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Restless Lens Week 43: October 20 - 27 An Egyptian Feast for the Eyes
The pyramids, the markets, the street scenes, the faces... all amazing.

Arnold Plotnick
6 hours ago1 min read


Restless Lens Week 42: Oct 14 - 20. From New York to The Nile
From New York to the Nile

Arnold Plotnick
Oct 201 min read


Restless Lens Week 41: Oct 7 - 13. Same Same, But Different.
Same Same, But Different

Arnold Plotnick
Oct 141 min read


Restless Lens Week 40: Sept 30 - Oct 6 Weirdness Week.
A week of weirdness

Arnold Plotnick
Oct 61 min read


Restless Lens Week 39: Sept 23 - 29. Street photography plus... fruit?
A dog with a pink tail, some grapes, a dramatic sky, and more.

Arnold Plotnick
Sep 301 min read


Are photos of people on their cellphones inherently boring?
They can be, if you let them. So don't let them.

Arnold Plotnick
Sep 252 min read


Restless Lens Week 38 Sept 16 - 22. The Usual Suspects, plus ... a Feast!
Birds, buildings, dogs, graffiti and... people stuffing their faces at the San Gennaro festival.

Arnold Plotnick
Sep 231 min read


Restless Lens Week 37: New Yorkers Being New Yorkers. Sept 9 - 15.
New Yorkers being New Yorkers, plus the 9/11 Tribute in Light.

Arnold Plotnick
Sep 171 min read


Restless Lens Week 36 - Sept 2 - 8. Quality Over Quantity.
Cats, dogs, pigeons, shoes. Yes, shoes. Don't ask.

Arnold Plotnick
Sep 81 min read


Restless Lens Week 35 : Sept 25 - Sept 1. City life in all of its forms.
Birds, insects, people on the street, and... a bunch of fish.

Arnold Plotnick
Sep 21 min read


The Space Between Gazes
In September 2025, I was in Arusha, Tanzania, volunteering with a charity to help vaccinate dogs against rabies. I’ve done several of these projects — in India, Ghana, and elsewhere — but I’m always drawn back to Tanzania. The streets in the villages are filled with color and texture, and the people – the children in particular – are endlessly photogenic. Although I consider myself a street photographer, in Africa I find myself making more portraits than I do elsewhere. A few

Arnold Plotnick
Aug 303 min read


Restless Lens - Week 34: August 18 - 25. Back on Familiar Ground.
Nice to be fully back on this side of the Atlantic.

Arnold Plotnick
Aug 251 min read


The Restless Lens Week 33 (Aug 12-18) One Last Look at Amsterdam
And just like that, my time in Amsterdam has come to an end :(

Arnold Plotnick
Aug 181 min read


Puerto Vallarta: Returning to an Old Friend
Nine visits and counting. Why I keep going to Puerto Vallarta.

Arnold Plotnick
Aug 1719 min read


Very Modern, Rather Ugly... and Very Martin Parr
Martin Parr's wonderfully peculiar world comes to Amsterdam

Arnold Plotnick
Aug 145 min read


Restless Lens: The Netherlands Edition - August 5th - 11th.
Same quirky stuff, different continent.

Arnold Plotnick
Aug 111 min read


On this Date: Yes at Madison Square Garden
August 5, 1977 - A 17-year old kid and his high school friends, with the prog faithful My actual ticket stub. Some concerts stay vivid forever. Others fade away, leaving only a handful of scattered impressions – a single song, a cheering crowd, the moment the lights went down. My memory of seeing Yes 49 years ago at Madison Square Garden on August 5 th , 1977 falls somewhere in between. Fourteen months earlier I had seen them at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, a show tha

Arnold Plotnick
Aug 53 min read


New York, Amsterdam, and Gary Numan: An interesting combination.
Finally settling into Amsterdam.

Arnold Plotnick
Aug 51 min read


Restless Lens Week 30: Peru is a Tough Act to Follow
Peru was a tough act to follow.

Arnold Plotnick
Jul 291 min read


Mission Rabies Peru: The Finish Line
New friends, shared purpose.

Arnold Plotnick
Jul 285 min read
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