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Detroit, MI photographer and graphic designer I like cats and dopamine Everything is anxiety https://www.becklo.com

The sun in the sky, glowing red because of all the wildfire smoke in the air.
Third Man Records building in Detroit, Michigan. A large stylized antenna with three figures on front is on the roof of the building with electric bolts coming out of it.
A vintage metal sign that says, "Warning Underground Cable" and below that, "Before digging in this vicinity call toll free, Michigan Bell Tel. Co., Tel 800-482-7171"
A plastic decorative skeleton rests on a metal garden chair with its skull resting on its right arm. It's wearing a red fez and is placed next to purple flowers in front of a brick wall.
A man in a black shirt and denim vest covered in pins stands against a bright magenta wall, looking at his phone. Behind him on the wall is a poster that says "Ghostly Burgers & Fries" with an illustration of a walking ghost shaped like a burger walking through a cemetery.
Paper poster on an electrical box that says, "It's ok, you are still growing."
A gray Nissan Pathfinder with a Mississippi license plate that says WUTUPDO. The plate is framed with a Detroit Lions plate holder that covers the word Mississippi except for the bottom of its stylized s's. The car is in the right lane of eastbound I-94 at the Cass Avenue overpass in Detroit. The Woodward Ave / John R exit is up ahead.
An old orange boat sits in a driveway surrounded by overgrown foliage.
A photo of a tall Hooters sign, an even taller Red Roof Inn sign, and power lines going across a blue sky.
A scenic suburban residential road that only has one lane each way. The trees on each side of the road are lush green and the sky is a brilliant blue.
A red brick paved sidewalk with black bricks laid out within to create a diamond pattern.
A photo of a person walking across Second Street in Midtown Detroit. The Fisher Building can be seen in the background.
A person at Combo Breaker with their back toward the camera and their arms behind them, with their left hand grasping their right wrist. They are wearing a pink t-shirt that says "Pinball Pete's Amusement" with a pink elephant highlighted in blue in the center. Below that, it says "East Lansing" and "Ann Arbor."
An art deco themed building with a large vertical sign that says "HARPOS"
A man with black rimmed glasses and hair that spikes up a bit at the top looks at the camera with a small smile.
A man stands shirtless on a stage wearing a backpack. The backpack has a corgi inside, sticking his head out. The man is facing away from the camera, toward a large projector screen that shows him from a front view. He is holding a purple video game controller in his right hand.
A group of a dozen or so people standing in a line in a convention hall behind a large white sign that has the word "WHEEL" written on it in permanent marker.
The back of a man's shirt that has a frog on it and the words "I GOTTA PISS"
A pole at a rest area that's covered in stickers. In the center is a sticker that says, "Henry Kissinger" and "November 29, 2023" in alternating colors in Comic Sans.
A view of a mural of whales on a skyscraper building in Downtown Detroit. The view is from inside a baseball park on a dreary, stormy night.
A black cat with orange-green eyes looks at the viewer as his right paw stretches out as if to touch the viewer. A dark tortoiseshell cat stands near him on the floor, looking up at a window.
A teenage boy stands on a yellow and red fire hydrant. He is wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans. His right arm is parallel to his body and his left hand rests on his stomach. There is a vibrant sunset behind him that is a dark purple to peachy shade of pink at the top and gradually becomes a vibrant yellow closer to the horizon. The blue of headlights from a car passing by is the best indication that the dark space to the right is a road. In the background is the silhouette of the Ambassador Bridge leading to Windsor, Ontario, Canada. There are multiple semi trucks on the bridge.
Tell him i absolutely remember. we were friends when we lived in detroit would have been 60s. hope he is doing well
A matchbook cover laying flat on a blue fabric with silver lines and petal shapes. The long half has a white pin-up girl sitting with her arms resting behind her head. She is wearing a short blue skirt with white polka dots and a red and white striped bikini top. Her brown hair is curled at her shoulders and she's wearing a bow in her hair that matches her skirt. Below her in blue text is "CALL TO ARMS" and above the used match striking spot is the text, "Strater-Beitzel Co. Detroit, Mich" The other half of the matchbook says, in blue text, "LOCKE LUMBER COMPANY Pingree 1860, 14701 E. Seven Mile Rd. Detroit, Mich."
A blurry tortoiseshell cat is on top of a black cat whose green eyes are angry and his mouth is open like he's screaming.
A tortoiseshell cat and a black cat sit next to each other on a beige pet bed.
The entrance to Star Theatre at night. A large red sign says "STAR THEATRE" above a line of warm toned light bulbs. Large red doors mark the entrance. A group of people stand to the left, mostly cast in darkness as they are backlit by the entrance lights.
A crowd of people march east on Michigan Avenue at Washington Boulevard in Detroit during an emergency protest following the ICE murder of Renee Good in Minneapolis. A large apartment building has an eight story tall advertisement on the side that says, "Detroit voted for CLARITY. It's time for the Senate to ACT."
A baby doll head is inside a vintage lamp on a table next to a small red Christmas tree and a silver glittery reindeer. The table cloth has a repeating pattern of a smiling moon wearing a party hat, bats, and stars.
A zoomed in grid in Affinity Designer 2 with a purple gradient background, white circles, and six lines in pinks, purples, and blues at a 45 degree angle from top right to bottom left.
A panoramic photo of the sky. It is darker blue on the left and becomes a warmer yellow on the right. On the bottom are the tops of trees. Most of them are bare or have lost the majority of their leaves.
