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Tracy Barbutes

@tracybarbutes.bsky.social
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Independent photojournalist. Fine art photographer. Wildland wildfire certified. FAA drone pilot. Based near Yosemite, CA. Member @womenphotograph @nppa. All images ©️.

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The art and activism initiative Fall of Freedom is anchoring its second year with hundreds of events across the United States this weekend, October 2 through October 4 hyperallergic.com/fall-of-free...
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Fall of Freedom Returns With Hundreds of Anti-Trump Art Actions
Public artworks and zine-making workshops are on this year’s line-up, uniting artists and cultural organizations against an increasingly authoritarian administration.
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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Photos: This may be the most inspirational night school on Earth www.npr.org/2026/09/27/g...
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Photos: This may be the most inspirational night school on Earth
Many thousands of boys and men in Lesotho take up the vital profession of herding but have to give up their education. A small network of schools on a shoestring budget is teaching them the ABCs.
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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On October 2-4, 2026, #FallofFreedom returns for its second year. In solidarity with Fall of Freedom, we are launching an on-line exhibit today to confront the authoritarian forces sweeping our nation. (photo by Ryan Vizzions) monroegallery.com/gallery/virt...
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trying again, with respect... @altnps.bsky.social kindly credit my work and/or remove my copyrighted image from your banner here, and wherever else you're using it, without my permission. Resistance does not = stealing from an independent photographer. @bsky.app
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thank you @monroegallery.bsky.social 🙏🏼 It would have been nice (and within the law) to have been asked if they could use my work.
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hello @altnps.bsky.social - I've searched for a way to reach you via email, but so far, nothing's gotten through. TY for fighting the good fight. Kindly give photo credit whenever you use my copyrighted work (upside down flag on Yosemite's El Cap). I'm easily found and reachable.
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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Freedom oppressed: the journalists caught up in Trump’s ICE crackdown www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Freedom oppressed: the journalists caught up in Trump’s ICE crackdown
Media workers are grappling with increasingly volatile press climate in US, with some detained and even deported
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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Fall arrives with a full slate of new exhibitions; Eugene Tapahe The Jingle Dress Project and Standing Rock Movement www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/a...
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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pass it along to five peoples!
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Dear Universe, please stop taking the Good Ones... www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Annie Dillard, Pulitzer prize-winning author of nonfiction and nature essays, dies aged 81
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, published when Dillard was 28, skyrocketed her to become one of the most prominent nonfiction writers of her generation
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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
LIFE’s ‘Six Women Photographers’ exhibit spotlights power of print media dailyorange.com/2026/09/life...
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.” — Carl Sagan
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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
School of Visual Arts Ends Photography MFA Program hyperallergic.com/school-of-vi...
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School of Visual Arts Ends Photography MFA Program
Founding Chair Charles Traub said he believed the closure could have been avoided with “better coordination” and more strategies for “how we were going to deal with the future of AI.”
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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘A fierce need to be independent’: Gerda Taro biopic pulls photographer out of lover Robert Capa’s shadow www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘A fierce need to be independent’: Gerda Taro biopic pulls photographer out of lover Robert Capa’s shadow
Film premieres at Venice as researchers question who took famous Spanish civil war shot of ‘falling soldier’, credited to the pair’s Robert Capa alias
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Yosemite National Park is NOT FOR SALE. Call your elected officials, now. #yosemite
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Looking forward to seeing this - High Ground movie. I've heard so many tales, now it's time to see the footage!
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That’s their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.” Rest in power and thank you, Gloria Steinem. 💜
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Devastation from the Nepal-China Floods in 30 photos
More than 3,000 people missing after glacier collapse unleashes destruction in Himalayas.
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Happy Founder's Day NPS. Now, call your elected officials to save our parks and public lands, as well as those who protect these sacred spaces.
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Gretchen King @gbtking.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Standing Rock was filled with disinformation, and the propaganda campaigns of that time still echo today. @alleenbrown.bsky.social reports for @highcountrynews.org @ @drilledmedia.bsky.social FYI @longreads.com www.hcn.org/issues/58-8/...
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What Standing Rock’s propaganda war means today - High Country News
Standing Rock increased division in North Dakota between Indigenous communities and nearby non-Indigenous communities. Propaganda made it worse.
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This exhibit tells the story of repeated mass recruitment & betrayal. Estados Unidos tiene una historia de contratar a personas para que vengan aquí en tiempos de necesidad o crisis, para luego deportarlas y difamarlos en momentos de conveniencia política.
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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A Wendell artist has pulled her work from the Deerfield Valley Art Association’s Fiddleheads Gallery over its policies pertaining to altered photographs, putting under a local microscope the larger debate surrounding art’s relationship with emerging technologies recorder.com/2026/08/21/f...
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Filter or faux paus? Wendell artist removes work from gallery over policy disagreement - Greenfield Recorder
A Wendell artist has pulled her work from the Deerfield Valley Art Association’s Fiddleheads Gallery over its policies pertaining to altered photographs, putting under a local microscope the larger de...
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Don't fly drones near an active wildfire! Fire managers said they were aware of drones being flown over the fire, leading to the grounding of any planes or helicopters involved in the response. “This could be the difference in saving someone’s life or property.” www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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‘She grabbed the baby and ran out the door’: At least 20 structures scorched by Tok wildfire near Alaska Highway
The Mukluk Fire started just before noon Monday. By Tuesday afternoon, it was roughly 5,500 acres.
