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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

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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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 · 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

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 · 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

Also in 4x5 aspect ratio...not sure which works better. Thoughts?

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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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

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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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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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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 · 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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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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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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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 29/03/2026

Documenting No Kings 3 in Omaha, NE #Photography #Omaha

A person sitting in a chair holds a sign that reads "Guardians of Pedophiles." The sign fully obscures their body. Circular blue and green shapes lie to their left on a playground.

Two elderly women sit on a raised flower bed in front of a one-story building. One woman holds a sign reading "No more family separation."

A man in a Mexican lucha libre mask stands next to a storefront. The store window features an Easter illustration of two bunnies carrying a basket of eggs and two carrots. The bunny ears and carrots mimic the shape of the man's mask.

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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 27/03/2026

legacy of car travel In the distance lies the MacArthur Bridge, which spans the Mississippi River in St. Louis. Today it carries trains, but the bridge once had an upper deck with a roadway. Route 66 used the bridge between 1929 and 1955. It closed to vehicles in 1981. #Photography #STL

A torched car covered in graffiti lies next to a river. A railroad bridge is visible in the distance.

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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 25/03/2026

East St. Louis, IL. March 2026. #Photography #STL

A blue and yellow train car sit on tracks beside a road. The Gateway Arch rises behind them in the distance. Two guide wires in yellow sheaths from a telephone pole cut through the image in the foreground.

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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 14/03/2026

Love is the flower you've got to let grow... Route 66, CA. February 2019. #Photography #FoundWords

A boarded up food mart convenience store with heavily weathered siding. Black spray paint across the store reads, "Love is the flower you've got to let grow..."

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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 06/03/2026

Gots to see it through my boy Kansas City, MO. October 2025. #Photography #KansasCity #FoundWords

Black spray painting on a red brick wall that reads, "Gots to see it through my boy."

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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 01/03/2026

Morals, honer, and love for God and country This one put me in a quandary. I found this sign crumpled and only half-visible in the hedge behind where it lays here. For my found words project, is it cheating to move it? Ethical dilemmas... Omaha, NE. February 2026. #Omaha #FoundWords

A weathered sign with handwritten text reads, "All I Want is for Morals, Honer [misspelled], and Love For God and Country to be Real Again!"

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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 01/03/2026

Sinkhole drama heating up here in Omaha. Also: Sidepiece Sinkhole isn't a bad band name. #Omaha #OmahaStreets

Sign on the edge of a sinkhole downtown that reads, "Dear 67th St. sinkhole: you think you're cute getting all the attention huh?? Well, you're nothing but a sidepiece sinkhole!

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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 01/03/2026

I'm still working on a project pairing historic paintings with new context. This one features Osmar Schindler’s Muskelspiel (Muscle Flexing), 1907.

Illustration of a bare-chested man flexing his bicep while six men in different hair styles watch. Overlaid text reads “Operation Epic Fury.”

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sbphoto @sbiessel.com · 27/02/2026

Exhibition opening soon Kansas City, MO. October 2025. #Photography #KansasCity

Planters with flowers of different colors stand on pavement in front of a train station featuring Beaux-Arts architectural style. A banner featuring the Titanic hangs on the side of the building. A man in a yellow vest sits on a bench near the building on the left side of the frame.

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