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A photo of me, in a black leather jacket, standing in the foreground of the interior of the Poe Cottage (the Bronx), with his rocking chair, and a window letting in light. Photo by Roman Scott -JBF

A photo of me, Edgar Allan Poe Cottage; Fordham,the Bronx, April 1997. With Poe's original rocking chair, and a ghostly light... #analogphotography #bronx #edgarallanpor #newyorkcity #poecottage #weirdfiction #weirdpoetry

Roman Scott, artist, in black hat and photosensitive-dark glasses, and me, both with backpacks, atop a high rocky outcropping, with old-growth-appearing fir forests in the back; in Bull of the Woods wilderness, Oregon. Photo by Todd Mecklem. -JBF

Photo by Todd Mecklem, showing Roman Scott (on the left, with black hat), and me; in Bull of the Woods Wilderness, Oregon (per my journal; circa 10 September, 1986). #analogphotography #bullofthewoodswilderness #camping #hiking #naturephotography #oregon #pacificnorthwest #wilderness

A montage I made, by overlapping two parental film slides; Alberta, Canada; August,1969. One depicted an elephant ride (which I was on); and the other showed a nature shot from the Canadian Rockies. #35mm #35mmfilm #canada #collage #montage #surrealism

Photo of Hazel M. Falk; by Bruce W. Falk; showing her in a long winter coat, on the surface of the frozen Bering Sea; with the buildings of Nome on land. 1958. -JBF

Parental slide photo; mom on the frozen Bering Sea; with Nome, Alaska, in the background; 1-13-1958. They cast elongated shadows... #35mm #35mmfilm #alaska #analogphotography #beringsea #nome #slidephoto

Nice pic. Palace of Fine Arts?

Slide photo by Bruce W. Falk; showing two leafy trees close up, and dusky layers of the Grand Canyon far off. 1960. - JBF

Parental slide photo; Grand Canyon, Arizona; circa May, 1960. #35mm #35mmfilm #analogphotography #arizona #goldenhour #grandcanyon #magichour #naturephotography #southwest

Slide photo by Bruce W. Falk; 1972, showing me and sibling wearing winter clothes, playing with sticks. From the top of one of the Boring Lava Buttes, a snowy landscape of hills, farms, and forests, extends far out. -JBF

Parental slide photo; me (in dark clothes); with sibling; behind our then-home; Clackamas County, Oregon, circa November 1972. With dog house. It seems like a dream from the depths... #35mm #35mmfilm #analogphotography #naturephotography #oregon #slidephoto #snow

Joan Baez, and Jimi Hendrix, at a Biafran relief show; New York City. In The Reporter, 26 September, 1968. Via newspapers. com. #1960s #folkmusic #jimihendrix #joanbaez #newspaper #psychedelic #rockmusic

A couple of film photos I took; San Francisco, May 2007. Haight-Ashbury, and Coit Tower. #analogphotography #california #coittower #haightashbury #realfilm #sanfrancisco #streetphotography #telegraphhill

War-ravaged Portland

He was here:

A 1940s band photo, with students in uniform standing before a brick building. Including Bruce W. Falk, with trombone. -JBF

WWII-era photo of Milwaukie, Oregon High School band, circa 1942. It included my father (on the right,with the trombone; by the student with the tuba-style instrument). #1940s #analogphotography #band #blackandwhitephotography #highschool

Daibutsu; Kamakura, Japan. Photo by Felice Beato, from 1865. #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #buddha #daibutsu #felicebeato #japan #kamakura #monument #nineteenthcentury

A self-portrait of mine; with round, large yellow eyes, a green nose; and with a broken clay pipe, a bottle, and other objects attached. 1980s. -JBF

A mixed media self-portrait of mine; mid-1980s. #art #expressionism #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #painting #selfportrait

Green barrier bars, filtering graffiti, a portion of a freeway, and a transit station. -JBF

Urban scenery; 9-21-25. #graffiti #streetphotography

The 1920s facade, and sign, of the Hollywood Theatre, in semi-silhouette. Dramatic clouds swirl.

At the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon; Hollywood Theatre, Portland, Oregon; 9-21-25. #clouds #hplovecraft #hollywoodtheatre #portlandoregon #sign #twilight #weirdfiction #weirdfilm

Zenko-ji; showing a gabled temple, incense smoke, and attendees approaching. -JBF

Visiting Zenkō-ji, Nagano (including a trip I went on, through the nighted tunnel beneath the complex). 17 September, 2023. #buddhism #japan #nagano #spiritual #temple #zenko-ji

Or he could just have been waving... Either way, the feeling of depth in some of these old film photos is remarkable.

Photo, possibly by, or of, Bruce W. Falk, showing (in black-and-white), a distant figure on a rocky shore, before surf, holding a stick, or fishing pole, vertically. Circa 1950. -JBF

Parental photo; a lone, cryptic figure, appearing to be casting a fishing line (probably in the Pacific Northwest). Around 1950. From a negative. #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #enigmatic #fishing #negative #ocean #realfilm #rocks #sea

A slide photo, taken by Bruce W. Falk (with Hazel M. Falk on the right, by the bookcase); 1969. A number of joyous partygoers look directly at the photographer; in a kitchen space. -JBF

Parental slide photo; probably September, 1969. Me (blue shirt, front); with family members, and relatives. In our then-home (now non-extant); Clackamas County, Oregon. #35mm #35mmfilm #1960s #analogphotography #slidephoto

A photo of me, at a viewing area outside, in Osaka Castle. Buildings appear indistinctly, in haze. -JBF

A photo of me; Osaka Castle, 1995. From a negative. #analogphotography #japan #negative #osaka #osakacastle #view

A bright full moon, in cloud-streaked early morning skies; with part of a roof. -JBF

Full moon, dawn skies. 9 September, 2025. #clouds #dawn #moon #morning #sky

A photo of me, in a black leather jacket, and glasses, standing in the World Trade Center observatory; with dense Manhattan buildings and skies behind. -JBF

A photo of me, taken by a stranger to whom I handed my camera; at the South Tower observatory, World Trade Center; April, 1997. #911anniversary #analogphotography #manhattan #newyorkcity #worldtradecenter

A de Chirico-inspired painting I once made; with an abstract figure, arch, and snow (partially blotted by my finger). -JBF

A photo I took, circa 1986; showing an old painting of mine, with my finger partly over the lens. From a negative. #analogphotography #art #glitch #negative #symbolism #surrealism

Actually this photo was probably from the early 90s. Circa 1989 anyway.

Artist Roman Scott, in a cap, and orange shirt, squatting before, and painting on a large notebook, on a bench. Shadows recede on the boardwalk. with buildings nearby. Photo by M. Myers. -JBF

Artist, Roman Scott; Coney Island, 1989. Photo by, and courtesy of M. Myers. #1980s #analogphotography #art #beach #boardwalk #coneyisland #newyorkcity #painting

A selfie, showing me looking up,with trees in the back. -JBF

An analog selfie; somewhere in Central Oregon, circa 1991. From a negative. #analogphotography #centraloregon #forest #negative #realfilm #selfie

The sun at dawn, flaring orange in a cloud bank; with trees in silhouette. -JBF

The sun rises, also; 9-3-25. #dawn #clouds #september #sunrise