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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 03/10/2026

The suitcase takes third palce as the butt of the joke. 1941 Plymouth P12 Special Deluxe © James Cook #3rdPlace #BlueSkyArtshow #Humor

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 03/10/2026

For bringing an umbrella to a boat fight, the dinghy takes 1st Place in Optimism, but a solid 3rd Place in Displacement. Kalamazoo River, Saugatuck, Michigan © James Cook #3rdPlace #BlueSkyArtshow #Humor #Edwardian #Steamships

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 03/10/2026

In spite of the widest aperture, 3rd Place in Environmental Intake goes to the bin, the only one no filter. Salzburg, Austria. © James Cook #HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze #StreetPhotography #Travel #Humans #3rdPlace #BlueSkyArtshow #Humor

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 26/09/2026

Lighting Votive candles in St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna. © James Cook #BlueSkyArtShow #Religion #Vienna #ViennaNow #Austria #Lights

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 26/09/2026

Neon signage for The Whip at Lakeside Amusement Park, Denver, Colorado. The Whip was built in 1914. © James Cook #BlueSkyArtShow #Lights

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 19/09/2026

The Rathaus (city hall) of Kufstein, Austria takes on a #Golden hue in the evening sun. © James Cook #Architecture #Austria #Windows #Perspective #SensoryArt #BlueSkyArtshow #Golden

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 19/09/2026

At the exteme of it's reach, the last gasp of a wave laps against the sand and reflects the sunset. Lake Michigan, Oval Beech, Saugatuck, Michigan © James Cook #Abstract #LakeMichigan #Landscapes #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #Golden

A serene beach scene at Oval Beach with gentle waves lapping against the sand, reflecting a golden glow from the setting sun on the water droplets and grains of sand.

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 12/09/2026

#Undulating wave tracks create a 3D optical illusion of shadows, on the beach at Varkasaig beach, Isle of Skye, Scotland © James Cook #Abstract #Landscape #Landscapes #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #Pattern #Travel #Scotland

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 12/09/2026

The #Undulating rooftop of St. Peter's Cathedral, Vienna © James Cook #BlueSkyArtshow #Architecture #Austria #Travel

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 12/09/2026

If ever a road could be said to be #Undulating, it's the Trollstigen Road (Troll Ladder). It traverses eleven times around hairpin turns. Åndalsnes, Norway © James Cook #BlueSkyArtShow #Landscapes #Travel #Mountains #Norway #Scandinavia #Tourism

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 12/09/2026

On a still Summer evening, broad, undulating waves on Lake Michigan were #Alternating between complimentary colors of the sky above and deep water below. As far as the eye could see gulls dotted the water.. © James Cook #LakeMichigan #Michigan #GreatLakes #BlueSkyArtShow #Peaceful #Sunlight

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 04/04/2026

At an abandoned vineyard, a farmhouse window left ajar becomes the opening through which the once-tended grapevines take hold, making themselves the new masters of the house. Fennville, Michigan. © James Cook #Photography #Abandoned #BlueSkyArtShow #Michigan #Openings

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 04/04/2026

Pauper, prince, poet, or priest, the skeletal remains of Parisians past intermingle in the Paris Catacombs. Openings where eyes once welcomed the world now hold only shadow. © James Cook #Photography #Photojournalism #Photojournalist #Abstract #Openings

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 14/03/2026

Three Sisters of Glencoe, Glencoe National Nature Reserve, Scotland. June 2020 © James Cook #iPhone #Panorama #Environment #Landscape #Photography #Scotland #Highlands #Mountains #BlueSkyArtShow #Horizontal

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 14/03/2026

A golfer lines up his put on the Clearbrook Golf Course, Saugatuck, Michigan © James Cook #Color #Sports #Golf #Green #BlueSkyArtShow #Horizontal

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 14/03/2026

A pre-dawn view across ice ridges on Lake Michigan in January 2010. The lake is an ever changing palette of sky over water: O2/H2O. © James Cook #Michigan #LakeMichigan #Photography #Landscapes #BlueMonday #BlueSkyArtShow #Horizontal

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 28/02/2026

Another #Round of graduating cadets, at the US Airforce Academy, take an oath to the Constitution. Moments later they gave photographers an opportunity to make the iconic image of their hats tossed into the air. © James Cook #Abstract #Graphic #Photography #Pattern #BlueSkyArtShow #Round

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 21/02/2026

Two buildings, two eras. 1972 Transamerica Pyramid and 1907 Sentinel, San Francisco, 1995 © James Cook #Architecture #Cityscape #DocumentaryPhotography #PhotoDocumentary #Photojournalism #Photojournalist #Two #BlueSkyArtShow

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 21/02/2026

Two dancers. A Lakota grass dancer follows a traditional Lakota dancer across a ridge at Red Rocks Park in Colorado. 1990 - See Alt © James Cook #NativeAmerican #Dance #Dancing #Tradition #Photography #PhotoDocumentary #Photojournalism #Photojournalist #BlueSkyArtShow #Two

A Lakota grass dancer follows a traditional Lakota dancer across a ridge. The grass dance evolved from when men tucked long grasses into their belts to today's colorful outfits, covered with long flows of brightly colored cloth fringe. The traditional dance is one of the oldest dances of the Northern plains. The outfit typically consists of a coup stick, eagle feathers, furs, porcupine quills, beads and bells and pieces handed down over generations.

