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Blue

Amanda Powell July 16, 2024

A simple kind of blue,

Collected, released, dispersed.

Allowed to exist in many states, and not end.

Blue feels hopeful. Blue feels… simply eternal.

Even when things around are complicatedly finite.

In art, nature, single shot Tags art, water, bellinghamphotographer, washingtonphotographer, artist, nature photography, macro photography
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Alternate

Amanda Powell July 12, 2024

Mountains as the backdrop of a lake, or a small tide pool? ;-)

In art, nature, single shot Tags water, reflections, pnwphotography, washingtonphotographer
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Summer Rise

Amanda Powell July 10, 2024

Summer,

descended like a daze on my mind

a shapeshifting todo list,

a lack of clarity…

but at least, a capacity for color.

In art, nature, single shot Tags summer sun, sunrise, mountains, red, sky, bellinghamphotographer, washingtonphotographer
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Ahead

Amanda Powell July 8, 2024

Something a bit different, from a styled shoot I was invited to back in April.

In art, editorial, single shot Tags styled, portrait of a woman, color, Washington state, washington photographer, water
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Daze

Amanda Powell July 3, 2024

Along the highway, June.

In art, Black & White, nature, single shot Tags pnw art, daisy, black & white, black and white fine art photography, Bellingham Wa, bellingham artist, natural art, nature
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the catastrophe

Amanda Powell July 2, 2024

Now I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern. ― Frank O'Hara

In art, Black & White, single shot, travel Tags trees, blackandwhite, pnw, pnwphotographer, pnwartist, bellinghamartist, bellinghamphotographer, square, evergreen, tree, mist
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Pretending

Amanda Powell July 2, 2024

Pretending I was

Across the sky

Riding clouds of thunder

Till the weight of collected burdens

Dropped me.

And I on the ground,

No longer light

But clinging wet and heavy to the earth

Till time separated me and

I was light Enough

to rise and pretend again.

In art, Black & White, Personal, single shot Tags bellingham artist, poetry, Washington artist, blackandwhite, selfportrait, clouds, sky, ground, trees, abstract, composite image
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Archived Daisies

Amanda Powell June 13, 2024

2021, Rental House in Bellingham

Something audacious about making this image monochrome, when the sky was the brightest blue, and the greens, shocking. We find little acts of rebellion everywhere ;-)

In art, nature, single shot Tags garden, daisies, blackandwhite, bellinghamphotographer, washingtonphotographer, grow
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Yellow

Amanda Powell June 11, 2024

Our pasture is currently covered in these. A weed, but so pretty and such a nice color.

In art, nature, single shot Tags flower, pnw, pnw photographer, nature shot, nature photography, green, yellow
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5:45am

Amanda Powell June 10, 2024

AM, 5:45.

A place in time alone

All things just beginning again.

A rekindling of light.

In art, nature, single shot Tags sunrise, whatcom county, bellinghamphotographer, washingtonphotographer, Washington sunrise, washington artist, washington forests, pnw, pnw art, pnw photographer, trees, evergreen
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Amanda Powell June 7, 2024

For [you] the sun shines; for [me] the moon and the stars. -Hermann Hesse

In art, Personal, single shot Tags self portrait, blue, portrait, abstract, abstract photography, abstract portraits, bellinghamwa, bellinghamartist, Washington artist
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adieu spring

Amanda Powell June 5, 2024

A transitional season, with all colors on display. The northwest might just be heading into Summer, finally.

In nature, single shot, travel Tags sunset, mountains, sumas mountain, clouds, weather, pnwphotographer, Bellingham art, travel, sky, Bellingham artist, Whatcom county, washington artist
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Garden Golden Hour

Amanda Powell June 5, 2024

Asparagus @ f/1.4

In art, nature, single shot Tags garden, golden hour, pnw, asparagus, sunflare, f1
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Atmospheric River

Amanda Powell June 3, 2024

This week I’m coming at you with all the Aquarius vibes. Clouds, water, air, space. A balance of lightness and weight.

Actually, I’m not too sure how that’s different from normal ;-)

In art, nature, single shot, travel Tags weather, bellingham photographer, Washington photographer, lake padden, water, sky, Aquarius
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Details #4- Aquamarine

Amanda Powell May 31, 2024

Hope, glistening by the side of a forest road.

In art, nature, single shot Tags details, water, bokeh, Bellingham artist, bellingham photographer, shapes, abstract photography, nature photography
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Details #2 Light Catcher

Amanda Powell May 28, 2024

For whatever reason, I’m fascinated by this building downtown. It’s weird, and interesting, and not really that photogenic, and yet, I keep finding angles I love, beautiful lines, shapes worth sharing.

I feel this way deeply about people too. So often, despite our progressive perspective, we overlook the details and thus, miss out on the diverse beauty that exists both externally and internally. We’ve got our narrow definitions, not realizing life is kind of more of a thesaurus, and less of a dictionary. We’re still doing what we’ve done for millennia.

Our inability to see nuance robs us of the richness found in who we encounter day to day.

Sure we’ve got some assholes in this lovely world of ours. And we all get irritated at the people who seem to have it all and whistle about it. I’d argue we need those people to show up too, just to keep us understanding where the parameters are, flowing in and out of all the in between.

In single shot, travel Tags Whatcom museum, Whatcom county, bellingham washington, downtown bellingham, geometry, clouds, sky, light catcher building, architecture, Washington museums
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Details #1-Little Marvel

Amanda Powell May 27, 2024

All the flowers
Would have very extra-special powers
They would sit and talk to me for hours
When I'm lonely in a world of my own..

-Kathryn Beaumont

In art, nature, single shot Tags garden, pnw, pnwphotographer, washington artist, Washington garden, washington photography, Washington artist, green, peaflower, earth, macro photography
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Archived Equine

Amanda Powell May 24, 2024

Kentucky, 2017

In art, People & Animals, single shot Tags horse, low key, horse photography, animal, bellingham washington, bellingham photographer, Washington photographer, moody, horse fine art
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soft sunday

Amanda Powell May 23, 2024

Small and driven and colorful. And just what it needs to be.

In art, nature, single shot Tags nature photo, bellingham washington, spring, sunset, flight, rainbow coloring, trees
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College Town Whimsy

Amanda Powell May 21, 2024

A Bellingham vignette for your Tuesday.

In art, single shot, streetphotography Tags streetphotography, details, Bellingham Wa, Washington photographer, Bellingham photographer, Pedro pascal, Danny Devito, actors, westcoast, College town, Western washington, house
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