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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Autumnal bison, in the grassland habitat of Lake Audy at Riding Mountain National Park Manitoba, Canada, September, 2020⁠ ⁠ Treaty 2 Territory, land of the Métis, Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ, Očeti Šakówiŋ (Sioux)⁠ #photography #foto #naturephotography #Manitoba #wildlife #animal #Canada #fall #autumn

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy Autumn Equinox! 🍁 🍂 🌙 My quarterly newsletter goes out this evening, full of new work and notes from behind-the-scenes. If you’d like some contemplative creativity to counteract the noise of so many other things you’ll encounter today, you can sign up here: bit.ly/apkphoto

At the edge of a calm body of water, a line of trees and dense brush reflect in full autumn colours, gold, orange, and hints of lingering summer green.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability...time’s relentless melt.” - Susan Sontag⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Window reflection, woman and mask shop Venice, Italy, June 2018⁠⁠ #photography #fotografia #foto #reflection #urbangaze #street #surreal

Photograph of a storefront window in Venice, Italy. The window display of dozens of colourful masks, scattered with gold accents and red details, fill the frame. Reflected in the window glass, a woman in a dress walks past on the street. She appears blueish in the shadowy outside light, layered against the warm, yellow tones of the shop interior. The woman's gaze looks toward the shop.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Late summer details Onanole, Manitoba August 2022 Backlit leaves and a spiderweb in gorgeous, golden afternoon light⁠. #photography #fotografia #foto #Manitoba #lightshadow #naturephotography   #macromonday #goldenhour #details #macrophotography #summer #autumn

Close-up photograph of yellow-green leaves backlit by warm sunlight. Between two clusters of leaves a delicate spiderweb appears to float, catching the light against the darker background.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Marlborough Sound, Aotearoa March, 2016 "A life’s work is not a series of stepping-stones onto which we calmly place our feet, but more like an ocean crossing where there is no path, only a heading, a direction...in conversation with the elements.” - David Whyte⁠ ⁠ #photography #travel #NewZealand

A small sailboat crosses deep blue water surrounded by the dark mountains of Marlborough Sound, New Zealand. Misty clouds in the distance and patches of sparkling sunlight add a mysterious mood to the coastal landscape on an autumn afternoon.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“Coming up here, my motivation was: I’ll be closer to the sky, almost like flying. But when I got up here, what interested me was the way the city looks down below.” www.culturedmag.com/article/2026...

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This Artist Has Been Quietly Painting From the Top of the World Trade Center for Over 25 Years

Jacqueline Gourevitch's art residency at the World Trade Center ended just six months before 9/11. She returned as soon as she could.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sunrise on the Continental Divide Alberta, Canada February 2020 Waking up in the icy darkness of a February morning in the mountains has its advantages. #photography #fotografia #foto #naturephotography #sunrise #Canada #mountain #landscapephotography #winter #mountainmonday #travel

Winter sunrise colours of soft pink and vivid light blue on the snowy upper slopes of a distinctive mountain ridge, rising along the continental divide in the traditional territory of the ⁠Niitsítpiis-stahkoii ᖹᐟᒧᐧᐨᑯᐧ ᓴᐦᖾᐟ (Blackfoot / Niitsítapi ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ), Ktunaxa ɁamakɁis and Tsuu T'ina indigenous communities.⁠

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Purple Smooth Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve) Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba September 2019 I am enjoying a purple aster flowering in my Winnipeg garden right now. It is a favourite of the bees as their summer season winds down. #photography #fotografia #foto #wildflower #bloomscrolling #fall

Close-up photograph of light purple wildflowers with bright yellow centres. The flowers are in various stages of blooming, with some newly opened, and some curled and fading. The out-of-focus background is a mix of red and green leaves, and the scene is illuminated by soft, overcast diffuse light.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“Be joyful though you have considered all the facts” - Wendell Berry

