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Jack Toolin

@jacktoolin.bsky.social

Artist working in a range of media, with a conceptually driven approach. Adjunct Associate Professor at Pace University and New York University.

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Coney Island Ave., Brooklyn, 2026.
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#urbanphotography #contemporaryphotography #documentaryphotography #newtopographics #lensculture #subjectivelyobjective #urbanscape #documentingspace #builtenvironment #urbanscape #streetscape #brooklynphotographer #coneyislandave

03.02.2026 23:52 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Coney Island Ave., Brooklyn, 2026.
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#urbanphotography #contemporaryphotography #documentaryphotography #newtopographics #lensculture #subjectivelyobjective #urbanscape #documentingspace #builtenvironment #urbanscape #streetscape #brooklynphotographer #coneyislandave

25.01.2026 22:32 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
This is a color photograph of a house in Brooklyn, New York. The photograph, and house, is dominated by the garden in the front yard, which is highlighted by tall black eyed susans. A cyclone fence is at the perimeter of the yard, and in the foreground of the image.

This is a color photograph of a house in Brooklyn, New York. The photograph, and house, is dominated by the garden in the front yard, which is highlighted by tall black eyed susans. A cyclone fence is at the perimeter of the yard, and in the foreground of the image.

Urban Suburbia, Brooklyn, 2025.
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#urbanphotography #brooklynphotographer #contemporaryphotography #documentaryphotography #independentphotography #subjectivelyobjective #lensculture #urbansuburbia #homes #gardens #homedecorations

12.12.2025 17:46 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
This is a color photograph of brick duplex apartment buildings in Brooklyn, New York. The focal point is a painted mural of the Brooklyn Bridge. It is part of a series I call Urban Suburbia, which is centered around documenting the ways that urban dwellers soften their environment with flora and ornamentation.

This is a color photograph of brick duplex apartment buildings in Brooklyn, New York. The focal point is a painted mural of the Brooklyn Bridge. It is part of a series I call Urban Suburbia, which is centered around documenting the ways that urban dwellers soften their environment with flora and ornamentation.

Urban Suburbia, Brooklyn, 2025.
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#urbanphotography #brooklynphotographer #contemporaryphotography #documentaryphotography #independentphotography #subjectivelyobjective #lensculture

09.12.2025 00:20 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mondini, Brooklyn, 2025.
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#urbanportraits #brooklynphotographer #citylife #momandpopstores #localbusiness

04.12.2025 17:31 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
This is a color digital photograph of people on a downtown Brooklyn sidewalk, taken in the late afternoon. It features warm light and long shadows.

This is a color digital photograph of people on a downtown Brooklyn sidewalk, taken in the late afternoon. It features warm light and long shadows.

Street Corner Action, Downtown Brooklyn, 2025.
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#urbanphotography #streetphotography #brooklynphotographer #spontaneousphotography #contemporaryphotography

04.12.2025 01:05 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
This is a color photograph of downtown Brooklyn taken with the panoramic technique. It features Flatbush Avenue and the skyrise rise buildings in the city.

This is a color photograph of downtown Brooklyn taken with the panoramic technique. It features Flatbush Avenue and the skyrise rise buildings in the city.

Flatbush Panorama, Brooklyn, 2025.
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#urbanphotography #brooklynphotographer #brooklyn #subjectivelyobjective #lensculture #contemporaryphotography #documentaryphotography #allcitiesarebeautiful

04.12.2025 00:51 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Interesting point. Lots to talk about … too much for posting like this.

26.11.2025 12:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Delivery Biker, NYC, 2025.
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#urbanportraits #urbanphotography #newyorkcity #newyorkers

09.11.2025 17:37 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Financial District Details, NYC, 2024.
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#urbanphotography #contemporaryphotography #fidi #newyorkcityphotographer #documentaryphotography

21.10.2025 00:41 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Financial District Details, NYC, 2024.
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#urbanphotography #newyorkcityphotographer #fidi #cities #contemporaryphotography

21.10.2025 00:36 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Financial District Details, NYC, 2024.
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#urbanphotohgraphy #newyorkcityphotographer #fidi #cities #contemporaryphotography

21.10.2025 00:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Financial District Details, Water Street, NYC, 2024.
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#urbanphotography #newyorkcityphotographer #fidi

21.10.2025 00:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tip Jar No. 45, Brooklyn.
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#tips #casheconomy #serviceindustry #serviceeconomy #microeconomics #psychoeconomics #economicart #artabouteconomics #documentaryphotography #contemporaryphotography #conceptualart #neoconceptualism

11.10.2025 20:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tip Jar No. 85, Brooklyn, 2023.
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#documentaryphotography #contemporaryphotography #empiricaleconomics #microeconomics #psychoeconomics #fringeeconomy #casheconomy #serviceindustry #lensculture #phroom #broadmag #noicemag

07.10.2025 16:29 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
This is a color photograph of a tip jar in a Manhattan cafe. It is surrounded by the typical objects one finds on a cafe counter: cups, cash register, snacks. This is Tip Jar No. 90 in this long-running photography project.

