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@sbiessel.com
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Photographer, wanderer, and house cat manager in Omaha, NE, USA. I'm interested in documenting human-altered landscapes, land use, urban sprawl, or whatever I find on walks. No AI. he/his Works at sbiessel.com

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John F @johnfar.com · 13/09/2026
London Tube station vista #widelux kodak 500T #filmphotography #panorama #panos #photography
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 12/09/2026
Omaha, NE. September 2026. #Omaha #Photography
A green chair sits empty, tipped against a small table in a dark space in a pedestrian underpass. On the far side of the underpass, a large screen shows a number of red, white and blue balloons. Their shapes are reflected in a pool of water that sits below them.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 27/08/2026
Abort big tech Duluth, MN. August 2026. #Photography #Duluth #FoundWords
The words "Abort big tech" written in chalk on the side of the entrance to a building along a city street. Cars, light posts, and a sidewalk stretch into the distance on the left side of the image.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 26/08/2026
Views of Milwaukee's Hoan Bridge. August 2026. The bridge is a memorial to Daniel Hoan, city mayor from 1916 to 1940. Hoan's time in office represents the longest tenure of a socialist administration in U.S. history. The bridge opened in 1977. #NewTopographics #Photography
A black and white sign with pedestrians and arrows pointing left sits below a large blue bridge. Parking lots and fencing also lie below the bridge.A man sits on the hood of a black SUV. A large bridge with a blue deck and curved yellow trusses towers above him.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 22/08/2026
There's a darkness at the center of town Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula sticks into Lake Superior seemingly as a dare: its outstretched finger beckoning “come here." Rich copper deposits sweeten the trap. Once captured, the Keweenaw exacts its revenge. Read more: sbiessel.com/theres-a-dar...
An old church that sits between two stands of trees. The top half of the church is illuminated by sunlight.Light from the rising sun glistens off the side of a warehouse. There is a parking lot in front of the garage. An white arrow spray painted on the lot in the foreground points into the image.A red 1980s-era pickup truck partially illuminated by the rising sun parked in a lot with buildings behind. It's red with a light on top suggesting a fire vehicle. The word "Calumet" is painted in gold on the driver's side door.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 16/08/2026
Milwaukee Art Museum. August 2026. #Milwaukee #Photography
Viewed through white angular support beams that travel from the left of the frame diagonally to the top right, a man moves a circular table. The man peers to camera left over the table. The angular support beams repeat behind him, creating a triangular shape that stretches into the distance.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 15/08/2026
I can picture the place I left a shot roll of film in Duluth, MN. Here's to the pictures we'll never see.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 15/08/2026
Torn advert, rotten plywood underneath Omaha, NE. August 2026. #Omaha #Photography
The remnants of a torn poster on a plywood wall. The poster is largely gone, revealing small clues of its contents. It appears to have read, "I love inflation," Donald J.," and "June 10, 2026." The eyes of a man and a hairdo is all that remains of a face.
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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 25/07/2026
An excerpt from an essay on Back to the Future:

Marty is a time-traveling pilgrim, then, but not quite Vonnegut's kind. Billy Pilgrim comes unstuck and suffers; time happens to him, and he drifts through it with the passivity of a man watching his own life from a train window. Marty comes unstuck and is handed a to-do list. And the work he's sent to do-the fabrication of a
better yesterday, for a new tomorrow-turns out to demand, like all fabrication, the consumption of raw material. Somebody's timeline gets fed to the furnace. The past is not a place you return to but a thing you build, at cost, and generally on someone else's back.

And so it goes.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 19/07/2026
Pride parade. Omaha, NE. July 2026. Omaha has it's pride parade in July due to the College World Series. #Omaha #Pride
Two women in bright rainbow-colored clothing kiss in a beam of light under an underpass.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 05/07/2026
My mom told me that Padfoot died. This is my fondest memory: It was late fall in Alaska and he was running hell-bent on frozen Beluga Lake, ears flapping in the wind. Looking back on this shot years later, I'm struck that I can't tell if he was running away or towards me. Homer, AK. October 2012.
The silhouette of a dog running on a lake. The sun blares toward the camera in the center of the image, reflecting on the lake ice in the same path the dog is running.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 30/06/2026
:) Omaha, NE. June 2026. #OmahaStreets
A smiling white woman's face repeated in lines on a triangular shaped piece of paper. The paper is heavily weathered and laying on asphalt. The shape of the paper and string suggests it could be a birthday hat.
