New aerial photos expose fire’s devastation of the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota Photos by Anthony Souffle
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Independent photojournalist. Fine art photographer. Wildland wildfire certified. FAA drone pilot. Based near Yosemite, CA. Member @womenphotograph @nppa. All images ©️.
One more week to catch this thought-provoking exhibition at @monroegallery.bsky.social in Santa Fe, NM. youtu.be/YkhBcXh4hRQ
America The Beautiful
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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...
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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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.
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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Bob Hallinen's work was my biggest inspiration when I lived in Alaska. Rest in Peace. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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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"...people spent $1.2 million on Polymarket during the Los Angeles fires, betting on questions specifically about them."
High Country News@highcountrynews.org · 2w agoMy story on prediction market wildfire wagers exposed the gamification of natural disasters.
Tips on staying healthy, keeping sane and getting through being socked in by smoke.
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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This is just such a brutal report. Sending empathy and hopes of rain, calm winds, and the safety of all involved.
BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More@bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 3w agoCANADA: “Fires from coast to coast: A look at the wildfire situation across the country” www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/... - The Canadian Press #AirQuality #BCWildfire #Canada #CDNPoli #MBFire #NSFire #NWTFire #ONFire #Wildfires
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.
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/...
Arizona freelance photographers reject new Wall Street Journal contract
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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.
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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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...
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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“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
"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."
Monroe Gallery of Photography@monroegallery.bsky.social · 4w agoThe government wants to scare Americans out of sharing the news freedom.press/issues/the-g...
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.
These 48 images show key moments in the 250-year history of the United States www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Burning flags, busty blondes and bison skulls: 48 photographs that capture America at 250
From the gold rush to civil rights, the moon landing to 9/11, the US has always understood, mythologised and sold itself through the power of the still image
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Dear @monroegallery.bsky.social - Thank You for hosting independent photojournalist, Ryan Vizzions, tonight. Although I couldn't be there in person, I appreciated being a part of the event via Zoom. These conversations, your support of photographers, are invaluable and appreciated.
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‘I thought of her as a volcano’: the triumphant art and very troubling death of Ana Mendieta
Her shocking performances and stunning images made Mendieta the talk of the art world in the 1970s and 80s. Then she fell from a New York apartment block in 1985 – and her husband was charged with mur...
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Monroe Gallery presents a special Artist Talk in conjunction with the current exhibition "America The Beautiful". On July 2, Ryan Vizzions will discuss his independent photojournalism from Standing Rock to Minneapolis, register here monroegallery.com/gallery/virt...
National Guard troops keeping an eye on the fenced-off reflecting pool in DC last night. Photos: @leahmillis / @reuters
“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.” — Sir David Attenborough
The exhibition commemorates the 250th anniversary of the birth of the nation and of the American experiment, doing it in a way that shows a beautiful America with gorgeous vistas but also reveals a side that viewers might be less comfortable seeing monroegallery.com/news/press/s...
Stars and Strife: Monroe Gallery of Photography Exhibition...
Via PasatiempoBy Ania HullMay 22, 2026David Butow's photograph of "A protester at Ferguson police headquarters two nights...
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