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Green door and cactus Corinaldo, Italy June 2018 A potted cactus plant and an architectural dark green door in a grey wall, on a steep and narrow cobblestone street. #photography #fotografia #foto #streetphotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #travelphotography #Italy #composition #green

Vertical photograph of a unique door in a small Italian village. The door is painted a dark, glossy green colour and appears to be nearly square in shape. The doorway is deep-set in a wall of grey, weathered plaster. At one side of the door-frame, a large cactus plant grows in a bright orange, square terracotta planter. The cobblestone street in the foreground is at a steep angle, descending from left to right. A diagonal shape in the upper right-edge of the plaster wall above the door mirrors the street angle.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Good morning monarch (I’ve watched four hatch this morning so far) who chose a risky place for a chrysalis!

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Sunset sky, Southern Manitoba Summer 2017 Bands of blue and orange sky, alternating with dark ribbons of cloud during a summer sunset over rural Southern Manitoba, Canada⁠ #photography #fotografia #sunset #abstract #sky #naturephotography #lightshadow #composition #abstractart #Manitoba #summer

A photograph of an abstracted sunset sky. At the very bottom of the image, a dark horizon is backlit by a deep orange glow. Just above the horizon, a small line of dark clouds appears to float in the glowing orange light. Above, the sky is filled with a soft gradient of light, with colours shifting from orange, to gold, to blue. A line of clouds floats across the middle of the frame, glowing gold in the light. The top of the image is framed by a darker line of clouds.

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Ryan Dunlavey > NYCC table L-24 @ryandunlavey.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I was just talking to a friend today about Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - new books every month, totally for free, for kids ages 1-5. My son was part of the program - this is a copy of the letter that came with his last book, right after his 5th birthday.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Monarch butterfly chrysalis Winnipeg, Manitoba, July 2023 Of the approx 20 caterpillars that devoured the showy milkweed, there are currently at least nine Danaus plexippus chrysalises in my urban garden. #photography #fotografia #foto #naturephotography #macrophotography #butterfly #Manitoba

A macro close-up photograph of a monarch butterfly chrysalis. The surface of the chrysalis is a milky, opalescent shade of light green with hunts of blue. At the top of the chrysalis a line of black and shiny gold specks circles the widest point, while at the bottom of the chrysalis more gold specks shine along an arched ridge, where waterdrops have collected.

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Patty Thille @pattythille.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Truly a horrible plant. If you do nothing else, pull the flower stalks out now, before they disperse thousands of seeds. It won't stop the rhizomes but it'll slow down this dominant invasive.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Late summer meadow study Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba September 2019⁠⁠ Forest colours and textures mix in layers of grass, foliage and striking white-barked trees. #photography #fotografia #foto #composition #naturephotography #Manitoba #Canada #forest #outdoors #summer #autumn #fall

A vertically-composed photograph of a forest meadow scene. The foreground is full of a dense mix of delicate light-coloured grasses and plants with bright green leafy stems. Early autumn leaves in soft shades of brown dot the textural meadow space. The upper-third of the image holds a stand of small trees with white bark and green leaves. The vertical lines of the tree trunks in the distance echo the vertical arching lines of the grass in the foreground. The overall mood of the image is quiet and thoughtful, with soft light and a full of a wide variety of shades of green with hints of yellow and warmer tones that speak to the late-summer season, about to turn to autumn.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Smoke fills the sky between mountains, drifting through a canyon at Glacier National Park, as viewed from Going-to-the-Sun Road Montana, August 2017⁠⁠ See more: apkphotoblog.com/legacy-of-sm... #photography #fotografia #foto #landscapephotography #wildfire #travelphotography #naturephotography

A photograph of a vast mountain landscape partially obscured by a blue haze of smoke. In the lower-left foreground a nearby slope of green trees descends toward a valley that runs through the centre of the frame. Layered mountain ridges recede into the distance, everything appearing dark and mysterious in shades of deep blue with a bit of lightness in the distant smoky sky.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Maud Island Trail & Seymour Narrows British Columbia, Canada, May 2023⁠ Read the full story (with more pictures!) on my blog: apkphotoblog.com/seymour-narr... #photography #fotografia #foto #travelphotography #travelstory #Canada #BritishColumbia #naturephotography #landscape #seascape #travel

An inviting green path into a dark forest, leading through rocky, mossy terrain to an overlook of Seymour Narrows and Ripple Rock.⁠ Blue skies and misty white clouds fill the top of the composition above the treetops, while the green path extends into the foreground and fills the lower half of the image.

