Francesca Russell

YouTube video by HBO Armed Only With A Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud | Official Trailer | HBO

Gosh, this looks good. Photo folks, you'll want to see this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcee...

Diane Keaton, ‘Annie Hall’ Star and Style Icon, Dies at 79 The Oscar-winning actress, whose genius comedic talent and sartorial kookiness charmed the world when she burst onto the big screen in the 1970s, will go down in history as one of Hollywood’s greats.

RIP to one of my icons 😢 www.vogue.com/article/dian...

Photography as a superpower What I can do with my camera cannot be outsourced to AI.

Why I think photography is your greatest asset as a school communicator. open.substack.com/pub/francesc...

Favorite Advice and Hacks That Rewired My Photography And two more days for 30% Off Subscriptions // editing hacks, prisms, sight gags, adjectives, portraits, B&W, and more.

These are excellent.

Favorite Advice and Hacks That Rewired My Photography open.substack.com/pub/dinalito...

Spamalot in Houston, a lifetime ago. #takemeback #spamalotrevisited #spamily

#46 - Myth The photograph is a pleasant lie

This strikes a chord with me, for sure.

#46 - Myth open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...

Opinion | Today’s Young People Need to Learn How to Be Punk

“Your homework is to stop canceling each other, find out about punk, and get laid while you’re at it,” I told them. “Punk isn’t a hairstyle; it’s getting your friends together to make useful stories outside approved systems."

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/o...

I wonder if anyone actually fills out the survey on the receipt from the post office?

A Stunning New Pool in Central Park Helps Heal Old Wounds The $160 million Davis Center, with upgrades to six bucolic acres and a lake, writes a new chapter for the Harlem end of the park.

I can’t wait to see this revitalization! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/a...

Beginning of the knit project on a tray table. Two needles with about ten rows of yarn for the collar of a sweater.

The beginning of a cardigan on knitting needles. It’s the shoulders down to the armpit. No sleeves yet.

The cardigan, knit down a little further now, with four skeins of yarn behind it.

Deco posing as a yarn model. His head is resting on a ball of yarn.

It’s #WIPWednesday! 🧶

This is what I’ve been knitting between Fight the Oligarchy rally stops.

Oversized Seasons Cardigan by Ozetta.

Splurged big-time on the yarn (🫣) but honestly after holding this thing for weeks I’m happy I did. Woolerton Estates in Fluffy. #KnitSky

Foto 0.9.26 is now available on Apple and Android! This update introduces the “Mutuals” Feature on the Discovery Page. This page is a random list of all the people you aren’t following, but everyone you are connected to is following.

‘The Breakfast Club’ stars reunite for the first time in 40 years | CNN The cast of “The Breakfast Club” reunited over the weekend for the first time in 40 years.

Tell me you're old without telling me you're old. 😭https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/14/entertainment/breakfast-club-cast-reunion-intl-scli/index.html

She's one of my favorite writers - just finished Year of the Monkey a few weeks ago.

The List Keepers The AIDS crisis shattered Broadway, and the scope of the loss has never been fully accounted for. Some kept their own records.

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16 Spots in New York That Feel Untouched by Time: Part 1 From haberdasheries and old-school pharmacies to Viennese cafes and Italian pastry shops.

Some really good recs here.

16 Spots in New York That Feel Untouched by Time: Part 1 open.substack.com/pub/byclaudi...

I've had kids in school for 10 years now, and this is the first year I've ever received exposure notices home for chickenpox and whooping cough. WTF people? #getvaccinated

The Gen X Career Meltdown (Gift Article) Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.

Dang. 🎯

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Sorting Through 300,000 Photos A digital archive project.

A new substack post about a massive new project I am embarking on!

Sorting Through 300,000 Photos open.substack.com/pub/francesc...

Morning walk. 80 degrees today!

I was suddenly motivated today to start cleaning up my very large Lightroom archive and subsequently my Flickr albums - and start linking and recording everything on MyFamilyArchive.com. So far it's sort of addicting. The stories are flooding back to me!

More women I'd like to have lunch with Number two in a series

These are such great picks!

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For the love, can they just ban cell phones in school already so I can stop getting asinine texts all day long?

My boss has one called Breaddie Mercury lol :)

JOIN OR DIE: A film about why you should join a club A feature documentary on the life and work of civic guru Robert Putnam.

Watching Join or Die - highly recommend. Especially for this moment in time. www.joinordiefilm.com

Well this is timely! (from “The Book of Awakening” by Mark Nepo).

😩 That new camera by Panasonic is looking better and better. I really need to upgrade my camera bodies asap. They are TIRED. Been trying to hold out for the A7V but I don't think I can wait until the end of the year. www.sonyalpharumors.com/sony-a7v-lau...

Today at play practice. #schoolpr

6 Places to Read, Write, & Reflect in New York There is a strict criteria a place must meet in order to ensure optimal reflecting and writing

Ooh. Putting all of these on my list for the next time I’m in the city. open.substack.com/pub/byclaudi...

Now someone needs to come up with a communities app to replace Facebook groups!