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artist/filmmaker • torniamo all'antico e sarà un progresso • ryannjenga.com / njengafilms.com / IG: @ryannjenga

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where my fellow film photographers at on here? my feed doesn’t have nearly enough art

10.02.2025 16:57 — 👍 23    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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LA is so beautiful.

shot on Fuji 400 #35mm

01.03.2025 03:52 — 👍 23    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Honored that a selection of three of my photos taken last September in France were chosen as a merit award winner in the latest issue of Black & White magazine's 2025 Portfolio Contest (August 2025).

10.06.2025 12:13 — 👍 60    🔁 4    💬 10    📌 0

lorde is absolutely back y’all

24.04.2025 04:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

leaving a manic episode is so therapeutic in the end but the crash is insane

22.04.2025 05:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Clairo is so fire lmaoo

13.04.2025 03:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

staying with family has reminded me that they are in fact not good people

23.03.2025 08:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Spike Lee’s “Spike” bursts with bold visuals and behind-the-scenes moments from his iconic films. A vibrant look at art, activism, and storytelling that reshaped cinema. A must for #film lovers and #culture enthusiasts! #SpikeLee #BlackFilmMaker #BlackBooksSky #BlackMoviesSky

23.12.2024 05:27 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Severance’ Season 2 Finale Recap: Mark vs. Mark The season ended with a bizarre but moving episode that found the Lumon employees’ inner and outer selves at cross purposes.

Season 2 of "Severance" ended with a bizarre but moving episode, our critic writes in a recap of the season finale. Spoilers ahead.

21.03.2025 15:21 — 👍 76    🔁 8    💬 5    📌 4
A photograph of a scrub oak growing next to a high rock wall at Sand Dune Arch.

A photograph of a scrub oak growing next to a high rock wall at Sand Dune Arch.

A tenacious scrub oak somehow eking out its existence in a pile of sand and rock near Sand Dune Arch (2017). Arches National Park, Utah.
#filmphotography #landscapephotography #naturephotography #archesnationalpark #nationalparks #utah #35mm #benrains

19.03.2025 15:06 — 👍 51    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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Trump’s weird obsession with the arts is part of the authoritarian playbook | Charlotte Higgins His focus on the Kennedy Center fits a pattern. From Augustus to Stalin, strongmen have sought cultural control for their own ends, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

Trump’s weird obsession with the arts is part of the authoritarian playbook | Charlotte Higgins

20.03.2025 14:22 — 👍 283    🔁 81    💬 21    📌 7
A black and white photograph of a woman standing in a bed of coneflowers, leaning against a brick wall.

A black and white photograph of a woman standing in a bed of coneflowers, leaning against a brick wall.

Roarie in the garden (IG: roarie_yum), 2014.
#filmphotography #portraitphotography #blackandwhitefilm #artnude #roarieyum #benrains #35mm

11.01.2025 15:03 — 👍 142    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0
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Many of the best English-language writers of the past century served apprenticeships under New Yorker editors. Jill Lepore considers some notable exchanges from our archive. #NewYorker100
nyer.cm/i0n8WoA

18.02.2025 23:22 — 👍 262    🔁 26    💬 6    📌 5

whats the prognosis so far?

16.02.2025 02:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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the mystery man musing about david lynch, bob dylan and the idea of mystery. i wonder where this places me as a human and more importantly, a writer.

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15.02.2025 16:52 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Questlove's new film probes 'The Burden of Black Genius' – starting with Sly Stone Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson says that telling Sly Stone's story with empathy was a way to open a conversation about Black artists and mental health.

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson says that telling Sly Stone's story with empathy was a way to open a conversation about Black artists and mental health.

13.02.2025 19:33 — 👍 728    🔁 99    💬 15    📌 11
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A combination of social satire, murder mystery, and glamorous morality play, “The White Lotus” has succeeded by reinventing itself each season. Kelefa Sanneh speaks with the show’s creator, Mike White, about the making of an ever-shifting franchise. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Lovely Thoughts #19 - Lessons in business A few insights I can offer.

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02.02.2025 17:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

'Just as with relationships, we purposely phone it in when true love isn’t present, turning our heads to the most important aspects of success in the craft. If you have to survive, survive. But in order to thrive make it far easier on yourself and place yourself in a role where you can be obsessive'

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Favorite First Listens of January ‘25:

• Pomme — soleil soleil
• TheBabeGabe — PSA
• Mac Miller — Funny Papers
• Joy Crookes (feat. Vince Staples) — Pass the Salt

02.02.2025 02:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Favorite First Watches of January ‘25

• After Yang (2021) — Dir. Kogonada
• Bamboozled (2000) — Dir. Spike Lee
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) — Dir. David Lynch
• Half Past Autumn (2000) — Dir. Craig Rice

02.02.2025 02:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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G.O.D., Pt. III Mobb Deep · Hell On Earth · Song · 1996

One of Havoc’s best beats open.spotify.com/track/7AY6pR...

01.02.2025 22:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Be My Baby The Ronettes · Be My Baby: The Very Best of The Ronettes · Song · 2011

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01.02.2025 22:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

getting five rolls back of film in three days🤞🤞🤞

31.01.2025 22:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bruno Mars continues to make number one hits cause he’s the last real yearner out there.

31.01.2025 22:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

theres not enough yearning in pop music anymore.

31.01.2025 22:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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