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Christopher Ayala

@rattysnake.bsky.social

Writer from Massachusetts. Works published in The Massachusetts Review, Keith LLC, and The Common. christopherjayala.com

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Deep Local In each day, a macrocosm.

More about "Busy" and the Deep Local project here:

#shorts #shortfilm #writing #poem #poetry

rattlesnakehallelujah.substack.com/p/deep-local

17.10.2025 15:41 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The culture in Michigan is pristine.

#leica #leicacamera #leicaphotography #leicam #m6 #film #photography #filmphotography #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmphotography #colorphoto #michigan

16.10.2025 14:16 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Ep. 1: Busy
YouTube video by Deep Local Ep. 1: Busy

New short film about a superstitious guy getting ready for yard work featuring a poem from
@seanjbates.bsky.social

#shorts #shortfilm #poetryshort #digitalshort #canon #canon5d #digitalphotography #cinema

youtu.be/f9berOg6CVw

15.10.2025 14:07 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Had a dream that started exactly like this.

#leicacamera #leicaphotography #leica #leicam6 #m6 #film #photography #filmphotography #colorfilm #colorphoto #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmphotography #filmphoto

14.10.2025 13:49 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks, David.

09.10.2025 14:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pic of me smiling while taking in a bright happy future.

#pentax #pentaxcamera #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphotography #filmphoto #phoenix #arizona #saguarocactus #camelbackmountain

09.10.2025 14:01 — 👍 18    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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One hell of a tree.

#mamiya7ⅱ #mamiya7 #film #photography #filmphotography #photo #colorphoto #mediumformat #mediumformatphotography #mediumformatfilm #massachusetts

07.10.2025 13:33 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Nice.

#mamiya #mamiya7ii #mamiya7 #film #photography #filmphotography #photo #halloween #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphotography #mediumformatphoto #120film

02.10.2025 13:39 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Turn down a road. Look around and see.

#mamiya #mamiya7 #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphoto #mediumformatphotography #mediumformatfilmphotography #tokyo #japan #shinjuku

30.09.2025 15:29 — 👍 20    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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It was a scorcher in Kyoto this year.

#leica #leicacamera #leicaphotography #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmphotography #35mmfilmphotography #film #photography #filmphotography #kyoto #japan #leicam6 #m6 #streetphotography #colorphoto #colorphotography

25.09.2025 14:16 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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No book has impacted me more this years than Isabel Sobral Campos'The Optogram of the Mind is a Carnation. An honest undressing of dictatorship and colonial history, Optogram is one of those unafraid books of poetry directly engaging a quagmire. Check it out at @futurepoem.bsky.social

24.09.2025 14:16 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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When the fellas and I get together, we're going for long walks, ok. We're doing one to two bowls a night.

#leica #leicam6 #leicaphotography #m6 #tokyo #japan #film #photography #filmphotography #colorphotography #colorphoto #colorfilm #35mmfilm #35mm #35mmphotography #ramen #ramennoodles

23.09.2025 14:01 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Poet and Artist Emily Siegenthaler in Shinjuku.

#leica #leicacamera #leicam6 #leicaphotography #m6 #tokyo #japan #shinjuku #film #photography #filmphotography #blackandwhitephotography #35mmfilm #35mm #35mmphotography #streetphotography

18.09.2025 16:32 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chores

17.09.2025 15:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Artist Coco Kashiwara prepping material (site specific plants, flowers, and tea leaves) for an art process demonstration.

#mamiya #mamiya7 #mamiyaphotography #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphotography #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitefilm

16.09.2025 14:05 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sometimes in Michigan.

#mamiya #mamiya7 #mamiya7ⅱ #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatfilmphotography #michigan #puremichigan #lakehuron #mamiyaphotography

11.09.2025 14:34 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Wonder what that is.

#mamiya #mamiya7 #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphotography #mediumformatfilmphotography #photo #filmphoto #ektar100 #boston

09.09.2025 17:04 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Facade I

#leica #m6 #leicam6 #leicacamera #leicaphotography #film #photography #filmphotography #35mm #35mmphotography #35mmfilm #35mmfilmphotography #portra160

04.09.2025 15:22 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Early Spring in Western Mass

#leica #leicaphotography #leicam6 #leicacamera #m6 #film #photography #filmphotography #35mm #3mmphoto #35mmfilm #35mmfilmphotography #35mmphotography

02.09.2025 14:19 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Big Time Harvest Colors Guy

#leica #leicacamera #leicaphotography #leicam6 #m6 #film #photography #filmphotography #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmphotography #35mmphoto

29.08.2025 14:50 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Arizona has that true sunrise.

#pentax #pentaxphotography #pentax6x7 #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatfilmphotography #mediumformatphotography #arizona #phoenix #phoenixaz #streetphotography

27.08.2025 17:03 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Public Space.

#barcelona #mamiya #mamiya7 #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatfilmphotography #portra400 #spain

25.08.2025 20:28 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A real place on earth with the best corndogs around.

#lawson #leica #leicaphotography #leicam6 #m6 #film #photography #filmphotography #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmphotography #35mmfilmphotography

22.08.2025 17:31 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Shut Up Satan Get Out

#leicaphotography #leica #leicam6 #m6 #film #photography #filmphotography #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmfilmphotography #35mmphotography

20.08.2025 10:22 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Pic of me in LA w/ some spaghetti.

#leicaphotography #leicam6 #leicaphotography #film #photography #filmphotography #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmphotography

18.08.2025 19:23 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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No Coffee No Workee

#pentax #pentax67 #film #photography #filmphotography #hakone #japan #mediumformat #mediumformatphotography #mediumformatfilm

15.08.2025 14:00 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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If only.

#leicaphotography #leicam6 #leica #m6 #film #photography #filmphotography #35mm #boston #colorphotography #portra400 #35mmfilm #35mmphotography

13.08.2025 14:37 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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New England.

#pentax #pentax67 #pentaxphotography #mediumformat #mediumformatphotography #film #photography #filmphotography #portra400 #newengland

11.08.2025 15:42 — 👍 23    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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People used to live here.

#leicaphotography #leicam6 #film #photography #filmphotography #35mmphotography #35mmfilm #35mm #boston #leica #streetphotography

08.08.2025 13:46 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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What We’re Reading: June 2025 MARIAH RIGG <br> As someone who often writes environmentally-focused fiction, I’m always looking for work that recognizes the hopelessness I feel concerning the future of the Earth while also focusing...

Wrote about reading Izumi Suzuki's Hit Parade of Tears for @commonmag.bsky.social

www.thecommononline.org/what-were-re...

07.08.2025 14:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

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