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Brad Holkesvig

@bradjholk.bsky.social
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I'm a retired U.S. citizen living in Barcelona with my Spanish wife. My passions are photography, guitar playing, and sharing eternal wisdom with anyone interested in learning about how we're created and the future.

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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 13h
I usually stop at this skateboard park next to the Barcelona Zoo to photograph skateboarders doing tricks like this guy was doing on Saturday. #skateboards #skateboardparks #photography #barcelona
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 13h
Some artists are hired to paint some interesting looking images on a rollup door in Barcelona. #artists #art #rollupdoors #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 13h
I tried to get this beautiful black cat to come to me but those ears, eyes and deadly stare tell you the rest of the story. #cats #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 13h
The water has to be perfectly still to get a good reflection shot like this one. #reflections #water #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 13h
It was a perfect day for this reflection shot along the Besos River that separates the cities of Barcelona and Badalona. #reflections #photography #rivers #water #badalona
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 13h
I don't always wear my red mask. #art #shadows #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 13h
Do you see the shadows first or the woman walking along the sidewalk? #streetphotography #shadows #woman #walking #barcelona #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 13h
I saw a strange looking face when I aimed my camera at this image. #abstractphotography #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 13h
I love brave musicians who perform in public like this guy next to the sailboat harbor at the Port of Barcelona. #musicians #streetperformers #music #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 13h
#streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #barcelona #monochrome
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 14h
#spraycanart #streetart #art #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 14h
#doors #spain
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 14h
This is one of my favorite rose photos. #flowers #roses #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A perfect day at the beach. #mediterraneansea #beaches #photography #barcelona #sailboats
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know these beautiful white dogs wanted to come and hang out with me. Can't you tell by looking at their eyes and faces? #dogs #barcelona #photography #love
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm sure these pigeons were wondering what was on this guy's face. #pigeonsky #pigeons #birds #barcelona #plazadecatalunya #photgraphy
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A street in the Gracia area where I live in Barcelona on a rainy afternoon. #streetphotography #rain #umbrellas #barcelona #gracia
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Stone wall, succulent leaf rosettes and shadows all in one shot. #shadows #leafrosettes #leaves #trees #stonewalls #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sometimes it's the shadow that I see first before aiming my camera at it. #shadows #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #streetphotography #barcelona
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This was one of the several spray can paintings I photographed on Saturday. #spraycanart #streetart #art #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is one of the set of railroad tracks on a bridge over the Besos River that goes along the beaches of the Mediterranean Sea that separates the cities of Badalona and Barcelona. I waited for the train to get a photo of it. #trains #bridges #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This set of steps are on Passeig de Jean Forestier just below the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona. #stairways #steps #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here's another set of doors I photographed in Barcelona. #doors #barcelona #photography #streetphotography #european #spain
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I meet many spray can artists from Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, etc. who do some beautiful work here in Barcelona. Some of them live here and invite friends from their countries for a weekend to paint on walls. #spraycanart #streetart #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It was weird walking down these steps to the Metro station with the shadows all over them. #shadows #photography #blackandwhitephotography #badalona
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here's another face that made me melt with love. #dogs #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This old guy gave me an interesting pose. #photography #barcelona #streetportraits
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I didn't understand what they were doing and saying but it was a very interesting experience for me watching them in a public square close to my home in the Gracia are of Barcelona. #dancing #acting #chanting #singing #entertainment #photography #barcelona
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This face made me melt with love. #dogs #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This work of art was very interesting to me. At first I thought it was plaster falling off the wall but the bricks were way to clean looking. #art #wallart #streetphotography #barcelona
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The young people in Barcelona are awesome. I have never had any trouble from them. #people #youth #barcelona #love #streetphotography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dogs are happy when they are free from a leash. #dogs #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It seems there are plenty of people in Bluesky who love to look at old doors from Barcelona. Here's an old one. #doors #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I wanted to keep this cutie I saw today after it started licking my hand. #dogs #photography #barcelona
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I photographed this narrow and very interesting looking door today. I love all these custom built doors in Barcelona. #doors #streetphotography #barcelona #craftsmenship
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It was very busy at the flea market today. #fleamarkets #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I saw some interesting shadows today. #shadows #photography #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The trees along the walls where spray can artists paint on become surfaces for them to paint on also. #spraycanart #trees #abstractphotography #barcelona #colors
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A spray can artist left me an interesting painted area to photograph today. #abstractphotography #silver #photography #art #barcelona
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Old windows in Barcelona can be interesting sometimes. #abstractphotography #streetphotography #barcelona #windows
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#streetphotography #barcelona #gracia
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As soon as I walked out of the building I live in, I aimed my camera towards the hills outside of Barcelona. #streetphotography #gracia #barcelona
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#spraycanart #streetart #art #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#spraycanart #art #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I was walking along the security wall outside the Barcelona Zoo today where spray can artists are allowed to paint on. Here's one of them I photographed. #spraycanart #streetart #art #photography #barcelona
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There's nothing better than a smiling dog coming to greet me while I'm out walking along the trails with my camera. #dogs #photography #love #smiles
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#spraycanart #streetart #barcelona #streetphotography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
These Yellow Irises are very beautiful. #iris #flowers #plants #parks #barcelona #photography
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I had to photograph this cool looking door knocker. #doors #doorknockers #photography #barcelona
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Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It all started with a pair of shoes for sale in a shoe shop a couple of blocks from where I live in Barcelona. The shoes look great on an exotic sports car. #photography #blackandwhitephotography #editing #ai #chatgpt
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