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Alan Oskar Colonna-Walewski 🎞️ @aocw.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Photography Was Never Meant to Be Consumed at 300 Images Per Minute
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Photography Was Never Meant to Be Consumed at 300 Images Per Minute
On photo albums, the attention economy, and why I left Instagram for my own site.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 27/06/2026
Omaha, NE. May 2026. #OmahaStreets #BelieveInFilm
View down a sidewalk. Figures and objects cast long shadows in the late afternoon sun. A purple shopping cart sits in the foreground. Two women walk away in the distance.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 21/06/2026
The Lord is close to the broken hearted St. Joseph, MO. June 2026. #Photography
The words "The Lord is close to the broken hearted and saves those crushed in spirit, pslams 34:18" written on a cracked stucco wall at left. A city street stretches into the distance at right under a partly sunny sky. A power pole sits at the far right; its lines roughly mirror the cracks in the wall near the writing.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 19/06/2026
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kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
sacred heart catholic church 🎞️ kodak ektar 📍 nara visa, new mexico
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 19/06/2026
if u close ur eyes... Kansas City, MO. May 2026. #Photography #KansasCity
A cement block sits in the middle of a grassy area at dusk. Homes and power lines lie in the distance. Spray painted green words on the block read "if u close ur eyes..."
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 17/06/2026
Kansas City, MO. May 2026. #KansasCity #BelieveinFilm
Outside patio of a business that appears to be under construction or destruction.  There is a mural of a tropical scene featuring a boat, beach, and palms on a wall in the center of the image. Several large letters lie against the wall and below it. A tall fence made of wood with rock interludes extends to the left. A partly cloudy blue sky lies above the fence.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 14/06/2026
Parking garage (35mm) Omaha, NE. Probably April 2026. #Omaha #BelieveinFilm
View across the top of a parking garage toward a skyline filled with tall medical buildings. The photographer's shadow lies in the foreground at left. A bright red fire extinguisher is on a concrete post in the foreground at right. A purple entrance to the garage elevator lies on the opposite side of the garage at left. It has a large white "6" painted on its side.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 13/06/2026
baby blue open no brakes Kansas City, MO. May 2026. #KansasCity #BelieveinFilm
Side view of a blue sedan with dark blue rims sits alone in an empty parking lot. A block sits under the back wheel. Power lines and a building with blue and yellow trim lie behind the car. White paint on the front passenger window reads, "Open"
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 11/06/2026
Forgive that person today Omaha, NE. May 2026. #OmahaStreets #BelieveinFilm
An old red and white sedan with a red and white sign on its dash that reads "Forgive that person today, Mark 11:25-26"
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 07/06/2026
Omaha, NE. June 2026. I'm guessing this is an unhoused person's blanket—inadvertently contributing to the early summer bloom in the prairie. #Omaha #NewTopographics
A blanket covered in red and orange flowers lies draped over a small sign that sits among yellow flowers and grasses. A fence covered in barbed wire runs across the image behind the sign.
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Claire Ultraviolet @ultraviolet.photo · 03/06/2026
NOT IN SERVICE #filmphotography
An MTA yard with many 7 trains waiting to run, and a garbage train whose window reads "Not in Service"
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robin richmond @monotyping.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Arterial Journal one
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 03/06/2026
balloon Omaha, NE. May 2026. #Omaha #Photography
A pink balloon sits on pavement near an old brick building. The balloon sits in the right of the image. On the left, there's a ramp to a basement garage level. Concrete and fencing from the ramp creates a leading line to the balloon.
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Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Keith Jacobshagen has devoted his life to depicting what much of America calls flyover country: cornfields, grain elevators and vast Nebraska skies. Now in early Alzheimer’s, the famed painter looks back on his career on the prairie. Read more 🔗 buff.ly/aHdeRVp
A mix of paintings with the headline "Famed prairie painter finds essential and eternal in the endless Nebraska sky"
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 26/05/2026
Memorial Day celebration Omaha, NE. May 2026. #Omaha
A group of officers give a salute behind and to the right of a large illuminated chained down statue of the back of a cow.
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Victor Scherbakov @victorscherbakov.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Ok, I'm going to repost some works of my early days as a photographer. Few people scroll my gallery that far. But there's some interesting stuff there, and a vision I no longer have. #photography #streetphoto #streetphotography #bw #blackandwhite #bnw #monochrome #classicmono September 2007
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 23/05/2026
Love this. Speaking of boring old protocols, you can follow my photography on RSS at sbiessel.com/feed
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 17/05/2026
Urban forests Omaha, NE. May 2026. #Omaha #NewTopographics
Gray skies over a large empty parking lot dotted with islands of planted trees.Tree stumps dot a lawn-covered lot. A street lined with a block of new condos lies in the distance beyond the lot.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 16/05/2026
Never tear us apart Gretna, NE. February 2026. #NewTopographics
Two small light brown shopping carts sit together on a curb in the foreground. A parking lot and light poles lie behind. A farm field is visible in the distance. The silhouette of a person is walks along a road bordering the field.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 12/05/2026
Spring comes to one of my favorite empty lots in Omaha. #Omaha #NewTopographics
View of the Omaha downtown skyline with yellow flowers in the foreground illuminated by the evening sun. An empty lot sits between the flowers and skyline.
