Arden Armbruster

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Late Spring 2025

Old haunts and the Florida panhandle, dolphins! dolphins! dolphins!, boiled peanuts, biscuits, sun so bright you can’t open your eyes

A photo out an airplane window, shortly after take-off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Manhattan is seen outside the window, with Roosevelt Island and some of Queens visible. Staten Island is visible in the background without much detail.
Two white people, one woman in her early 40s and one man in his early 60s, are in the frame from the shoulders up. She is on the left, tan with short blonde hair and sunglasses, and she is looking at him and smiling. He is on the right, looking directly at the camera. He is tan with sunglasses and a blue and orange baseball hat and a gray shirt. Open water is visible behind them.
A hanging planter of bright pink bougainvillea flowers is in focused in the left two-thirds of the frame. Behind is a tree with peeling bark, where other baskets are hanging.
A young white woman in her late teens smiles at the camera. She is tan with rosy cheeks and thick medium brown hair in a braid. She is wearing a short-sleeved light blue shirt. The background is plant stand at a farmer's market.
This image is mostly water and sky, splitting the photo about halfway across. The water is light green closer to the viewer and darker blue-green further back. The sky is blue with some clouds to the left. A medium-sized white boat is in the water on the right. In the distance, land with short buildings is visible to the left.
A white woman in her early 30s smiles slightly at the camera. She is wearing a sleeveless black top, showing black tattoos of flowers and cats on one arm. She also wears sunglasses and a wide-brimmed black hat. She is standing on a beach, with silver dollar weeds in the sand closest to her, then scrubby grass and trees in the background.
Two white people in their early 30s, a woman and a man, smile at the camera. She is on the left, wearing a sleeveless black top, sunglasses, and a wide-brimmed black hat that ties under her chin. He is wearing a short-sleeved light gray shirt and a black baseball hat, under which curly black hair is visible. They are standing in front of a landscape of scrubby grass and sand, blue water in the background.
Green-blue water takes up most of this image, with little on the horizon. Two dolphins have come up for air, and the shadow of another dolphin is visible under the water.
A styrofoam cup of cajun boiled peanuts, complete with visible red pepper flakes, is held out by a white person's hand. The background is scrubby grass and sand.
Two people stand next to a stop sign in front of an older white brick building with red accents. The building has a chimney on which is written "Coffee Cup air conditioned." The word "since" is also visible, but not the date. The two people are both white and smile at the camera. One is a tall man in his early thirties wearing light-colored pants and shirt with medium length black hair. The other is a shorter woman in her mid-60s with medium length blonde hair, a denim skirt, and a short-sleeved pink shirt.
Two people pretend to drink from mugs that say "Coffee Cup" with the image of a building printed on them. The person on the left is in her 60s and shorter, with medium length blonde hair and a pink shirt on. The other is taller, with very short blonde and brown hair cut into a soft mohawk-like cut. She is wearing a black button-up shirt with another shirt underneath.
A plate of biscuits with tomato gravy. The plate is long, white, and rectangular. A bite has been taken out of the biscuit closest to the camera, and the fork is still on the plate. A sliver of another plate, with hashbrowns and ketchup, is visible to the bottom right of the image.
Two people walk a dog in the dimming light of evening, backs facing the camera. Both wear light blue tops, black shorts, and eyeglasses. One on the left is a man in his late 60s with very short salt-and-pepper brown hair. He is holding the dog's leash. The dog is a tan bulldog mix. The one on the right is a woman in her early 40s with short blonde hair. They are walking down a road with driveways and trimmed grass on either side. Cars are visible ahead of them. Power lines and scrubby trees also line the road.
A dark photo of a Southern magnolia bud, not yet open. The leaves are nearly black in the lighting. The sky is only slightly visible through the branches.

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