Frank Blackwell Stock Photography

Frank Blackwell Stock Photography

  • A self-portrait shot into the mirror while getting a haircut. The hair stylist is wearing a pandemic mask..
    Being a stock photographer means photographing the world around you as it happns. If photographed correctly, everything is interesting.
  • The statue of liberty and the twin towers
    The Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center, Thanksgiving Day, Nov 23, 2000. Photographed from the Staten Island Ferry.
  • Wild horses in Monument Valley, Utah
    Wild horses were all around me as I worked in Monument Valley. – circa 2012
  • A black and white photograph of a man who sines shoes at Grand Central Station
    Henry Mays, shoe shiner for many years, at the Vanderbilt exit of Grand Central Station in NYC. The last time I checked (2018) he was still there – circa 1985
  • A single person in a bathing suit and a hat, seated in a beach chair, reading a book.
    Cape Hatteras Beach Bather – circa 1990.
  • A color photograph of one woman drinking coffee in an otherwise empty coffee shop. The shop is old and the people who work there are just hanging out.
    A late afternoon stop at a coffee shop somewhere along Route 66, maybe in Arizona – circa 2014.
  • A color photograph of an elderly woman wearing a medical mask, pushing a shopping cart, in a produce department of a grocery store during the pandemic. of 2020.
    A grocery store during the pandemic of 2020 showed how normal the unusual can be.
  • A night time black and white photo from the outside looking in at a barber shop.
    Someplace in the mid-west. Circa 1990s
  • From the seat of myu car I photographed a woman in full protective gear. She was about to swab my nose for a Covid-19 test.
    Prior to minor surgery, I was tested for Covid-19 by this front line nurse.
  • A young couple looking into each other's eyes while waiting for a subway train at Grand Central Station, NYC
    Street photography works particularly well in any NYC subway – circa 1993.
  • The head of a large white bird, the egret, popping up from directly behind a large rock. All that is showing is its neck and head.
    I was visiting my mom at her home in Menefee, California when this bird started walking along a stone wall behind my Mom’s house. I waited for this shot, and the bird obliged me.
  • A man is sleeping on a 5th Avenue sidewalk and as people pass, only the children seem to see him.
    Do only the children see him? NYC, NY – circa 2018
  • A Harlem Neighborhood photographed from a moving Metro North Train - circa 1985
    “Harlem Neighborhood” was photographed through the window of a moving Metro-North train, in Harlem, NYC. circa 1985.
  • Rt 66 Self Portrait
    Route 66 California Self-Portrait
  • On my way back from Akureyri, in a snowstorm, on my way to the airport to meet my friends in Germany, to fly to Spain, I stopped in 60 MPH winds, to take this picture.
  • A woman in a chair in a darkened room. There is one light on her that casts her shadow on a far wall.
    I took this photograph in my studio just a few minutes after signing the lease. The light is from a window.

The best stock photography captures a moment in time that preserves our humanity, hardships, successes, failures, and culture. The stock photography and documentary video work on this site questions the world around me. My favorite images contain people I’ve never met but whose path I’ve crossed by happenchance and my interview videos ask people about the world in which they live. Your comments, questions, and opinions are welcome. Most of the images on this site are available for licensed use and limited print purchase. Contact me for pricing and terms. And feel free to write to me with suggestions for future blog posts or subjects to photograph. Select Contact above to reach me.
~ Frank

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    A Harlem Neighborhood photographed from a moving Metro North Train - circa 1985

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    Two girls playing on the other side of a window. The younger one seated in her chair with a hand on the glass, the other with her face squished against the window.

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    Wild horses in Monument Valley, Utah

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