A Sigmund Freud action figure stands in front of a pink background holding a cigar in his right hand. Propped up in his left arm is a wrapped Tampax regular tampon that is as tall as he is.
A fluffy tabby cat with a white face and chest loafs on a gray floor next to white cabinetry and a white garbage can. A white heating vent is directly behind her. Her name is Popcorn.
"Underachiever" in pink, yellow, blue, and green alternating letters. Each letter is positioned higher or lower than the next. The background is purple. There are small yellow diamond sparkles in various spots. "becklo.com" is in light purple at the bottom.
A man wearing a black T-shirt, pink denim jeans, a gold and burgundy scarf, and sunglasses at dusk waves an enormous (I want to say it was 8" tall000000flag named Big Bertha at a Detroit City Football Club match at Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Michigan. The flag has three horizontal stripes: burgundy on top and bottom and gold in the middle. In the center of the gold stripe is the Detroit City FC crest (the Spirit of Detroit) painted in burgundy.
A wide angle closeup photograph of a bronze donkey statue's face and neck. The photo is in black and white. The donkey, named Artie, is the only exhibit you can touch at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Spots along Artie's body show complete wear from nearly a century of being touched by museum visitors. He is on display to show the effects of touching artwork and I can personally say it's a good way to remember that lesson.
A long exposure photograph of two people on a Dance Dance Revolution machine. Some aspects are blurry and some are in focus. The lens was zoomed out during the exposure so there are trails of light coming out of the machine.
A brown cork coaster on a hardwood table. The coaster is a flower with eight symmetrical petals and four thin, dark brown lines intersecting in the center. The lines tragically look like a crudely sketched puckered anus.
A tortoiseshell cat lays on the sidewalk with her back facing the camera. She is looking up at a tree with green leaves. A row of suburban houses and trees with various shades of green, yellow, and red line the street.
A black and white photograph between two sections of a concrete highway bridge, one section for each direction of traffic. The view is from under the bridge at night. There are sharp shadowed angles from how the light hits the T-shaped concrete pillars. Ripples in the water below show water movement. There are two thin shadows being cast on the water's surface from the two sides of the bridge.
Silhouettes of palm trees against an orange and blue gradient sky at dusk. A large four lane road is in the foreground. A speed limit sign says 35 mph.
A photograph of a laptop screen showing the post thread this is replying to, next to a tall white coffee mug that says "DAD JOKE PRO" with each letter in a different color.
A string of yellow tinted, conical lights are hung over a fire pit at sunset. The sky is a beautiful gradient of red, orange, yellow, and violet. Silhouettes of plants are sticking up from the ground behind the fire pit.
Two graffiti paintings on a cinder block wall of turtles, each with an S on the head and ARS on the shell.
A photograph of a lit candle in a glass jar with a pumpkin design on it. Behind the candle is a calico cat soap dispenser that's illuminated only by the candle.
no cap i try unless i actively don't respect them
A red Buick Lacrosse with a white and blue Michigan license plate that says "AHEGAO"
A white tent that says "Majic" on the top in blue with a blue trim along the top that says "Built for you. Built for a lifetime." in white. A vertical banner inside the tent is showing through and the blurry details of an old white man in a suit can be seen.
A house on a corner with a crooked stop sign and a lawn that's starting to get too long. The sun hasn't risen yet and the air is foggy. A streetlight illuminates the center of the photograph. Detroit, Michigan
A calico cat named Piquette peers through a window cutout from inside a box. The exterior design on the box is a replica of the Costco food court menu, offering hot dogs, pizza, and beverage. An image of a white cat on the left is wearing a chef's hat and a red bowtie, and on the right is a white cat licking its lips while wearing a white handkerchief with hearts on it.
A framed print of an abstract painting called "Off The Grid," featuring colorful patterns and textures. A red orange sun is in the upper right hand corner. Painted paper cranes are flying across the canvas.
A crosswalk signal on Grand River in Detroit. The sky is full of fluffy clouds and the horizon is tinted a pastel shade of orange as the sun is rising.
A photograph of Como's Restaurant in Ferndale, Michigan from 2005. It's a beige building with a red awning that says "Como's" in white above the entrance. On the side of the building are paintings of flowers and vines. The classic neon sign says "Como's" in red neon with "RESTAURANT" printed below it in black. There's a red neon star on top of the sign. This sign has been around since at least the 1960s.
A slightly blurry portrait of a fluffy cat with a white face and chest, brown forehead, green eyes, pink and brown nose, and a tiny orange mark under her nose that looks like a popcorn kernel. Her expression is one of annoyance and surprise, but in reality it was neither. She's just trying to rub up against my phone.
Two out of commission payphones with green cases against a brown wall that is painted white in the space between the phones. This was taken in New Center, Detroit in 2022 at a now-closed liquor store on Third Street north of Grand Blvd and west of Woodward.
A stunning sunset peeking through large billowing clouds with radiant rays of golden light casting downward onto a body of water that extends horizontally across the frame. The sky takes up the top 80% of the photo. The water is obfuscated by the silhouette of a road barrier and plant life.
Star by Patrick Nagel. A stylized painting of a feminine person looking to the left. The skin tone is white with wisping black hair. A large gold star earring is prominently displayed.
A photograph of pleated red curtains taken from a side angle so they look bigger on the left and get smaller as they go on.
A tortoiseshell kitten lays on a beige pet bed with orange, brown, and blue vertical stripes.