ClaireViolet, trans photographer.

@ultraviolet.photo

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Transsexual panoramic 35mm film photographer from Seattle. Interested in infrastructure and the mechanical. → ultraviolet.photo & ultraviolet.photo/newsletter

A ticketbooth bathed in afternoon light from a small window of stained glass. Digital display board show the times before the next J and M trains, as well as a map of the NYC Subway.
iOS screenshot. A yellow wallpaper, with white text for Fantastical events, NYC time, and a weather line from Mercury weather. Notifications for an iMsssage from Victoria, and a Things app reminder for a monthly newsletter. Quick actions for the camera, and a lightmeter app (Lightmate).
ClaireViolet has entered the United States of America and passed Lisbeth.
A screenshot of Apple’s Find My, showing ClaireViolet (blue apple maps dot) closing in on Blaine, WA, and the US Border, where Liz is currently stopped.
A mitsubishi airconditioner haphazardly installed stop a BART information booth, inside a large net.
A panoramic film photo of a Link light rail train arriving in Westlake station. Murals line the wall behind.
a ship docked in front of the north vancouver sulfur pile during golden hour
a night time photo of the north vancouver grain terminal from the 1980s
a gift shop item, greg girard limited edition gin, where the label is a photo of the north vancouver sulfur pile
Plaque on a bit of concrete with exposed rebar. Inscription: Boeing. North Cedar River Bridge. Renton, Washington. Original bridge built in 1944; New bridge built in 2014. Between 1944 and 2014, approximately 14,700 airplanes built by Boeing employees crossed the Cedar River by bridge. A diagram of an aircraft crossing a small bridge, wings overhanging the edges above the river.
ClaireViolet in a lot of protective equipment at the top of a 200’ cement kiln pre-heater tower.
a photo of a restaurant with several objects lined up on blue tile. a collection of sake bottles, a waving porcelain cat advertising nishiki rice, and a polka-dotted king frog with a progress pride flag
claireviolet in profile in the sun holding it’s collar which says “SUB PUP” in the subpop logo
screenshot of the rotting remains of twitter.com. tweet from @dril from December of 2018: “linking my Folders to other Folders or whatever the fuck it is people do on the computer”
NO PARKING between here and the water. The Travelift will crush you, tiny human.
A vertical panorama of a cruise ship passing under the Golden Gate as the sea sprays into frame. The entire height of the bridge’s towers are visible, and the tops of the stay cables cast shadows through the fog. A bird’s wing clips into the right side of the frame.
A photo of railroad infrastructure and an oil refinery.
A photo of the headsign on MUNI's boat tram that reads "Nowhere in Particular". The tram is cropped out mostly, but the Ferry Building on Embarcadero is visible.
A "domination" style advertisement, a full wrap of a MUNI trolleybus on a beautifully lit streetcorner of Powell in front of an ornate building. The advertisement is sans-serif black text on a white bus which reads "LOCK IN"
A train approaching the station, as viewed from the nubbed yellow strip at the platform edge.
A canvas awning stretches out in early morning light above a few Amtrak superliners, and in the background, a gorgeous train hall with red lettering above. "UNION STATION, Travel by Train"
Rock face and support trusses.
A reddish steel structure with an intricate lattice showing sunlight through it, framed by fencing and a foggy sky.
A cruise ship under cloud cover about to pass under the Golden Gate, as a large spray of water hits the shore in front of the camera.
Rosemary (hot, trans, blonde) sipping from a bottle of wine (labelled “I love you bunches”) in Mission Dolores park, looking tough at the camera through her octagonal glasses. She’s wearing a pale green cap and a dusty rosey pink denim jacket.
Furries and people rushing to board a train at Judkins park, with a green hat facing the other way under the Judkins Park Station sign. The hat reads "Build the Damn Trains" in a cursive typeface.
The german executive transport airbus with engine covers and panda black cockpit makeup.
The red frame from before, shown to almost exactly match the stroke width of the capital letter H in “Helvetica”
A letterpressed poster for the documentary film Helvetica by Gary Hustwit being lain out for framing.
