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Too close .. last night. The torch 🔥 lite my way around it.😎 @chestersimpson #spiders #webdesign #nature #outdoors
This year commemorates the 200th anniversary of the first photo taken in 1826. The World Photography Day is celebrated every…
Wonderful time on the best beaches on Ocracoke Island and the ferry ⛴️ @chestersimpson #ocracoke #summer #beaches
I’m at the Fig Festival currently going on Ocracoke Island today … @chestersimpson #ocracoke #festival #summer
Hanging out on Ocracoke Island 🏝️ today. @chestersimpson #ocracoke #summer #beach #island
Here’s Kid Courage - Eric Martin backstage at the Mabuhay Gardens in SF, CA in 1977. Years later, Eric went on to form his n…
Ocracoke Island beach with space available! Also, sitting in the 🏄 surf is a pleasure… 😎 @chestersimpson #ocracokeisland #…
Good Evening from Ocracoke Island @chestersimpson #ocracoke #summer #beach
Here’s SF Punk band Flipper during a photo session for Rolling Stone Magazine in 1983. Budweiser sponsored by ME.. @chesters…
James Chance & Anya Phillips photographed on assignment for NME, while hanging out in my SF apartment in 1981. She died of b…
“May you reach for the stars and turn your dreams into reality. Happy Birthday Daniel!” “Life is better with You.” “You’re m…
It was 48 years ago that the Cramps performed at the Napa State Mental Hospital- This was an eye-opening jaw-dropping, wild…
Here’s Photographer William Coupon with two of his favorite portraits hanging in Govinda Gallery in Washington, DC in 2005.…
“Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” - John Lydon - AKA - Johnny Rotten
Gas prices on May 1st outside of Richmond, VA .. $3.99 … 👀going up! 😎 @chestersimpson #gasprices #gas #fuel #iranianwar
Iggy Pop is one of Punk Rock’s bad boys turned 79 today, April 21. Here’s my iconic classic photos of Iggy Pop shot on assig…
Here’s the Ku Klux Klan Recruitment Rally, San Jose, CA on April 11, 1981, while protesters chanted “Death, death to the Kla…
Junkyard Boss in Los Angeles, CA in 1977 …😎 @chestersimpson #losangeles #junk #cars #boss
Good Morning from Lake O Woods.. time for kayaking and grilling today @chestersimpson #lake #spring #kayaking #sun
Looking at the cloud covered Pink Moon tonight over Lake O Woods 😎 @chestersimpson #moon #nightskies #fullmoon #pinkmoon
Good Evening from Lake O Woods in WV. @chestersimpson #lakeowoods #wv #spring #mountains #lake
Filling up with gas, I notice the Circus must be in town. Nope, someone placed photos of a clown 🤡 on the pump… @chestersim…
GIANTS..Art from the Dean Collection of Swiss Beatz and Alicia Keys presented at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmon…
Mutants performing at the Mabuhay Gardens in 1978. Photographed on assignment for Berkeley Barb magazine. @chestersimpson #m…
Jesse Jackson, a Baptist minster I first met in 1984 on the campaign tour in SF bay and again at National Airport in Washing…
Visited Boca Negra Canyon, located in Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico just to hike on trails to view petroglyphs…
Clouds transforming as we drive thru New Mexico this evening 😎 @chestersimpson #nm #travelphotography #scenery #clouds
Traveling down the roads of New Mexico..”Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow 🌈 connection - the lovers, the dreamers, and me…
Hiking thru the Canyons in Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico and exploring the ancient dwellings where Ancestral Puebl…