Fast-moving currents and turbulent blue water in Seymour Narrows, framed by rugged landscape and forest. Snowy mountain peaks rise in the distance.

Hikers stand at the edge of a forest path, pausing in the mossy terrain to enjoy an overlook of Seymour Narrows and Ripple Rock in the watery sea channel below.⁠ Sunlight filters through green leaves and shadowy tree trunks as clouds pass in the sky beyond.

POV from the bow of the small converted tugboat MV Swell. The boat is pointed north through a narrow passage of water called Seymour Narrows, framed on either side by mountains that appear dark in the evening light. Sunset colours fill the sky with soft pink, lavender and blue clouds over the blue-grey water below. In the foreground, the photographers feet are crossed as they sit at the top of a metal ladder, the railings framing both sides of the scene with silver metal bars.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Chapel detail, Fort Ross Sonoma County, California⁠ August, 2017⁠ I grew up near a Russian settlement site from the 1800's on the Northern California coast. I've returned over the years, always looking for a new angle. #photography #foto #abstractphotography #architecture #history #abstractart

An abstract interior view up into the circular steeple of the chapel at Fort Ross on the Sonoma coast. Dark, textural hewn wood planks form the walls, rising around a circular ceiling space with two small windows on each side, and a simple chandelier hanging down into the open space below.⁠ The colours are all warm wood and brass, even the candles in the chandelier are yellow. Soft light filters down from the windows, lending a sense of shape and depth to architecture.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Zantedeschia, Calla Lily California, May 2009 “…in a way—nobody sees a flower—really—it is so small—we haven’t time—and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time.” - Georgia O’Keeffe #photography #fotografia #foto #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #floral #flower #lightshadow

An artistic photograph of a white calla lily flower. The flower appears to have one giant petal, unfolding in a heart-shape around a bright yellow centre. The lighting is soft, defining subtle texture and folds in the petal. The background is an out-of-focus shadowy dark green leaves.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Details of the 'old' San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge May, 2011⁠ ⁠ From the archives, the abstracted structural elements of a suspension bridge tower, contrasted against a cloudy sky in high-contrast black and white. #photography #foto #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #noiretblanc #abstract

A black and white photograph of the upper portion of a suspension bridge tower. The tower is viewed at a slight angle, making the suspension wires that extend toward the foreground edges of the composition appear as different lengths. The bridge is backlit by a sky full of bright white clouds.

Black and white photograph of the abstracted detail of a section of crossed steel beams in the tower of a bridge. Rows of rivets line the beams and add textural detail to the grey metal. Suspension wires extend from the top of the image to the bottom in the background, and wispy white clouds frame the sky beyond.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn landscape from above. It shows a forest on the right, a line of fire and charred ground with smoke on the left. The smoke is felted wool.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Ah, August. That time of year when every morning and often throughout the day I check on the wildfire updates for activity near the people and places I love out west.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Yes. This. Yes, LLMs have uses and power. But if you are willing to ignore the fact that they are the tools of technofascists seeking to violently refashion our shared worlds, then I think it says a lot about you, and what you value in this world.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/08/2026

As ever, the most important fact about a given technology isn't "what it does," but "who it does it *for*" and "who it does it *to*." 77/

