Benjamin Grant

Obligatory late October fall color check in the neighbourhood. Its been a dry one. #photography #landscapephotography #naturephotography #fall #fallcolors #wawx

I wanted Marc Asnin on the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast because he believes photography is public memory. His new book, "Act One" asks what happens when you gather so many visions and voices into one big story. It’s a chance to reflect on what we’re actually witnessing right now.

Good morning, sunshine. #wawx #aqi #photography #naturephotography #landscapephotography #wildfires #pnw

Hoy #photography #sky #outdoors #nature #clouds #sunrise #mist

I used to live and surf at a beach frequented by great white sharks. The one time I was in the water near a pod of Orca was vastly more fear-inducing because of the prospect of them fucking me up just for _fun_ ...

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#SilentSunday

Sometimes it snows in April. #photography #landscapephotogtraphy #mountain #wawx

One can never have too many photo books. An immediate yes when the Kickstarter launched and now its in our hands. The Colorado Way, by @mattpaynephoto.bsky.social #landscapephotography #naturefirst #nlpa

Clouds lifting after the storm, lower cascades. These mid to low elevation snowforms will start shedding from steeper aspects almost immediately with continued exposure to the sun and rising temps. #pnw #cascades #wawx #landscapephotography #mono #bw

An leth-allt / lower lealt falls Isle of Skye Short hike down stairs and dodgy trail, with the remains of salmon smokehouses and a diatomite processing building on the beach. #scotland #skye #photography #landscapephotography

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Regardless of one’s feeling about it, such a public response to a political leader is news, and deliberately failing to mention it is self-censorship. It’s like if reporters agreed not to report on the man who threw a shoe at George Bush. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"Morning Fog, Monument Valley". I've been to Monument Valley three times and it never ceases to amaze. This photo was made with an Agfa Isoly camera that has an inverted lens swiped from a #Holga.

Snoqualmie Valley Swamp #photography #naturephotography #wawx #flooding #snoqualmie #svt #landscapephotography

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

"There's a texture to grief very few examine. People talk about the loud grief—the kind of grief that shatters your soul and rattles your cage of will—but there's another kind of grief that's rarely explored. " sightlessscribbles.com/the-coloniza...

organic gold #photography #naturephotography #decay #nature #pnw #duff #soil #microhabitat #leavetheleaves

Campsie Glen temperature inversion, Scotland. We have had very few of these so far in the last 3 months. Wind and rain have been the order of the day and that looks to be the case for a while yet. #throughmyeyes #landscape #fogscape #scotland #nikonzf

Snoqualmie River, meeting of three forks, flood stage 3 #photography #landscapephotography #kingcounty #flood

Some people (not me) use Sunday morning to catch up on their politics, so here was my Say No to AI piece from this week for that. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

Beinn Eighe, Wester Ross #photography #landscapephotography #torridon #scotland

Loch Leven (Loch Lìobhann), Lochaber, Scotland #scape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #scotland #fall #glencoe #lochaber #highlands

“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938 zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context

After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run. We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader. If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇

Salix aka willow trees captured in northern Michigan during the fall. High-key b+w processing for lightweight Japanese washi paper. #photography #naturephotography #landscapephotography #bw #mono #salix #michigan #fall #washi #awagami

A scene that I have photographed many times before. But the forked tree always asks so nicely. #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #woodland

Gravity Well, 2025 [excerpt; ongoing project] #photography #naturephotography #abstractphotography #icm #longexposure

Goodbye, Spotify. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The Oatmeal’s take on AI art. “When I consume Al art, it also evokes a feeling…until I find out that it’s Al art. Then I feel deflated, grossed out, and maybe a little bit bored. This feeling isn’t a choice.” [theoatmeal.com]

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

ye olde fall single leaf motif #photography #fall #naturephotography #landscapephotography

Took a break from the ongoing chicanery and vandalism to visit Diné Bikéyah. #bnw #photography #dsw

Sights along the way. #photography #abstract #splitboarding #snowscape

11 20 24 Cape Disappointment #photography #mono

Details Landmannalaugar Iceland

Moonset Costa Rica #photography

Pareidolia. The tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one detects an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none.

Step out into the PNW rain and you may find some mixed light trailside with a few maple sapling leaves still hanging on, amongst conifer, ferns and understory yet to be bitten by the first hard freeze. Ira Spring Trail.