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Though the Santa Fe exhibition is over, you may still view the works online. As always, thank you @monroegallery.bsky.social for thoughtfully curating a powerful show, America the Beautiful. youtu.be/YkhBcXh4hRQ
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America The Beautiful
YouTube video by Monroe Gallery
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“...Yosemite changed the rules about hanging flags on El Capitan & tried to backdate the rule change to make it look like the people involved had committed a crime. What happens when that sort of malfeasance is combined w/the ability to track any park visitor's location, anywhere in the country?...”
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Resistance Rangers @resistancerangers.altgov.info · 30/09/2025
The NPS lost about a 1/4 of its permanent staff to mass firings, buyouts, early retirements, and resignations so far this year. This is the official resistance account: we preserve & protect public lands; we are America’s history keepers & storytellers. Join us on this uphill trail. #protectourparks
In this picture, a pile of national park service badges, all cut off of grey park ranger uniform shirts.
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Thomas with 'Sticker Shock', Tulsa, OK.
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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"The United States is one of the most visually and culturally represented countries in the world, yet despite its constant representation, a lingering question remains: is the image of the country shaped more by what it is or by what it is imagined to be?"
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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"The exhibition makes clear that the flag can simultaneously function as a symbol of freedom and a symbol of oppression, prompting viewers to consider what happens when a national symbol becomes contested and no longer universally embraced" museemagazine.com/culture/2026...
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America The Beautiful | Monroe Gallery of Photography — Musée Magazine
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL , which opened over Memorial Day weekend at Monroe Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and runs through August 9, directly engages with this question. The timing of the exhibition i...
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 04/08/2026
New aerial photos expose fire’s devastation of the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota Photos by Anthony Souffle
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Greece battles wildfires – in pictures
Fire department continues to tackle blazes across the country, including the islands, as fires are fed by gale-force winds
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
One more week to catch this thought-provoking exhibition at @monroegallery.bsky.social in Santa Fe, NM. youtu.be/YkhBcXh4hRQ
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America The Beautiful
YouTube video by Monroe Gallery
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The premise of this book is that Indigenous people are the best stewards of our environment and that respecting their knowledge and sovereignty over ancestral lands and waters can benefit and sustain life on Earth for all beings. www.adn.com/arts/books/2...
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Book review: Photo book celebrates Indigenous projects that restore land and life
National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yuyan spent months at a time in each of the nine communities he portrays in the large-format book.
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I still remember many of these images from my Alaska days: www.adn.com/visual/photo... Thank you for sharing your incredible talent Bob Hallinen.
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In photos: Bob Hallinen’s Alaska
Hallinen’s body of work spanned several decades at the Anchorage Daily News and continued to expand long after he retired.
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Bob Hallinen's work was my biggest inspiration when I lived in Alaska. Rest in Peace. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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Longtime Anchorage Daily News photojournalist Bob Hallinen dies at 77
Former colleagues recall a quiet, prolific photographer with a talent for finding nuance in familiar subjects.
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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‘We were shovel-ready’: A Minnesota forest hit by DOGE cuts is now ablaze
Officials said losing out on the ability to do vital prevention work at a perilous time for the region hindered them from being as prepared as they could have been.
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I hope to see you, and this exhibition, soon.
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"...people spent $1.2 million on Polymarket during the Los Angeles fires, betting on questions specifically about them."
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 19/07/2026
Tips on staying healthy, keeping sane and getting through being socked in by smoke.
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Hey New York, we’ve survived decades of smoke. Here’s how - High Country News
Tips on staying healthy, keeping sane and getting through being socked in by smoke.
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This is just such a brutal report. Sending empathy and hopes of rain, calm winds, and the safety of all involved.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 17/07/2026
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources pilot Jake Willis has been fighting the fires at 10,000 feet in a Cessna fitted with a specialized sensor that can pick out hotspots even through dense walls of smoke.
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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Arizona freelance photographers reject new Wall Street Journal contract, say the contract would make their work vulnerable to use in AI training www.azpm.org/p/headlines/...
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Arizona freelance photographers reject new Wall Street Journal contract
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 14/07/2026
How do you evacuate a 1 million-acre wilderness? The U.S. Forest Service closed the Boundary Waters early Tuesday after numerous lightning-started forest fires gained strength amid a brutal heat wave. Rangers are paddling lake to lake to clear campers.
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How do you evacuate a 1 million-acre wilderness?
Rangers are paddling lake to lake to clear campers from the wilderness
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I hope everyone who share this image will read this article.
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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A project by photographer Daniella Zalcman shows the casual prevalence of goods made by prison labor in public and private spaces mississippitoday.org/2026/07/12/p...
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Products of US prison labor are all around us - Mississippi Today
These are photos of just some of the two dozen prison-made objects photographer Daniella Zalcman was able to track down using state prison industries catalogs and social media accounts.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
“We are liquidating the Earth’s natural capital. We are tearing down the biological library before we have even read the books. No amount of economic growth can compensate for the loss of a self-sustaining biosphere.” — E.O. Wilson
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"If the government can deter people from sharing news reports through threats of investigation or prosecution, it can undermine the public impact of journalism without ever censoring a newsroom directly."
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Tracy Barbutes @tracybarbutes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Firefighters this afternoon responded to a vegetation fire burning at a moderate-to-dangerous rate of spread just down the road - the #PriestFire. The fire burned adjacent to the Old Priest Grade between Moccasin and Big Oak Flat/Groveland, CA. Forward progress has now been stopped.
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