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Empty monarch butterfly chrysalis Winnipeg, Manitoba, July 2024 What is left behind from the process of change can be fragile and beautiful. However tattered the remnants of an intermediary stage, it's a sign that growth occurred. #macrophotography #naturephotography #gardensky #photography #foto

A macro, close-up photograph of an empty monarch butterfly chrysalis. The translucent shape is like an inverted teardrop, the uppermost point is dark and attached to a green overhanging leaf. The form of the chrysalis below appears almost as blown glass, with rings around emphasizing the round shape. At its widest point there is a yellow/gold and a black ring. The lower half of the chrysalis is torn open where a newly-formed butterfly emerged.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Summer forest sunset June 2017 A blue and pink summer sunset sky visible through the forest of Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba in Treaty 2 Territory, land of the Métis, Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ and Očeti Šakówiŋ (Sioux)⁠ #photography #foto #naturephotography #Manitoba #Canada #sunset #forest

A photograph from below of tall trees against a blue and pink sunset sky. The branches and leaves appear delicate and backlit by the evening light, and the mood is of a quiet forest environment.

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

news.com.au

AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books

If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Afloat, Caribbean Sea⁠ January 2018⁠⁠ View along the surface of turquoise water, to a buoy floating against a blue tropical sky. It's hot here, I'd like to be there right about now. #photography #fotografia #foto #lightshadow #water #underwater #tropical #travel #blue #swimming #sea #ocean #sky

Vertical photograph from above and below the surface of turquoise tropical water. The middle of the frame is split by the horizon, which is the surface of the water with a white, weathered and worn buoy floating in the centre. The sky is bright blue with fluffy white clouds, while the water appears calm, silky smooth with rippling light falling to the shallow seafloor below.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

“There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.” - Edward Abbey California Gold, 2011 Sunset light falls across purple mountains and green pastoral hills in California. There's no place like home... #photography #foto #landscape #California

A landscape of rolling green hills tinged with golden sunlight rises toward shadowy purple mountains in the distance. A hazy, warm cast of light falls across the scene, illuminating the detail of trees and plants in the foreground. The colours appear especially vivid and the landscape has a mystical or ethereal feeling from the atmospheric distortion and light.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Liquid light⁠⁠ ⁠⁠May 2012 Softly moving water over the smooth stones of a California creek, summer sunshine casting ribbons of textural light and shadow.⁠⁠ #photography #foto #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #noiretblanc #bwphotography #abstract #abstractart #naturephotography #lightshadow

Abstract high-contrast black and white photograph of the rippling pattern of sunlight through water at the bottom of a creek. The shapes of light and dark smooth stones are faintly visible and add to the textural dimension of the image.

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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

an idea's been rolling around in my head about how what we lose with assuming everyone wants "answers" & not search results is similar to what we lose when "route" is the only kind of map we encounter I won't get the academic terms right, but it's some version of skipping an essential abstraction

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Spring storm, Monterey, California April 2017⁠ ⁣Fast-moving dramatic clouds sweep across the sky over Monterey Bay, churning onshore with a misty curtain of heavy rain following close behind. #photography #fotografia #foto #naturephotography #atmospheric #moodylandscape #storm #weather #art

A photograph of a dark, atmospheric landscape. A beach and the white-capped waves of the Pacific ocean fill the lowest edge of the frame, with a line of rising mountains along the distant horizon. Above the land, the majority of the image is of the sky, with a sweeping, churning mass of dark blue-grey and greenish clouds extending across the entire sky. The edges of the clouds appear misty as a curtain of rain falls over the open ocean to the right-hand edge of the frame. The overall mood of the scene is ominous and dramatic.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

-> Predatory delay: deliberate or systemic postponement of critical adaptive and mitigative actions against environmental degradation and climate change, often driven by cognitive biases, entrenched economic interests, and power asymmetries. Check out the excellent work of @alexsteffen.bsky.social

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Details, Municipal Wharf 2 Monterey, California August 2024 I lived in Monterey for over a decade and have loved getting reacquainted with its coastal charm every time I return. Read (and see) more: apkphotoblog.com/rainy-day-on... #photography #fotografia #foto #Monterey #travel #coast #details

Vertical photograph of stacked crab pots against a building. The pots are of varying shapes and sizes, from square to rectangle to round. Their frames show signs of wear and the dark mesh that makes up their sides is contrasted with the bright colours of green ropes, yellow floats and other miscellaneous elements. The wall of the building is covered in sheets of metal, and the overcast light lends the scene a general blue-grey tonality.

