callakessler
@callakessler
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in case you need another reason to wear a mask. photo from Oct 2018, for The Washington Post. #TrumpCovid
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u know people always want celebrities to run them over? well serena williams just hit me with this ball and honestly I can’t thank her enough
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I was told I would ruin my career if I tried to take down a known sexual predator in the photo industry but I reported his ass anyway & now i’m working at the new york times lol :’).
Tell me about a time someone told you that you could not do something and you went ahead and succeeded out of spite.
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it’s wild to me that I could hop on a flight to Omaha and enter a parallel universe in which corona doesn’t exist and go to a bar without a mask.
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my fellowship at @nytimes ends in 10 days just so you guys know. if you want to hire me for some freelance in NYC, just know I am NOT opposed to that - in fact, I would welcome it, as my livelihood depends on it!.
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nebraska’s official measurement unit: enough to hold a square dance on.
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Marc Brown, the creator of the cartoon “Arthur” photographed for @nytimes 🤍 The last episode of the 25-year-old series airs this week. An integral part of my childhood was my mornings with Arthur. Thank you, Marc!.
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gm, i’m photographing the creator of my favorite cartoon Arthur for @nytimes this morning … dress for the job you want 😂😂😂
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thinking about the time serena williams accidentally served a ball during training and it hit me square on my inner thigh. honestly, 10/10 would let her do it again and next time harder.
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terrible take, and no credit to the photographers. just want that thread clout!.
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a project of which I’m immensely proud: featuring my hometown, my alma mater and a topic I’ve always cared about: PROM!!! Tender and hilarious words by @jazzedloon, edited by @thunderwooddd & visually produced by Eve Lyons ✨👑.
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Words cannot suffice how extremely shook & grateful I am right now. To be embraced & supported in the NFT space is such a gift. THANK YOU to these amazing collectors for investing in my artistic vision. More later…still processing 🤯😭 so much love.
🚨MAY WE HAVE YOUR ATTN PLEASE🚨.@TheCitizensDAO is happy to announce our first raid!. Congrats @callakessler, your collection has been raided by The Citizens!
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exicted to cover the Oscars this year for @nytimes!!.
This year's Oscar nominations will be announced on Monday morning. Here's what to expect.
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a trending auction on @withFND, all thanks to @TheCitizensDAO / shoutout to @chevy_pop for taking the bull by the horns on this one 🤠 . current bid: 1 ETH.
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inaccurate because our hair never looks that good on assignment.
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can’t believe im covering the oscars and no designer has offered to dress me. i’m going to have to shop at the mall like lana del ray.
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gm, the category is… LAYERS! 🤸 this photo is from a story I did on a college gymnastics team. show me your favorite compositionally layered photos, can be yours or anyone else’s. let’s get inspired!👇
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the day I made my first hard news photo, coming right out of my journalism class with tears in my eyes as the only place in town where my fake worked to get margs burned to the ground
Flames and thick, black smoke poured out of La Mexicana on April 13, 2015, as a fire gutted the building at 17th and P. Do you remember La Mex?
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you’re lookin at brooklyn’s newest 1bed apt lease holder after long mf last !!!!. now feel free to place your bids so I can keep it 💋
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gm gm gm ☀️ . mfw the @TheCitizensDAO raid started happening on my collection yesterday. 5 active bids + 1 more photo available (the crown jewel, as coined by @OmarZRobles) until I am officially sold out, and then I ugly cry 🥺.
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if you catch me eating a hot dog today, or even red white and blue jello cake, I assure you it’s NOT because I love this country or want to celebrate it. purely coincidental.
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if you still rely on Fox News as a primary news source, perhaps you should reconsider.
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men shoot naked women with flash & think they’re doing something special as if male photogs haven’t been objectifying women since the dawn of time. that art is hollow, and the people who buy/glorify literally have no taste. criticism is valid, & it doesn’t mean you’re good. lol.
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hosted my first twitter space & @swapdifferent came in with a bid on my most recent 1/1 on @withFND 🌐✨. a damn good friday night if you ask me! THANK YOU! 😶🌫️.
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THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU WAKE UP TO ONE SALE & TWO BIDS FROM AN ANON WALLET!!!!! what is going on!!!!! GM!!!!!!!!.
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imagine bragging about your father���s double impeachment.
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I was talking to a man today on assignment & I spotted a tick climbin up his shirt n I was like sir sorry to interrupt but there’s a tick on ur shirt & without missing a beat he grabs it, holds it until the convo is over & THEN places it on ground RIP but nebraskans r different.
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celebrities. they’re just like us!.
Priyanka Chopra is wearing her Louboutins in quarantine to feel 'a little bit more normal'
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you know airlines are on their knees when your checker bag weighs 51 pounds and they don’t even mention it.
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learning a lot about myself since I started freelance. like how I can do this. considering a career change to another pipe dream.
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counterpoint: I actually like seeing everybody’s spotify unwrapped 🥺.
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just coughed at LaGuardia bc I was choking on my crumbly ass nature valley bar. big mistake.
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I run by this rainbow in the park daily & I finally did a quick shoot with my friend Rhianna here this morn. No budget, about 20 min of shooting. Hire me.
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new hobby is taking a melatonin paired with a podcast (sleep timer on) and just see who gets there first.
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my mom made us go to xmas mass last night and during the sermon the priest literally told the church full of children their parents were santa claus. now THAT’S catholicism.