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Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 09/05/2026
After a brief rain. Overlea, MD. 2026.
Photograph of a beige hearse parked under a service station roof at night. The hearse is missing a tire. The cement and pavement shines with puddles from a brief rain.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 09/05/2026
Killing yourself to live St. Louis, MO. March 2026 #STL #FoundWords
The words, "Find something you love and let it kill you...die happy" spray painted onto the side of an old brick building painted brown. The Gateway Arch is visible in the distance to the left of the building.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 05/05/2026
Signs. Kansas City, MO. October 2025. #KansasCity #NewTopographics
A Ferris wheel and multiple billboards are visible through a fence. The spray-painted ruins of an old fountain sits in the foreground.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 03/05/2026
Everything is illuminated (Yes, this is sunlight reflecting from a discarded mirror in an alley illuminating the word "shit" on a wall.) Omaha, NE. May 2026. #Omaha #OmahaStreets
Sunlight reflecting from a mirror on the ground illuminates the word shit on the side of a building. A red frame sits next to the frame.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 02/05/2026
Fort Smith, AR. June 2024.
The store associated with a gas station, painted in criss-crossing black and white lines. The photographer's shadow is visible in a blue painted circle at bottom right. The steeple of a church pokes above the station at top left.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 24/04/2026
Now demolished bank on Saddle Creek Road. Omaha, NE. October 2025. #Omaha #OmahaStreets
Drive-thru stalls of a bank. A break in the pavement in the foreground mirrors the shapes of the clouds above the bank.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 19/04/2026
An old Chevy claps back at the 2020s sad beige aesthetic; a raised middle finger to the drab tweed and faux religion of a failed cultural revolution. The pastels on this C60 will outrun them all, rust be damned. Omaha, NE. April 2026. #Omaha #OmahaStreets
A closeup view of the drivers side of a 60s or 70s era Chevy pickup truck. The truck is yellow with a stripe below the window featuring alternating pastels of purple, green, red, and blue. Blotches of rust appear near the wheel well and below the door. The top of the front tire is visible. A pastel red building and blue sky rises above the truck.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 18/04/2026
Liminal spaces East St. Louis, IL. March 2026. #NewTopographics #STL
View of a large cantilever truss bridge through the concrete supports of the base of another bridge.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 17/04/2026
Omaha, NE. April 2026. #Omaha #OmahaStreets #Photography
A grey backpack with black straps lies on the double yellow lines of a city street. A white string of caulk lies on the street behind it.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 15/04/2026
Omaha, NE. April 2026. #Omaha #OmahaStreets #Photography
A man wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses and sporting a handlebar mustache sits on a scooter on a city street and looks at the camera with a straight face. Rear view mirrors attached to the scooter extend to the left and right of the man. The man is wearing a t-shirt with a printed on vest and tie.
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 11/04/2026
Tet Parade during Lunar New Year. Westminster, CA. February 2018. This area represents the largest concentration of people with Vietnamese heritage in the U.S. outside Vietnam. Most of the community came as a result of the Vietnam War. #Photography #NewTopographics
Two horses with yellow tassels stand beside two men on the opposite side of the street in a neighborhood. One of the men is wearing red ceremonial clothing. In the foreground stands an old Huffy bike and the rear of a vintage yellow sports car.
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Marc Wilson @marcwilson.co.uk · 09/04/2026
From my second zine, ‘On the road’. USA. November 5 2017 www.marcwilson.co.uk/book-print-s...
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 08/04/2026
This 1968 image by Josef Koudelka of his wrist watch was hanging heavy in my mind today.
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Art: CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Prague. August 1968. Warsaw Pact Troops invade Prague. In front of the Radio Headquarters. - Annenberg Learner
» Josef Koudelka (Czech/French, b. 1938) In 1955, several Communist states in Central and Eastern Europe joined the Soviet Union in…
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 05/04/2026
casey has it Omaha, NE. April 2026. #Omaha #OmahaStreets #FlyoverTrash #NewTopographics
A discarded dark gray couch sits beside a single-story building made of cinder blocks painted in an off-white color. A city street lies in front of the building at left. A black sign on the top of the building reads, "JD Casey Co, Casey has it."
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 05/04/2026
World War I Memorial Kansas City, MO. October 2025. #KansasCity #Photography #NewTopographics
A row of golf carts sit on a concrete landing. The Kansas City skyline is visible behind them.
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 05/04/2026
Pink sidewalk ramp with yellow graffiti saying “FART”. A woman’s legs in pink leggings and pink shoes, and a pink purse, are also visible in frame
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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 04/04/2026
or, it wont St. Louis, MO. March 2026. #Photography #STL #FoundWords
"And One day too, this shall pass or, it won't" is written on a spray painted concrete barrier on a vacant lot. A spray painted wall lies behind. A pillow with pink flowers lies in the foreground.
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