missouri
July 2022
Photo: In a museum gallery, a front-end view of a 1931 Packard Model 840 Dietrich Convertible Victoria. There are grill, bumper, hood ornament, and all fittings are chrome. There are six forward facing lights. The fenders are a dark red, almost burgundy, with red pin stripes. Only parts of the cream-colored side panels are visible. Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City, Missouri July 2022 Photo: In a museum gallery, a side view of the chrome hood ornament on a 1931 Packard Model 840 Dietrich Convertible Victoria. The ornament depicts a slender, winged woman in flowing garments flying forever just inches in front of the massive car, her arms out stretched to hold a wheel. Part of the dark red hood is visible to, as well as portions of the chrome grill, some of the forward facing lights. The Packard emblem is shiny brass in the center of the grill.. Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City, Missouri July 2022 Photo: In a museum gallery, a side view from the front right corner of the passenger side of a 1931 Packard Model 840 Dietrich Convertible Victoria. The fenders are a dark red swooping over the tires, which are creamy white white walls to match the door and side panels. The running board is the same dark red, except for the step portion beneath the door, which is chrome. A spare wheel is mounted just forward of the passenger door, along the long hood. The hub caps are chrome, of course, with Packard branding at the hub and a complex chrome spoke system connecting it to the rim and tire. The rim is a brighter red, matching the pin striping on the fenders. Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City, Missouri July 2022 Photo: In a museum gallery, a side view from the rear right corner of the passenger side of a 1931 Packard Model 840 Dietrich Convertible Victoria, featuring the right rear wheel. The hub cap is chrome, of course, with Packard branding at the hub and a complex chrome spoke system connecting it to the rim and tire. The rim is a brighter red, matching the pin striping on the fenders. The fenders are a dark red swooping over the tires, which are creamy white white walls to match the door and side panels. The running board is the same dark red, except for the step portion beneath the door, which is chrome. A spare wheel is mounted just forward of the passenger door, along the long hood. Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City, Missouri July 2022
August 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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It can rain everyday as long as I have this😅🌧️
August 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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#FourSeasonsFountain ( #FontainedesQuatre-Saisons ) in #JardinAnglais in #Geneva #Switzerland
With a distant view of the #PharedesPâquis
#Lighthouse in the background.
August 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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The iconic Space Needle in Seattle,Washington rises into a clear blue sky. The observation tower was initially erected for the 1962 World ‘s Fair. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforIcon #Landmarks #BlueTue #EastCoastKin #Photography #Architecture #Travel
The Seattle Space Tower rises against a powder blue sky. Here’s its story: https://www.spaceneedle.com/history
August 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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I’m recycling this from an older #AlphabetChallenge, but I just couldn‘t resist: It‘s a such an iconic building and it fits the #WeekIforIcon perfectly. 😊
August 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Advance-Design …
an iconic 1953 Chevrolet 3100 pickup truck
#AlphabetChallenge in #WeekIforIcon #Phonetography
#KansasCity, #Missouri
November 2023
Cellphone Photo: a classic (which is to say, slightly younger than the photographer) Chevy pickup sits in left-facing profile on some grass next to the attached garage of a house under a light cover of snow. A pad of flat concrete squares is in the foreground. Most of the snow has melted from the concrete. The snow is patchy across the rest of the yard. The trees in the home's backyard showing over the privacy fence are free of snow and, for the most part, leaves; but a few of them are still green. Winter has not set in (and might not), but it's shown its potential. Colors: The pickup is a dark shade of red that appears to have been darker (and shinier) 70+ years ago; white snow caps the hood, roof, and left front fender, as well as the roof of the white-shingled garage. The driver's side window is rolled down (or perhaps missing altogether. The tires are blackwalls, and appear to be inflated. Kansas City, Missouri November 2023 From Wikipedia: The Advance-Design [was] a light and medium duty truck series by Chevrolet, their first major redesign after WWII. … It was billed as a larger, stronger, and sleeker design in comparison to the earlier AK Series. First available on June 28, 1947, these trucks were sold with various minor changes over the years until March 25, 1955, when the Task Force Series trucks replaced the Advance-Design model. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Advance_Design
August 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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#CraterLake #Oregon
August 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Colosseum - Iconic landmark in Rome
The Colosseum is viewed against a blue sky with many cumulus clouds. Many tourists are milling around the perimeter.
August 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Venice #WeekIforicon #AlphabetChallenge #BlueskyMonday #travel
Gondola moorage, looking across the Venetian harbour, water lapping over sidewalk
August 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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#OlympicRings
#WorldSports
A color photo of the iconic, five, Olympic Rings.
August 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
johnlaroe.bsky.social
Iconish Streetcarish Vehicle
#StreetPhotography #StreetcarPhotography in
#Hannibal, #Missouri
September 2023
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Photo: A tourist rests an arm on the open starboard side window of a "streetcar" on pneumatic tires and not on tracks on the main drag of Samuel Clemens' home town. The streetcar is red on the bottom and dark green on top. Branches from a tree at the corner seem to overhang the streetcar with green leaves. Also on the corner in the lower left quadrant of the frame, a fireplug has been painted to look like an old timey fireman. Between the fireplug and the streetcar, a late model black Chevrolet humongo pickup truck is parked. The building on the opposite corner, behind the streetcar, is beige. Its second story tall, narrow windows are arched. A mural peeks into the frame to remind visitors that this was the town where Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher began their adventures. When I fed Zoltar, who lives in a glass box just inside one of the stores (not shown) some coins, he printed a little yellow card that told me, "your friends admire how dependable you are." You are welcome. Zoltar also told me that when I am "approached with opportunities that do not align with what [I am] familiar with, [I] often turn them down out of fear" and that I am "hindering [my] personal growth" when I do that. Fuck you, Zoltar. Just sayin'. Hannibal, Missouri September 2023 OM-1: ƒ/6.3, 1/800, 90mm, ISO400
August 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Icons All Around in the ...
Church of the Nativity
#AlphabetChallenge in #WeekIforIcon taken #literally
Bethlehem, WestBank, Palestine
April 2012
#Religious #Reduce #Reuse #Recycle #AlliterationWithRs
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Priestly Side Eye
An Orthodox priest looks askance at a photographer who has distracted him in the midst of his reading.

Church of the Nativity
#Bethlehem, #WestBank, #Palestine
April 2012
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Photo: An iconically grey-bearded Orthodox priest stands beside a lectern on the left, wearing a black Orthodox priest hat & black Orthodox priest robe. He casts a side eye in the direction of the photographer who has wandered into this UNESCO World Heritage Site. The rest of the frame is a symphony of intricately carved dark, wood panels and gold ornamentation lit partially by candles suspended in gold and silver chandeliers and bowls and encased in red glass globes. The photo is a little grainy as I was pushing the camera and myself towards our technical limits to get the shot in very low light. I'd shoot it differently now. Per Wikipedia, during the Second Intifada, the church provided sanctuary to about 50 Palestinians sought by the Israeli Defense Forces, who had occupied Bethlehem and then besieged the Church. IDF falsely claimed the priests and others were being held hostage. Ten years later, UNESCO named the Church a World Heritage Site, over the objections of the US and Israel. Church of the Nativity Bethlehem, WestBank, Palestine April 2012 D5100: ƒ/5.6, 1/80, 55mm, ISO6400
August 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Church steps in #Girona #Spain that were used as a scene set in #GameOfThrones
August 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM