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Clay Williams

@ultraclay.bsky.social
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James Beard Award-Winning Photographer. Co-founder of Black Food Folks. Member, Diversify Photo, mpw.74. Occasionally Brooklyn, NYC. claywilliamsphoto.com

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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Moments in the Bay Area. San Francisco. May 2026. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Downtown Crowds. NYC. April 2026. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Proof that I made it outside during blossom season this year… Brooklyn, April 2026. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
How the sausage is made. I’ve always been interested in the kind of magic of cooking, turning one thing into another. #Butchery was one of my early subjects as a hobbyist first starting to document food and hospitality. Every now and again I get to go back to it. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 08/04/2026
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Took a tour of the old City Hall Station last week, brought my Hasselblad along. NYC. April 2026. Shot on Portra 800, pushed one stop. #believeinfilm 🎞️ #subway
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Walls in Brooklyn. Sunset Park & Park Slope. February 2026. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
What up doe… Streets of Detroit. January 2026. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Party shots from the 8it Awards last week. Kind of loving the vibe. Flash x film is working for me. Shot on #KodakGold, pushed two stops. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Indirect light was much more accurate than direct hard light. Will likely stick to bouncing light off ceilings and reflectors to keep things simple.
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Need to step up my color correction game if I shoot more food on film with lighting. Dishes shot with lighting on Ektar pushed two stops and digital on a 5DIV. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Experimented with shooting food on film with lighting recently and got wild results with color balance and contrast. Not all bad, not all good, but lessons learned, for sure.
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Visited the NYC Transit Museum for the first time in a million years today. Took the Hasselblad… #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The daily grind. Butchery was one of my first regular subjects when I was starting to shoot food. Had a chance to return to it earlier this month. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Stopped to take my camera out to photograph this truck. While I was framing it, this dude stopped, took his hood down and posed for me. After I waved that I got it, he nodded and walked away. Much better shot than the one I’d planned. Love those moments. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Inspired by the Seydou Keita show at @brooklynmuseum.org, I picked up some African textiles to use as backdrops for my portraits. Looking forward to trying them out in my sessions. Especially that deep indigo. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Portraits from Detroit earlier this week. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
It’s to self: Be sure your 120 film roll is tightly secured after the shoot… #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Stroll down Seventh Ave. Sunset Park, Brooklyn. January 2026. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Angola Road Trip. June 2024. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Chefs, in no particular order. Various locations. 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
A town called Natal. Gramado, Brazil. November 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Dusk in SoHo. New York. December 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Portraits at the Black Consciousness Festival last month. We stumbled on it while traveling and decided to stick around. Manaus, #Brazil. November 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Just got my film back from a month in #Brazil and I’m seriously questioning why I came home. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Portraits of Pastry Chef Camari Mick in my studio last month. Shot on my Hasselblad on #kodakgold and #HP5Plus. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
How many times is too many to run film through traditional x-rays? Planning out a trip where I’m going to have six flights and probably won’t be able to get around putting my film through the X-ray for any of them. Mostly 100 & 200 speed. #believeinfilm
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Up the Hudson River. Kingston, NY. October 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Washington City Paper @wcp.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Howard University’s Temples of Hope, Rituals of Survival: Gordon Parks and Black Religious Life is the first exhibit devoted to Gordon Parks’ images of Black American religious and spiritual life. Contributor Coley Gray talks with curator Dr. Melanee C. Harvey:
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Gordon Parks’ Photography Continues to Inspire Activism and Human Connection
Temples of Hope, Rituals of Survival is the first exhibit substantially devoted to Gordon Parks’ images of Black American spiritual life.
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Behind the bar. Philadelphia. October 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Food on Film. Some dishes from Monday in Philly. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Tourists in the City. New York. October 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Love a green backdrop. More portraits from Southern Smoke last weekend. Houston. October 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️ #portraits
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Food on Film. Last weekend at and around the Southern Smoke Festival. Houston. October 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Chef Portraits in the brush at Discovery Green last weekend. Houston, TX. October 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Reds & Blues. Sunset Park, Brooklyn. September 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Wandering around the Menil Collection on Sunday. Houston, TX. October 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Museum-hopping. Dallas, TX. September 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
This site has been acting up when I try to post images. Let’s see if it works better on the app…
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Sunset Park moments. Brooklyn. Summer 2024. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Fly your flag. Philadelphia. September 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
West Philly Mosque. #Philadelphia. September 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Markets of #SunsetPark. Brooklyn. 2020. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Hazy light in the West Village. NYC. September 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Garibaldi statue. Washington Square Park, NYC. September 2025. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Classic vibes on expired film. NYC. September 2025. Shot on ten year old Tri-X 400. (Metered at 320) #believeinfilm 🎞️
A Classic Car in the East Village. The mirror of a motor scooter with a row of Citibikes in the background. Cooper Station Post Office entrance with an art deco eagle over the door. Neon signs for a pool hall.
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Midtown Street Vendors. New York. September 2025. Shot on #hp5Plus #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Views of San Francisco. December 2022. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Outdoor dining. Philadelphia. 2021. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Bodega Shelves. Brooklyn. Spring 2024. #believeinfilm 🎞️
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