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No Photograph Is Innocent.
Why Street Photography Doesn't Exist (anymore) in 2025
Aug 6
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Bil Brown
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No Photograph Is Innocent.
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Photography is the Reflection of You Through the Mirror of Other People
My Mylar Portraits, Cohen’s Chamber, and the Elusive Art of Self
Aug 5
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Bil Brown
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Photography is the Reflection of You Through the Mirror of Other People
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July 2025
The (Photographic) Seer's Vow
We aren't just snapping away, we are invoking. What is beyond us.
Jul 29
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Bil Brown
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The (Photographic) Seer's Vow
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Image in Crisis Part 3: THE IMAGE AS WOUND
Barthes, Sontag, and some real photographers who speak of the Return of Mourning in a Post-Real World
Jul 24
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Bil Brown
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Image in Crisis Part 3: THE IMAGE AS WOUND
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FINAL CODA: Against Visual Language — Toward the Illegible Image
I did a series on The Image In Crisis. The last one comes out tomorrow. I wrote this after.
Jul 23
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Bil Brown
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FINAL CODA: Against Visual Language — Toward the Illegible Image
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The Image in Crisis Part 2: PHOTOGRAPHY AS PRESENCE
Let the Pictures Take You: Charles Harbutt, Aliveness, and the Collision Between World, Body, and Machine
Jul 22
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Bil Brown
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The Image in Crisis Part 2: PHOTOGRAPHY AS PRESENCE
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NO KINGS/Pussy Riot
Read the Substack
Jul 21
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Bil Brown
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NO KINGS/Pussy Riot
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The Image in Crisis Part 1: THE IMAGE AS SPECTACLE
What if Susan Sontag wrote On Photography in 2025: Performativity, Content Fatigue, and the Politics of Refusal
Jul 21
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Bil Brown
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The Image in Crisis Part 1: THE IMAGE AS SPECTACLE
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When Pussy Riot Says “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Russia,” Believe Them
This was no catchy slogan—it was a diagnosis. (words and images by Bil Brown)
Jul 21
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Bil Brown
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When Pussy Riot Says “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Russia,” Believe Them
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February 2025
Our News Has Been (Just a Little Bit) Fucked, How Do We Protect Photography
The Press Under Siege: Trump’s Ongoing Assault on Journalism and the Rise of AI-Generated Media Undermine and Question Photography as a Truth-Based…
Feb 14
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Bil Brown
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Our News Has Been (Just a Little Bit) Fucked, How Do We Protect Photography
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Failure is not an option, it's a necessity.
Lost this Substack, got it back this is the post at the other one and you can have it now too. I failed so hard I WON.
Feb 14
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Failure is not an option, it's a necessity.
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September 2022
Bill Klein Is Dead. Long Live William Klein, We Need The Tenacity of Photography. Now.
The Prerequisite of Visual Criticism To Photography
Sep 13, 2022
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Bil Brown
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Bill Klein Is Dead. Long Live William Klein, We Need The Tenacity of Photography. Now.
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