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my hot take is that I hate fireworks and I think July 4th is overrated.
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They came, they saw, they conquered. Immense gratitude to the 11 collectors who acquired works from my debut collection on @withFND. This has been a career highlight, & we are just getting started. @TheCitizensDAO . THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT. Almost sold out 🤞🔥
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✨texture✨. work from the latest Met photographed for @nytimes — fashion on the blockchain is the future.
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✨Newly listed work ✨ on @withFND, a portrait of a young cowboy in Nebraska. He was dragged through the mud by wild horses minutes before this photograph. See the whole collection👇.
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we need to be cognizant of whom we collectively onboard into the NFT space. esp when it comes to notoriously misogynistic male photographers. “good” work shouldn’t justify bad behavior. let’s leave behind those mistakes as we embrace web3. also invest in women photographers 💯.
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Nebraskans — please wear a mask! When I got back to NYC after two quarantined months in Omaha, it was a lifestyle adjustment. New Yorkers have been taking it seriously & we need to before it’s too late. If/when there’s a resurgence in the fall, we will be sorely equipped to deal.
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I think more womxn photogs should be covering the weinstein trial. that perspective is crucial. also, let’s stop referring to him on a first-name basis like he’s an old friend. it feels inappropriate. he is accused of rape.
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s/o to the pill for being my only proof of the passage of time.
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when I sell art, I buy art. Call me a Collector with a capital C! So honored to win my first @withFND auction & own this @stuartpalley masterpiece 🔥 . see the whole terra flamma collection below 👇 .
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i’ve had people block me on IG for talking about NFTs. people really hate to see artists make money. esp traditional gatekeepers. stay mad tho….
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they should hire me next time cuz these r trash pics lol.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released two new photographs of smiling Prince George ahead of his seventh birthday tomorrow. The photographs were taken by his mother at Anmer Hall, the family's Norfolk home, earlier this month. #HappyBirthday🎂 #royal
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my dad calling me this morning: “do you know Lana Del Ray? she was in Omaha last night. I looked her up on Google. From what I saw, I would’ve liked to see her show.”.
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sold! 😍😍😍 new floor is 2 ETH. wheeewww .
shoutout to @jmpailhon for starting my first secondary market auction, sold by original collector @bthemouth. we love to see a return on your investment! thank you Jean-Michel for your interest. 🤍✊. current bid: 1.25 ETH .
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Holding court in the west village. I am so happy to have stumbled across this scene today. 🐾
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💅🏼NEW AUCTION ALERT 💅🏼. thank you @jamison_dove for your bid, even though fashion work was not previously at the top of your collecting list. it’s awesome seeing people connect with new art. 🥺💕. current bid: 1.25 ETH 👇 .
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I turned to NFTs seeking something better than what I was getting in the editorial freelance world, where my hustle was undervalued & disrespected. To pretend the money isn’t exciting, would be to bullshit you. We know money grants us the freedom to do & create what we want.
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FINALLY I can share these photos!. I hung out with @DrewBarrymoreTV for @washingtonpost at the end of February, on set of her talk show. Drew is such a kind, charismatic soul — everything you’d expect. ✨🖤✨ . story by @misssoniarao 👇 .
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Tips for asking someone career advice online: 1) if you DM them, start by asking what method of correspondence is best. I prefer email. I never type a long response on my phone & my DM requests are usually deleted or unread. 2) SAY THANK YOU if you get a thoughtful response!.
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Hy-Vee in Nebraska - very busy but fully stocked and people are being very polite and deferential with their carts. lots of apologies abounding
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it was everything I hoped for and more. Thank you Marc! so excited to share the photos once the story publishes. 💛💙❤️ photo by @DAMELAVIE
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what was I doing at the start of this closing decade, you ask? holding it down as my high school’s most underrated point guard n rockin pink pearls at the freshman homecoming wby??
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set ups like these are daunting and unnecessary. I wouldn’t know how to use half that shit and could make a similar photo. why do we complicate things for no reason? lol.
[COVID-19 Virtual Cover Shoot] 📸. Shot remotely at Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX with photographer, @paridukovic in NYC. @GQMagazine | @PatrickMahomes
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i’m gunna tell my kids this was. the reality of working as a news photographer anywhere lol.
News photographers await the return of U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland to the witness table during the House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill today in Washington. | Photo J. Scott Applewhite
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photographed this afternoon, a spontaneous project that unfolded after I met some strangers at the dog park (I don’t have a dog, but I stay scouting) excited to share more 💕💓
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if my collection sells out, I promise to never do this dance again. stakes are high. 🤠 see you in 15 min for our Spaces!! .
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. I wish. people. would . STOP BLAMING ASTROLOGY FOR THEIR ACTIONS!!!!.
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I am not working on Thursday because @nytimes management refuses to meet union demands for a better contract. I encourage all my colleagues to do the same. be brave!!! this is how change happens.
Breaking--More than 1,000 newsroom workers at The New York Times warn management that they will hold a 24-hour strike on Thursday, Dec. 8, if the NYT & union don't reach a contract by then. Those Times employees haven't had a raise in more than two years.
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gm! it’s an affordable time to buy an expensive piece of art ;).
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I love when im working an event and a male photog tells me to move from my position unless i’m photographing, as I am setting up my strobe and remote. I would be willing to bet $100 he wouldn’t have said a word to me if I was a man.
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another dispatch from nebraska - a story i worked on publisher today. read it 🥺🐎.
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