Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

"Boo," I said, "Boo!"

Woman leans against corner of building looking at her phone, seemingly unaware that a small ghost in the window (a construction paper cut-out) is trying to scare her.
14 hours ago
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Restocking...

Vendor restocks plush toys in her stand at a street fair in Honolulu.
1 day ago
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Installation photo of Photo Review Best of Show exhibition at the Woodmere Art Museum. Can you guess which is my image? ;-)

woodmereartmuseum.org/experien

Image of museum reception for photography exhibition. Exhibition photos are arranged on the walls and clumps of people stand before them, alternatively talking amongst themselves and admiring the photos. Woman holds skateboard while seated, flanked by two men in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district.
1 day ago
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Busted

Man looks at Louis Vuitton advertisement with scantily clad woman while walking by it near Union Square in San Francisco.
2 days ago
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Down Boy!

Man tugs firmly on the leash of a large dog while a woman and a girl look on with concern.
3 days ago
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Very pleased to have two images in the Arts Benicia exhibit, "Shadow."

See all the pieces in the show here:

artsbenicia.org/shadow-exhibit

Two girls tussle over a butterfly net.Their shadows project on the roadway as they run across the street. A arched hallway with a lamp visible at the end. Shadows from windows trace a serpentine pattern on the tile floor.
4 days ago
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Determined

Older woman wearing a hat with a flower lei around the crown walks down a crowded street in Honolulu with a determined look on her face.
4 days ago
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Polo Couple

Older couple in Polo branded clothing walk down a street in Honolulu. He wears distinctive glasses with a heavy black frame and has his hair spiked into a peak. She wears a hair band with a bow on top and a ruffled blouse.
5 days ago
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Honolulu Couple

Couple walking along street near Waikiki in Honolulu. She has a Betty Boop t-shirt on ad is holding a frozen treat of some sort. He is dressed from head to foot in tropical-themed clothing, including hat and bag, wears round John Lennon style tinted glasses and is giving the photographer side-eye.
September 24, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Waikiki End of Day

September 24, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

North Beach Cafe

Looking down a row of tables in front of a cafe in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. A couple is sitting in a table in the middle of the row and a waiter looks down the row at the camera.
September 22, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

With more news on the risks of the brain implant technology from the , I am reminded of my novel NO HARD FEELINGS which discusses the unintended consequences/misuse of technology from a fictional startup in the same space Neurostimix.

See more about Neuralink here:

wired.com/story/elon-musk-pcrm

More about the book here:

markcoggins.com/no-hard-feelin

@bookstodon

Book cover for the novel NO HARD FEELINGS, showing the back of a young woman's head with a zipper running down her neck, suggesting surgery associated with an implant.
September 21, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

End Kerouac

Man stands outside Vesuvio bar in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. There is a street sign marking the end of Jack Kerouac street and City Lights Bookstore--spiritual home of the Beat writers in San Francisco--is seen in the background.
September 21, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Chess Players, Take II

Two men sit at a picnic table in a park in Honolulu playing chess. One is older, wearing a mask and holding an umbrella to block the sun; the other is younger and wears sunglasses.
September 20, 2023
Mark Coggins
coggins@mastodon.social

Board Crossing

Young woman carrying a big surf board walks across the street on the way to Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
September 19, 2023