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Hi, everyone! I entered my photo of the woman kiss

Hi, everyone! I entered my photo of the woman kissing a pigeon in Union Square Park to this annual competition, and now I need you all to vote for it! No account needed, you just need to type the title, Pigeons in the Park, into the search bar, as pictured here in this screenshot, and click the blue vote button! Number of votes will appear next to the heart icon. Thank you in advance! You can vote up until the 20th. One vote per person per day until then is what's allotted.

Here is the link: https://envisionkindness.us.launchpad6.com/ourworldiskind2022/entries?fbclid=IwAR0wpaIU1jLNWM4SpBPv_7DJ0vi_jL1cPpHk3sxhb4Vqi-NWyOFR8a7n9Fs

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#photographer #pennsylvaniaphotographer #photography #naturephotography #animalphotography #colorphotography #dslr #digitalphotography #canon #85mm #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc #newyorkcitylife #manhattan #bigapple #citythatneversleeps #urbanphotography #urbanlife #urbantourism #urbantravel #art #fineartphotography #photography #fineartphotographer #streetphotography #streetphotographer #candidphotography #canon #canonphotography #lseries

I spent an hour touring Tribeca when I was last in

I spent an hour touring Tribeca when I was last in New York. I don’t actually have a favorite neighborhood or section of Manhattan. I like them all equally. But my favorite aspect of New York on the whole would be that it’s a patchwork of residents from all over the world. Having friends from other countries makes life more interesting and I love hearing about their journeys to the US—Margaret told me her immigration story a few months ago and Galina told me part of hers last week.

Even though I'm mainly there to see and photograph friends, exploring by yourself is a great pastime when you’re in NYC. When you’re alone, you can listen in on people talking. I don’t mean intrusively—I can’t understand their conversations anyway. I mean the actual flow of speech. The foreign languages, if you’re hearing several at once, converge like estuaries blending into a body of water and cascade over your eardrums.

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#newyork #newyorkcity #nyc #newyorkcitylife #manhattan #tribeca #bigapple #citythatneversleeps #urbanphotography #urbanlife #urbantourism #urbantravel #art #fineartphotography #photography #fineartphotographer #streetphotography #streetphotographer #candidphotography #canon #canonphotography #lseries

People: “You can’t get lost in Manhattan. It’s a perfect grid until you get down to around 14th street or so. The avenues run North and South. The streets run East and West. Very simple.”

Me: *logically understands all of this and gets lost walking around the Upper East Side anyway.*

But look at St. Patrick’s cathedral! We’d driven past it before but never stopped. I had no idea how beautiful it was on the inside! The rest of these scenes were shot around the same vicinity, in the late morning, a couple weeks ago.

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#newyork #newyorkcity #nyc #newyorkcitylife #manhattan #uppereastside #bigapple #citythatneversleeps #urbanphotography #urbanlife #urbantourism #art #fineartphotography #photography #fineartphotographer #streetphotography #streetphotographer #candidphotography #canon #canonphotography #lseries

Second batch of sheep photos! 🐏 #PAphotography

Second batch of sheep photos! 🐏

#PAphotography #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniaphotographer #photography #naturephotography #animalphotography #blackandwhitephotography #idyllic #rurallife #ruralliving #farmscenes #ruralscenes #ruralphotography #countryside #countrylife #agriculture #colorphotography #dslr #digitalphotography #canon #85mm

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Went out shooting around the Schwenksville area ye

Went out shooting around the Schwenksville area yesterday, not far from me, in the hopes of finding some idyllic scenes to upload to my website. The horses didn’t want to be bothered, but these sheep showed a decent amount of interest and were willing to pose rather adorably. Look at the newborn lamb, he or she still had the umbilical cord attached. ❤️

#PAphotography #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniaphotographer #photography #naturephotography #animalphotography #blackandwhitephotography #idyllic #rurallife #ruralliving #farmscenes #ruralscenes #ruralphotography #countryside #countrylife #agriculture #colorphotography #dslr #digitalphotography #canon #85mm

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Another great street performer! His name is Baron

Another great street performer! His name is Baron Sydney.

#newyork #newyorkcity #manhattan #upperwestside #centralpark #bigapple #citythatneversleeps #urbanphotography #urbanlife #strawberryfields #art #artists #fineartphotography #photography #fineartphotographer #streetphotography #streetphotographer #candidphotography #canon #blackandwhitephotography

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Don’t you just love to see people busking? Stree

Don’t you just love to see people busking? Street performances of any kind exude the candid, carefree energy so sorely lacking in a society bogged down by anxiety, stress, and more often than not, the need to put on a façade. Art comes from the soul and it can take a lot for people to bare the raw emotion that is integral to any type of creativity.

