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Eric Schwabel

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I'm a weirdo in Joshua Tree who makes photos and arts and doesnโ€™t understand most pop culture references. 99.3% retired from commercial work, just making art now. ๐Ÿ“ธ๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ”ž patreon.com/misterschwabel

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War will never give us peace.

I know *you* know this already, and Iโ€™m saying nothing profound, but I needed you to know I know too.

28.02.2026 15:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ was the only remaining subscription I had on @profgalloway.com's #resistandunsubscribe list. I've been an Apple customer since I was a teenager (I'm 45), and until last week, I used them for everything. It took all month to get all the cloud stuff moved over but it's done, and I'm happy about it.

27.02.2026 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

maybe itโ€™ll happen in the middle of his speech

24.02.2026 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1479    ๐Ÿ” 87    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 159    ๐Ÿ“Œ 40
A split-image portrait of Katherine Johnson, the pioneering Black NASA mathematician: On the left, a black-and-white historical photo from her NASA career in the 1960s shows a smiling middle-aged woman wearing cat-eye glasses and a light-colored dress with white collar and trim, seated at her desk with a globe and papers in the background. On the right, a color photo from 2015 depicts an elderly Katherine Johnson (in her late 90s) seated in a wheelchair during the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, wearing glasses, a dark suit jacket, an orange top, a blue ribbon with the medal, and holding a green item in her lap, as she looks directly at the viewer with a gentle expression. The side-by-side images contrast her youthful professional life with her honored later years.

A split-image portrait of Katherine Johnson, the pioneering Black NASA mathematician: On the left, a black-and-white historical photo from her NASA career in the 1960s shows a smiling middle-aged woman wearing cat-eye glasses and a light-colored dress with white collar and trim, seated at her desk with a globe and papers in the background. On the right, a color photo from 2015 depicts an elderly Katherine Johnson (in her late 90s) seated in a wheelchair during the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, wearing glasses, a dark suit jacket, an orange top, a blue ribbon with the medal, and holding a green item in her lap, as she looks directly at the viewer with a gentle expression. The side-by-side images contrast her youthful professional life with her honored later years.

Mathematician & NASA ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ Katherine Johnson died #OTD in 2020.

She was instrumental in the success of the first US manned spaceflights, calculating complex trajectories enabling humans to reach orbit & land on the moon. Her story was told in ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด (book/movie). #WomenInSTEM #BHM

24.02.2026 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2528    ๐Ÿ” 561    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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Desert Folks: these items will be distributed on Sunday, along with home cooked meals. If you're able to contribute any of these items but not able to get them to 29 Palms, I'm happy to pick up from Palm Springs to Yucca Valley before Sunday. And of course if you need any of these items, c'mon by!

19.02.2026 05:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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(4/4) I never loved the group shots, so they're not here. My agent liked them though and used them to get me ad gigs -- you'll just have to flip through your 2007 copy of Frontiers to find those ๐Ÿ˜‚
I always liked working with this ragtag crew. Small mags that valued art were the best.

13.02.2026 23:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This model was also the underwater swimmer. I clearly liked that railing.

13.02.2026 23:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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That railing was maybe 2 inches wide if I recall.
Kudos to this model (whose name I can't recall) for the balancing act.

13.02.2026 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This particular mag was large format, so you could get a little weird with details. Once everything went online, I think styles had to change because photos got smaller and need to be "understandable" in an instant.

13.02.2026 23:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy Friday!

Here's a fashion / swimwear story I shot for a local rag in my 20s, which I think was the tail end of the magazine explosion.

I was "classically (commercially) trained" so I always left room for text back then, but designers rarely took advantage of it.

13.02.2026 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy #thirstday!
Here's another one from the book.
Scott, photographed in my studio back in 2007.

13.02.2026 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All that's left for me on this list is Apple (will happen this month) and I still have an Instagram account, so Meta.

12.02.2026 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Weโ€™re canceling all streaming as part of #resistandunsubscribe, which means no more Apple Music, so Iโ€™m gonna start playing vinyl more. This morning needed jazz so itโ€™s Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool.

Gonna check out the used shops this weekend. Any album recommendations?

12.02.2026 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy #humpday!
Shot this 20 years ago. If I recall, the model preferred anonymity so I shan't name him... and I think that beach ball came with an issue of some fashion mag. This was published in my 2009 book, "Shooting Male"

I still have those apple boxes. They served as tables at my wedding.

12.02.2026 00:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Donโ€™t know how many more examples itโ€™s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.

04.02.2026 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3035    ๐Ÿ” 717    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

That sounds fun - DM me and lets set it up!

02.02.2026 23:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy Monochrome Monday with Chris in Anza-Borrego a few years back. #mcm

02.02.2026 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hell, yeah.

โ€œIโ€™ve got white skin, so Iโ€™m using my privilege to speak for my friends and neighbors. Weโ€™re telling them to stay home and stay safe, and weโ€™re coming out and fighting for them.โ€

31.01.2026 00:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13123    ๐Ÿ” 3986    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 287    ๐Ÿ“Œ 196
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Anyone in / headed to / near Joshua Tree want to shoot (once it warms up)? Say hi.

Here's a shot of Jase that we shot in JTNP a few years back, had a lot of fun on that shoot.

31.01.2026 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So does Bluesky.
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31.01.2026 01:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This whole thing. Everything thatโ€™s happening is about riding the momentum and wave. There are so many people at different political levels. Some have been organizing for a long time, while others are brand new. This time is about supporting the energy to and get people engaged in a strike.

30.01.2026 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 92    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Today, we stand in solidarity with Minnesota. Here's how you can be part of this movement.
#iceout #iceoutforgood #minnesota

Take action: indivisiblelasvegas.org/weekly-actio...
Protest today: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Stand Up Saturday: indivisiblelasvegas.org/event/stand-...

23.01.2026 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 192    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years o...

MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words

19.01.2026 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 275    ๐Ÿ” 130    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

19.01.2026 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17494    ๐Ÿ” 3422    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 202    ๐Ÿ“Œ 151
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In 2009, Bruno Gmunder published a book of my work titled "Shooting Male." It's out of print now but here's a taste for #FCF

09.01.2026 21:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.

The murdererโ€™s name is Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

08.01.2026 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10275    ๐Ÿ” 4189    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 352    ๐Ÿ“Œ 339
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Condemn the Illegal Occupation of Venezuela We are calling on every elected official in this country to condemn this unprecedented aggression and violation of international law. This attack is clearly aimed at giving billionaire interests in ...

Easy way to mail your representatives re: Venezuela

05.01.2026 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's wild to me that I've lived here 9 years. Every year brings something new. Today it's rainforest-meets-desert. #joshuatree

02.01.2026 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy Birthday, Patti!

I've been fortunate to see her a few times in recent years up here at Pappy's

30.12.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Donate to Help Harold Stay in the Community He Loves, organized by Chris Cooper For more than 30 years, Harold Cleworth has been the heart of Marco Place โ€” ouโ€ฆ Chris Cooper needs your support for Help Harold Stay in the Community He Loves

Help my friend and artist Harold Cleworth stay in Venice. At 86 years old, heโ€™s being forced out of his home of the past 30 years to make way for new development ๐Ÿ™„ gofund.me/730e8072c

18.12.2025 22:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0