A close-up photograph of a section of stacked crab pots. They are circular in shape with dark frames and wire mesh sides. Inside some of the pots are coiled lengths of rope, some in shades of light green, some a darker brown. Yellow tags and floats can also be seen. The soft overcast light gives the scene a moody quality im muted, weathered tones.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm Allison, a film & digital photographer with a fondness for vivid colours and textural details. I create evocative travel stories, surreal abstracts and intriguing juxtapositions. I sell prints and license images worldwide. ✉️: info@allisonkendall.ca 🌐: apkphotography.com

Photographed from above, an abstracted aerial view of layered water and sediment appears in diagonal bands of shifting colour. At the top of the frame, deep blue cold water shows the slight ripples of a strong sea breeze. Across the middle of the image, the water appears as an undulating green-blue, with a delicate edge of earthy golden-brown. The bottom band of colour is the same earthy golden-brown layered over dark green in a lacy, wavy pattern. The overall effect is of an image filled edge-to-edge with vivid but organic ocean colours that mix gradually along each layer boundary.

A trio of round vases carved from wood are painted in vivid hues of cobalt blue, purple and turquoise blue-green. The largest vase and smallest vase, blue and purple respectively, are out-of-focus in the background. The blue-green vase is in sharp focus in the foreground, showing beautiful dark and light textural details of wood grain and an iridescence to the finish. Photographed for the artist and sculptor Treevival/Weldon Neufeld of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

A fresh-cut purple anemone flower from the garden photographed through a piece of heavy textured glass. A beautiful abstract effect is created by the varying angles of materials in bright sunlight. The blending of elements creates a sense of movement, patterned brushstrokes, and flower petals suspended in crystalline ice or flowing water.

Travel photography from the Amalfi coast in Italy, the rocky, sand-coloured and layered cliffs and mountains rise above a dark blue sea. Viewed from a boat, the cliffs in the foreground catch warm afternoon light while in the distance a large mountain fills the horizon, shadowed by gathering storm clouds above. Clinging to the sunlit cliffs are small patches of green vegetation that add some colourful detail, while at the bottom right of the frame the edge of a dark cave appears beneath the rugged cliff-face.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

“Change is one thing. Acceptance is another.” - Arundhati Roy⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Driftwood details against soft black sand Oakura Beach, Aotearoa March 2016⁠⁠ #travelphotography #naturephotography #abstract #photography #fotografia #foto #NewZealand #Aotearoa #beach #coastalphotography #Taranaki #nature

Close-up and slightly abstracted photograph of beach details. A weathered piece of driftwood extends from the lower-left corner toward the centre of the frame, and a delicate, sun-bleached plant rises from the top of the wood. The botanical details seem to glow against a backdrop of silky black and purple sand. Sunlight illuminates the textural details of rippled sand and wood.

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Allison Kendall @allisonkendall.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Shadow Multiplication October 2023 Two blue-green glass vases cast multiple shadows as several layers of reflected light create intersecting shadows across a tabletop. #photography #fotografia #foto #lightshadow #stilllife #abstractart #artphotography #lightstudy #illusion #contemporaryart

Photographed from overhead, two blue-green glass vases are placed close together on a table to the left-hand side of the composition. The table is covered in textural soft grey fabric. Strong light and dark shadows cross diagonally from the left-hand corners of the image, passing through the vases and creating overlapping translucent shadows that make the two vases cast four distinct shadows.

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