This is one of the many aspects of New York I miss a lot when I’m at home. When I see someone singing or dancing, I just have to photograph it and take a minute to stand there and observe. New York is an incredible sensory experience on all fronts. Even though everything in a metropolis moves at a very fast pace, when I’m there, I take my time. I try not to be one of those obnoxious tourists who exclaims, “Wow! Look at that!” in reference to every sight, but I usually end up doing just that. I can’t help it. The atmosphere of the city gives you a heightened awareness. Everything feels amplified. To fully appreciate the experience, you have to pause and allow it to seep into your being, intertwine itself with the fibers of your personhood.

#newyork #newyorkcity #manhattan #upperwestside #centralpark #bigapple #citythatneversleeps #urbanphotography #urbanlife #strawberryfields #art #artists #fineartphotography #photography #fineartphotographer #streetphotography #streetphotographer #candidphotography #canon #blackandwhitephotography

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Touring Philly, part three. #streetphotography #

Touring Philly, part three.

#streetphotography #streetphotographer #canon #lseries #art #photography #fineartphotography #urbanphotography #urbanlife #philly #philadelphia #cityofbrotherlylove

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Touring Philly, part two. Not sure about the bus t

Touring Philly, part two. Not sure about the bus that had "Do not touch, waiting for FEMA" spray-painted on it. That was sitting in an abandoned lot behind an apartment complex in Manayunk. Rather ominous.

#streetphotography #streetphotographer #canon #lseries #art #photography #fineartphotography #urbanphotography #urbanlife #philly #philadelphia #cityofbrotherlylove

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Touring Philadelphia on Easter Sunday is kind of a

Touring Philadelphia on Easter Sunday is kind of a tradition. That was skipped last year because things are so bad in that area. Not that conditions have improved at all—there were forty-five shootings in the city between Thursday and Saturday. But I was glad to risk it; tradition is tradition, and even though in some ways I prefer New York, I do miss my own city quite terribly at times, and you all know I don’t have much interest in anything suburban or rural. Philadelphia has a very special significance as our great nation’s birthplace. I still maintain hope that new leadership will take over and restore it to what it once was.

#streetphotography #streetphotographer #canon #lseries #art #photography #fineartphotography #urbanphotography #urbanlife #philly #philadelphia #cityofbrotherlylove

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Look at this—my new website is officially up and

Look at this—my new website is officially up and running! So far, there are one hundred of my best images uploaded, and I’ll upload more as I take them. (These are solely artistic photos; I’m keeping my rally/political photos as a separate project) https://oliviabraccio.com/ Clickable link in bio! This is a screenshot of the gallery page, the link will take you to the home page. $6.95 flat-rate shipping! If anyone knows anyone who is trying to buy wall art, i.e., someone who just bought a house or is opening up an office space that needs to be decorated, please forward this link to them if you don’t mind.

#photography #photographer #fineart #wallart #art #streetphotography #naturephotography #beachphotography #fineartphotography #canon #canonphotography #urbanexploration #cityscapes

I met some sheep and a sheepdog today in the rural

I met some sheep and a sheepdog today in the rural area of Montgomery County. Wish the fence hadn’t been there. Probably should’ve used a smaller aperture so more of it would’ve been in focus.

#ruralliving #photography #PAphotography #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniaphotographer #naturephotography #idyllic #farmscenes #canonphotography #canon #ruralphotography #montgomerycountyphotography #blackandwhitephotography #colorphotography #dslr #digitalphotography

A saxophonist in Times Square. #streetphotography

A saxophonist in Times Square.

#streetphotography #newyorkcity #canon #canonphotography

These were taken with my new wide-angle which I’

These were taken with my new wide-angle which I’m really loving. I bought it specifically for New York and it did not disappoint. I liked the one of the guy drinking out of a cup while looking at the camera from the food truck. Didn’t notice him there until later. A lot of the time, candid shots are more interesting than posed both for the viewer and the photographer; since they have to be done so quickly with little time to prepare or review, I often don’t notice the details of these pictures until I examine them later at home.
New York street photography is complicated because it's been done by everyone; it's the most photographed city in the world so in order to do it correctly you have to try to put your own unique angle on it and find the things that stand out.

#newyorkcity #streetphotography #canon #lseries

This woman feeding (and kissing) the pigeons yeste

This woman feeding (and kissing) the pigeons yesterday in Union Square was the best sight of my life. When she saw that I was photographing her, she got the pigeon’s mouth away from hers and said to me, very softly, “they’re smarter than most people, you know.” I didn’t respond because, well, what could I even say? I can’t really explain why that was such a surreal and profound moment. All I could think was, imagine if I hadn’t been born yet. Imagine if I’d already died. Imagine if I’d stayed home today. Imagine if I wasn’t within driving distance from New York. Imagine if she wasn’t in this park at the same time I was. Imagine if I had missed this.

#newyorkcity #streetphotography #canon

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