Arden Armbruster

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Winter 2025

Holidays, handpainted signs, Coney Island on New Year’s Day, lots of family, lots of cold, dispatches from the land of the ice and snow (from the midnight sun, where the hot springs blow)

A white woman in her mid-30s wearing a hat and winter coat smiles at the camera, holding a holiday wreath and standing in front of Christmas trees.
An old handpainted sign above a bodega at the bottom of an older brick building in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The visible portion of the sign has milk, a burger, and a beverage with a straw.
A handpainted sign for Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pie in Red Hook, Brooklyn, which is blue-green text and an image of a lime on a pink background. Some of the underlying break is visible through the sign.
Fresh snow on berry branches, arching over a hedge
Two white women in winter coats, one in her 60s and the other in her 20s, focus on eating pizza. A reflective mirror behind them shows the photographer in a winter hat.
Two white women in winter coats, one in her 60s and the other in her 20s, smile at the camera on the corner across from Central Park, covered in fresh snow.
A dark photo of the interior of the David Koch theater at Lincoln Center
A white woman in her late 30s wearing a knit headwrap with a flower on it and polka-dotted clothes laughs in a kitchen with her head thrown back.
A cat stares out a snowy window.
Two people in their early 20s, one a Latina woman and one a white man, look out the window of a subway car.
The sign of Bamonte's italian restaurant at night, with Christmas decor displayed near the door.
Coney Island boardwalk on New Year's Day. Two white men carry flags from left to right. One flag is for the Coney Island Polar Bear Club. Another white man bundled against the cold in a gray coat, gray scarf, and hat, crosses right to left.
A grainy photo of a sword swallower in front of a red velvet background.
A grainy photo of a sword swallower in front of a red velvet background.
Icelandic landscape as the sun sets, with few clouds in the sky, a couple of mountains with snow and fog in the background, and red-brown grass in the foreground.
Shelves stuffed with Icelandic lopapeysa sweaters
A group of people hold pastries out to the center of the group.
Moss and and grass cover rocky ground, which is dusted with feathery ice. At the center, crystalline ice has formed and the ground below appears hollow.
A geyser during golden hour in Iceland, letting off steam and roiling.
Gullfoss waterfall in Iceland
Immediately following the eruption of a geyser, a cloud of steam lingers in the air before onlookers.
A white man in his mid-30s makes a silly face, peering through a hole in a man-made ice cave at the Perlan Natural History Museum in Reykjavik.
The Blue Lagoon in Iceland, with calm, cloudy blue water nestled among dark volcanic rock.
Lots and lots of swans (and other water fowl) in a warm spot in the Reykjavik pond.
A yule cat light sculpture in Reykjavik at night.
Looking across the water in Reykjavik to mountains in the background during golden hour, as the sun sets.

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