This is a color photograph of a tip jar in a Manhattan cafe. It is surrounded by the typical objects one finds on a cafe counter: cups, cash register, snacks. This is Tip Jar No. 90 in this long-running photography project.

Tip Jar No. 90, Manhattan, 2025.
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#documentaryphotography #contemporaryphotography #digitalphotography #tipjars #fringeeconomy #casheconomy #economicphotogaphy #economicart #conceptualart #phroom #noicemag #broadmag

04.10.2025 21:08 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
This is a black and white photograph made in San Francisco in 1955. It falls within the New Topographic genre, it depicts a cement plant located in on the eastern edge of the city, now dominated by condominiums.

This is a black and white photograph made in San Francisco in 1955. It falls within the New Topographic genre, it depicts a cement plant located in on the eastern edge of the city, now dominated by condominiums.

Pedestrian Photographs, San Francisco, CA, 1985.
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#newtopographics
#urbanphotography
#analogphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#mediumformatphotography
#twinlensreflex
#pedestrianphotography

30.09.2025 16:47 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Convenience Store, Brooklyn, 2020.
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#newtopographics
#urbanphotography
#urbanlandscapephotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#buildings

25.09.2025 13:14 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Flag, Brooklyn, 2020.
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#documentaryphotography
#brooklynphotographer
#flags #americanflag
#fadedflag

25.09.2025 03:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Melania Trump modeled in US prior to getting work visa Melania Trump was paid for 10 modeling jobs in the United States worth $20,056 that she worked in the seven weeks before her attorney says she had legal permission to work in the country, according to...

If the GOP want to continue down their current path (Deport Omar! Deport Mamdani!), then Dems need to start calling for the denaturalization & deportation of Melania, fight fire with fire - plus there are far more unanswered questions about her immigration to the US than either Mamdani or Omar.

23.09.2025 11:07 — 👍 4050    🔁 1042    💬 260    📌 113
This is a photograph of a construction site in Brooklyn, New York. The main features are the orange traffic barriers and the dispirited American flag, hanging in a cloudy gray sky. It is part of a photo portfolio featuring flags.

This is a photograph of a construction site in Brooklyn, New York. The main features are the orange traffic barriers and the dispirited American flag, hanging in a cloudy gray sky. It is part of a photo portfolio featuring flags.

Flag, Brooklyn, 2024.
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#urbanphotography
#newtopographics
#contemporaryphotography
#landscapephotography
#brooklynphotography
#documentaryphotography
#flags

21.09.2025 21:10 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Verrazzano Bridge Time Lapse, Brooklyn, 2020.
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#contemporaryphotography
#digitalphotography
#urbanphotography
#photography
#timelapsephotography
#urbanphotography
#newyorkcity
#brooklyn
#verrazzanobridge
#brdiges

21.09.2025 16:14 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Taking a break.
Guitarist, Verrazzanno Bridge, Brooklyn, 2026.
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#urbanphotography #bridges #brooklynphotographer #breathe #contemporaryphotography

15.09.2025 14:11 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Washington, DC, 2025 – © Brian Rose ⠀
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15.09.2025 13:52 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

So disturbing and sad. What's that quote about resorting to patriotism when politicians are desperate, or most manipulative?

15.09.2025 14:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Gates too?! I thought he knew better, if only a little. 😠

05.09.2025 17:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Urban Suburbia, Brooklyn, 2025.
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#urbansuburbia #urbanphotography #brooklynphotographer

03.09.2025 00:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It's time to promote my project Profit and Loss, which is featured in the current Photo Books Now newsletter. You can buy this newsletter for a VERY affordable price, and doing so will both allow you to learn about the project and give me a morale boost. 😀

www.wurstercreative.com/pbn-newsletter

22.08.2025 19:23 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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3rd Ave. Corridor, Brooklyn, 2025.
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#newtopographics #urbanism #urbanphotography #brooklynphotographer #documentingspace #documentaryphotography #photography #jacktoolin

14.08.2025 22:32 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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31.07.2025 03:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0