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Jim Roche

@jimroche.bsky.social
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Visual Artist, Landscape and Documentary Photographer. British Columbia, Canada. www.jimroche.ca

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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
An image from my series on life in the late summer garden. The compost pile.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Otters, Trees and Words open.substack.com/pub/jimroche...
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Otters, Trees and Words
Trying, again, to define an "Open Photograph"
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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Otters, Trees and Words
Trying, again, to define an "Open Photograph"
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Why I Am Not Worried About AI
My 1960 spelling book.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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Animal Stories and the Limits of the Gaze
A book review of Kate Zambreno's Animal Stories, and 7 photos.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
6:15 am, Two Women Walking To The Bus Stop To Get To Work. www.jimroche.ca/blog
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I Nominate Norman Rockwell for the Venice Biennale - Here's why: open.substack.com/pub/jimroche...
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I Nominate Norman Rockwell for the Venice Biennale - Here's why:
Most people I talk to haven’t heard about the new rules for the U.S.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Today, I went back into the garden to take some photos of the self-designed greenhouses. I’m making a new book of my garden photos.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Still taking photos in the garden. Visit www.jimroche.ca
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
In the garden, things return to the soil. www.jimroche.ca
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I am already tired of summer. Here's a picture from down the street in late spring. Those snowmen, women and children tried to warn me.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Some people need to stay away from trees!
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
A rock blocking the way. He never seems to leave.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Visit mywebsight at jimroche.ca
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Jim Roche Photos
Jim Roche, visual artist, landscape and documentary photographer, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
I really don't know what this tree is up to! You can find my photos at jimroche.ca and my essays on Substack at jimroche.substack.com. See you there!
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Early Morning, Just Before the Rain www.jimroche.ca/blog/2025/6/...
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Early morning, just before the rain, the wind and even the breeze stop for just a moment. — Jim Roche Photos
Landscape and Woodland Photography
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Everything seems green, but you can find small pockets of open space with effort. www.jimroche.ca/blog/2025/5/...
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A Walk Towards the End of Spring — Jim Roche Photos
The fast spring growth has become the slow but steady development of a dense and impenetrable wall of green. The structure seems, over time, to have become less understandable, knowable. What is behi...
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
www.jimroche.ca
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Visit my website at www.jimroche.ca
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Yakushima, Japan
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Dead Topiary Between the Trees.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Visit my substack page to read my latest essay on photography: jimroche.substack.com/p/from-narra...
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From Narrative to Typology
It’s about 5:30 am, and I’m heading out to take some photos.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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Walking the Circular Path — Jim Roche Photos
From a series of nine pathways, The Circular Pathway.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Been working on this photo for a long time. Foolishly took it with my iPhone instead of my camera. Finally got it how I wanted it. For more photos visit my website: www,jimroche.ca
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
A trip, on a dark overcast day, to the forest.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Robert Kennedy
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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The Art of Sticking Around (and Falling Apart)
The Winter Forest
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The Tree Fort By The Bridge Winter brings the fort forward, but not completely. www.jimroche.ca Photos on Bluesky
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
The Building Three Blocks Away
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Winter in the garden.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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Deep Winter In The Garden — Jim Roche Photos
The cold has reached below zero and the garden is empty as can be. Half-finished tasks wait to be completed. A pheasant, red ring, fly by unexpectedly and startles me. Small birds flutter from bush to...
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
In the woodlands, light finds a way through. www.jimroche.ca/blog/2025/2/...
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The Woodland After the Snow — Jim Roche Photos
The snow falls through the canopy of the trees to reveal new growth
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
A new photo right after the snow storm.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
The Night Before the Snow Storm
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Still looking to connect with other photographers. I am a landscape photographer influenced by the Dusseldorf School and New Topographics show. My works are documentary in nature. You can see my works on my webpage at www.jimroche.ca
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Cottonwoods, Alberta, Canada
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Japan at night. www.jimroche.ca
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
A motel far away. www.jimroche.ca
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Are there any groups of new topographic landscape photographers or documentary photographers?
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
A photo from this morning, another day of overcast skies and rain. Often, the forests are filled with the remains of trees, a branch, a trunk or just a hill of decay. This one, though, had a look to it that made me cautious about it.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Tokyo, Late at Night.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Late night, Tokyo, Japan. www.jimroche.ca/blog
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Just finishing up my 2 year project on Japan. One week in Tokyo and I'm home.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
new topographic Anyone interested in the New Topographics group of photographers....post your photos.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Late night, Tokyo.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Sunrise on the island. Soon back to Tokyo.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
A large rock in the forest, at least 6 feet high.
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
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Jim Roche @jimroche.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Still in Kyoto working on a night project. Also finished up an essay on SubStack at jimrocheonphotography
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