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 21/02/2026

Two awesome faces. Chief Fools Crow and Kate at a powwow at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. July 1984 - See Alt © James Cook #NativeAmerican #Photography #Photojournalism #WoundedKnee #Photojournalist #BlueSkyArtShow #Two

Frank Fools Crow (June 1890 - November 27, 1989) was a Lakota Sioux spiritual leader, Yuwipi medicine man, and the nephew of Black Elk. Raised in the traditional way, he did not attend "the white man's school" as his father did not approve, which is why he could not speak fluent English. As a young man he traveled around the United States with the Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show. He spent much of his life serving his people as a medicine man, healer, and teacher.

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 21/02/2026

Two divers, two styles. Jumpers - from a bridge in the Florida Keys © James Cook #Photography #Photojournalist #Kodachrome #Photojournalism #BlueSkyArtShow #Two

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 14/02/2026

An old tractor sits inside a deteriorating, old barn, both aging beyond their useful years.. Port Oneida, Michigan © James Cook #Photography #Abandoned #BlueSkyArtShow #Michigan #Agriculture #Wood

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 14/02/2026

Wood - cut, shaped, painted, cast-off, weathered. Three Sisters, Isle of Mull. Once someone's pride, three fishing boats endure a slow demolition by the daily tides near Salen, Isle of Mull, Scotland © James Cook #Photography #Scotland #Mull #IsleofMull #Wood #BlueSkyArtShow

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 07/02/2026

Endless sunlight. 1:02 AM, Summer Solstice in Sundsvall, Sweden © James Cook #Architecture #BlueSkyArtShow #Sunlight

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 31/01/2026

A classic example of mammatus clouds, their sculpted forms revealing the turbulence left behind by a powerful storm. © James Cook #Clouds #BlueSkyArtShow #Weather

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 24/12/2025

Developer of the concept of Primary Colors: Yellow, Red and Blue.

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 04/12/2025

Thursday?! What happened to the rest of the week? Sigh... As it turned out, yesterday was not a day for a picnic at the beach.

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 29/11/2025

After time outside in the cold and snow, Roy Jealous of Him warms hinself by the wood burning stove in his one room home at Wounded Knee, SD. 2/12/1991 © James Cook #DocumentaryPhotography #Lakota #WoundedKnee #NativeAmerican #BlueSkyArtShow #Warmth

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 22/11/2025

On a cool afternoon in May, a sailboat passes between the Isle of Skye and the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Windmills are visible in the distance. © James Cook #Highlands #Scotland #Small #BlueSkyArtShow

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 15/11/2025

If it walks like a duck, it might be a goose. Alternating between frozen and thawed, the bank and surface of a pond in winter, bear testimony of the back and forth temperatures © James Cook #BlueSkyArtShow #Winter #Bright

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 15/11/2025

#Alternating between immersed and emersed. As waves wash across a low berm, water left behind takes on the texture of the sand and the darkening blue color of the sky above before seeping into the sand. © James Cook #LakeMichigan #Landscape #Bright #Photography #Environment #BlueSkyArtShow

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 15/11/2025

As a January 2007 storm moves towards the Michigan coastline, waves bearing bearing balls of ice and slush slam against the outer edges of the growing ice shelf. There has been minimal ice in January during more recent years © James Cook #Environment #Climate #LakeMichigan #BlueSkyArtShow #Bright

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 27/10/2025

Just published a new piece: “On Inspiration and Style.” catchingshadows.substack.com/p/on-inspira... It’s about the mentors and moments that shaped my photography — and what it means to find your own voice. #Photography #Portrait #Art #Photographer

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 25/10/2025

Working inside a Ben & Jerry's Waffle shop, Stockholm, Sweden, 2024 © James Cook #Photojournalism #Windows #Stockholm #StreetPhotography #Sweden #BlueSkyArtShow #Inside

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 25/10/2025

Alberta Black Bear and two of her children, looking out from inside their home. Wounded Knee, South Dakota, 1990 © James Cook #NativeAmerican #WoundedKnee #PhotoDocumentary #Photojournalism #Photojournalist #Inside #BlueSkyArtShow

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 25/10/2025

Leola One Feather with all of her kids inside her car. Wounded Knee, South, Dakota, 1991 © James Cook #NativeAmerican #WoundedKnee #PhotoDocumentary #Photojournalism #Photojournalist #Inside #BlueSkyArtShow

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 18/10/2025

Hibiscus grow in many climates; in many varieties. Among those in Michigan is the Red Hardy Hibiscus, such as this Lord Baltimore Hibiscus, a sterile hybrid. The deep red blossoms range from 8 to 10 inches across. © James Cook #BlueSkyArtShow #Spring #Color #Colorful #Photography #Flowers #Vertical

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 18/10/2025

Windmills are big, and an efficient green energy. Stoney Corners, a 29-turbine windfarm near McBain, Michigan. 2012 © James Cook #Climate #Energy #DocumentaryPhotography #Environment #Landscape #PhotoDocumentary #Michigan #Photojournalist #Vertical #BlueSkyArtShow

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James Cook @jamescook.biz · 11/10/2025

It's a popular pastime to watch the sunset over Lake Michigan at Oval Beach in Saugatuck, Michigan. A classic 1955 Cadillac added to the visual treat. © James Cook #Environment #LakeMichigan #Michigan #Photography #Cadillac #Cars #ClassicCars #BlueSkyArtShow #Glow

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