mb (hot, trans, blonde) looking at the camera while crossing the street under an elevated train line in NYC. She’s wearing a pale yellow striped shirt with brownish “Rx” prescription embroidery. The shirt also depicts several cocktail glasses of the drink the Penicillin. She’s wearing a Nikon F on a red strap, and her hair is glowing in the sun. She looks serious, but has a beautiful red lip.
Silhouettes of people placing lunch trays on a table with dangling light spheres. In the middleground, a Swedish flag flying over a lot of american yellow schoolbusses. In the background, the skyline of lower Manhattan, with One World Trade visible.
Cherry blossom branches reach toward an ornate stone university building, looking up at a pale blue sky.
A photo of San Francisco, a light fog rolling over the hill, and in the center of the frame, a giant pink triangle on a hillside under Sutro Tower.
ClaireViolet in a red dress pointing at a red train, looking upset.
A photo from inside the aircraft showing a ramp from the apron for boarding.
A street scene in New York, where two conedison employees are working out of the back of their truck, with a portion of the street blocked off. One stands looking into the distance, holding a shovel, the other sitting on the ashpalt and jackhammering into a deep hole he's dug, as traffic continues to pass.
A photo of two amtrak diesel locomotives for the California Zephyr in morning sunlight.
The last time you’ll ever say my name not cause for despair but rather an expression of love to always know what thoughts you address to: me when your tone implies a command to understand your voice and mind to feel within myself when your eyes fall on me and to comply with eager, dripping demand how could a name used by others ever enter into this space we share what could it convey that all your actions do not show already to us both a name is a vague suggestion, a reference point for those to speak of us who track as we come and go but you see another thing the one that kneels before you in adoration patiently waiting for you to let it come apart to come undone
Passengers riding an escalator up from the dark of the train station up toward a pointed exit which is also a skylight. On the ceiling, a blue map of manhattan is illuminated in stray light.
A large yard of 7 trains from an alternate angle, again highlighting a few garbage trains.
The MTA Corona Maintenance Facility, where 7 trains are lined up against railroad buffers at the track end, which are numbered sequentially up to 7, matching the head-end signs of the line number.
An MTA yard with many 7 trains waiting to run, and a garbage train whose window reads "Not in Service"
A few people waiting for a southbound 1 line train toward Finch inside a TTC station as a train approaches their platform. In the background, a collage mural which depicts vintage streetcars.
mb (hot, trans, blonde) wearing a black raincoat with a red dress peeking out, staring at the camera while aboard a toronto subway car with red seats and accent panels, her expression open.
A screenshot from the iOS app Flighty indicating that ClaireViolet is flying through Charlotte NC to Denver CO, and both airports are not doing so great today.
A red TTC streetcar pulling up to a mid-street stop where a few people are waiting. Behind, a brick facade is being held up by a yellow support structure while the building itself is converted into a new subway station. In the background, the Toronto skyline including the CN tower.
A beautiful blonde trans girl applying red lipstick on an NYC Subway train car, golden hour light of sunset peeking through the windows and bathing her.
A photo of an official MTA sign depicting Lawrence Bigando, an incredible man, bald, thin metal glasses, with an incredible smile and little brushy mustache.
an official NYC parks empty pizza boxes trash can
mb (hot, trans, blonde) intently sipping a cappuccino inside a coffeeshop with white walls and light wooden benches. in the window, a plant and sunlight peeking through the blinds, leaving bright strands across her cheek and hair. she's wearing a purple ribbed marine layer sweater and wearing black glasses, with silver black and golden brass wristbands.
A wide photo of a gritty train station platform, Union Square. To the right, someone has set up an easel with a canvas and is painting with intent focus. The painting is obscured, but on the back of the easel which faces you, there is a sign which reads "WET PAINT."
A film photo of soft gentle light across victoria’s thigh, with her transsexual danger tattoo poking out.
ClaireViolet wearing a bright yellow rainjacket with red converse and a red sweater, wearing a Hasselblad XPAN camera around its neck, holding a yellow phone.