sbphoto

sbphoto

@sbiessel.com

Photographer, wanderer, and house cat manager in Omaha, NE, USA. I'm interested in documenting human-altered landscapes, land use, urban sprawl, or whatever I find on walks. No AI. he/his Works at https://sbiessel.com/

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Primetime review: A circular firing squad of predators holds a mirror up to society. The movie feels all the more prescient given the upcoming livestream of an execution. 8.5/10. One of my faves of the year.

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I crouched in the vacant industrial lot across from Fantasies and cackled in the misty dark as the yellow foil smiley face balloon freed itself from the razor wire and hung for a moment in the buzzing pink neon glow of the strip club marquee before fleeing south into the chemical smoke.

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Coming this winter: Flyover Trash is a collection of trash and detritus from America’s flyover country. A photo zine that Henry Kissinger would bomb if he wasn’t dead. #FlyOverTrash #Photography

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Cover: High-ranking military officers examine a model B-52 bomber at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska, in 1954. US Air Force General Curtis LeMay, left, later advocated for a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam. US Air Force photo.

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John F
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London Tube station vista #widelux kodak 500T #filmphotography #panorama #panos #photography

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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

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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...

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I can picture the place I left a shot roll of film in Duluth, MN. Here's to the pictures we'll never see.

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"Nostalgia is cheap, and plenty of films peddling it have died on the vine. No, what sets BACK TO THE FUTURE apart is not that it is nostalgic, but that it grasps nostalgia as a production, a site of labor. It doesn’t remember the past; it re-manufactures it, to spec, on a studio lot."

brightwalldarkroom.comBack to the Future (1985): A Nice Place to LiveWhat sets Back to the Future apart is not that it is nostalgic, but that it grasps nostalgia as a production, a site of labor.
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Pride parade. Omaha, NE. July 2026. Omaha has it's pride parade in July due to the College World Series. #Omaha #Pride

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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.

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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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Victor Scherbakov
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Ok, I'm going to repost some works of my early days as a photographer. Few people scroll my gallery that far. But there's some interesting stuff there, and a vision I no longer have. #photography #streetphoto #streetphotography #bw #blackandwhite #bnw #monochrome #classicmono September 2007

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There's a lot of complexity buried in this one. Many unhoused folks previously lived around the lot and the nearby train tracks. The area was recently mowed disturbing several of those shelters. North Downtown is also growing, which may soon fill in this lot with new development.

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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

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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