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Ash Ponders

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Looking at history to understand today.
In @nytimes, @natgeo + bookstores.
Desde Panamá. @juntosphoto.

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Some rare Pokémon I’ve met recently with help from @domicianoalveo. Near Gamboa, Colón, Panamá on December 18, 2021.Edit: a friend would like me to note I made these with an extremely long lens (these are all crops from an 840mm set up), accompanied by a conservation sensitive guide. The animals might have been aware of us, but they were not harmed or stressed out by our presence. by @ashponders

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It’s been a year since I saw Wendsler last, the imminent destruction of the Apache holy land Chi'chil Biłdagoteel for a copper mine has not yet been averted—in fact a sacred alter was desecrated in October—but the Nosie family and the people of the Apache Stronghold still there, protecting the land. Photo made January 9, 2021 at Chi'chil Biłdagoteel for @natgeo. #natgeostorysummit by @ashponders

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Arizona is the best place for venom. In today’s @nytimes science, the use of all these venoms, poisons and other wise toxic substances in curing ailments. by @ashponders

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Not kids anymore. A story of DACA adults, achieving the American dream and still living in limbo with @ximena.bustillo for @npr. by @ashponders

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Border Security Expo 2026 for @verge by @ashponders

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Kari Lake’s appointment to lead the USAGM—the organization that runs Voice of America—has been ruled illegal by Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, halting her orders to fire thousands of journalists around the world. The government vows to appeal. Photo made for the NYT in 2022 during Lake’s unsuccessful run for Governor of Arizona. by @ashponders

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Noem demoted. For Bloomberg. by @ashponders

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Some bugs around the house. I’ve been trying to describe the reality the wilderness is not a place that exists outside or apart from humanity. It’s hard to say that in a way that doesn’t feel pseudo profound or maudlin, it’s even more difficult to convey semiotically. Maybe macro photography of the banal can help? Idk. Anyway, CW, there some spiders in this carousel. Y’all like bugs? by @ashponders

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Recently the @sfstandard sent me to see the Giants with one mission: make as many photos of the new manager Tony Vitello as possible. I sent them these among several dozen more. Now no matter what happens this season, the Standard has photos ready to go. by @ashponders

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Scenes from a Kristi Noem presser east of Nogales, Ariz this morning for @stefani_reynolds. by @ashponders

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This is my first reel. You can tell. I took two days to make it and 19 takes to film it. lol. Lmao.Shout out to @eliseswain and @ryandevereaux for the initial assignment. And again go read the new article on @pogowatchdog.Fit provided by @leo_baker’s late Glue which had some of my fav skate shirts ever. Gonna grab some from tacky soon. by @ashponders

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I miss my friend in Lomita. Heard he lives at the zoo now. Is that true?Yellow-headed Caracara outside a halal butcher’s shop in Lomita, California summer of 2024. by @ashponders

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