Katie Cahalin (she/her)

I can’t promise anything I add here will be wild or crazy interesting, but I’ll give the people what they want. Stories behind the shot, an ongoing thread 👇

“nothing from my end thanks”

I really love what I do, man.

I literally cannot stop thinking about Justin Bieber singing Favorite Girl.

thinking about what the internet was like when justin bieber uploaded that first cover. youtube was three years old. twitter was two. instagram didn’t exist yet. tiktok wouldn’t exist for another decade. there were no “creators.” there was no creator economy. there was no algorithm feeding you a personalized slurry of content engineered to keep you scrolling for eleven more seconds. there was jus a website where people put videos, and sometimes those videos reached everyone and changed the creators life. this performance is a memorial for the internet we lost.

…it’s almost as if they’re in vastly different stages in their careers, and therefore performances land differently. i’m very confused by the conversation attempting to equate the two as is justin didn’t spend a decade doing exactly what sabrina is doing now. what is going on 😭

I guess it’s your own fault if those songs are unknown for you

jb used to enter the stage strapped to metal angel wings designed to look like different instruments every night for 150 days and danced and sang his ass off when he was 18 years old so we can all relax i think

THEY SENT FOUR HUMAN BEINGS 252,756 MILES AWAY, WENT FULLY AROUND THE MOON AND BROUGHT THEM BACK TO LAND IN THE PRECISE LOCATION THEY WANTED EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THIS IS THE COOLEST PERSON ON EARTH

our good friends in space waiting to be picked up after splashdown

sorry i can’t hang out i have to watch my close and personal astronaut friends come back to earth

Volver a los tiempos en los que los niños querían ser astronautas y no influencers o tiktokers.

Crazy to think that this was taken with a regular DSLR and is sitting on one of the astronauts' camera roll. On a normal memory card. Not some special exterior mounted NASA camera. They just pointed the lens out the window and snapped this. Makes it even more real somehow.

These photos are a good reminder that Photographers argue about gear way more than history does. Some people will cheer because they were shot on Nikon. Some will say they would’ve looked better on Sony. Some will say the astronauts should’ve taken a Hasselblad and it would have been perfect. But that misses the point completely. These images, Earth, the Moon, Earth setting behind the lunar horizon, a close-up of a crater, were made on a journey around the Moon with 10-year-old Nikon DSLRs. And they’re stunning. And would have been stunning with a Lecia too, or a Canon, with similar focal lengths and sensor. Because great photographs are rarely about having the newest camera. They’re about having the right tool, knowing how to use it, and being ready when the moment happens. The brand didn’t make these images. The age of the camera didn’t make these images. The astronauts did. Their eye, their preparation, their connection to what they were seeing, and their ability to use the gear they had in one of the most extraordinary places humans have ever gone. Shoot, just hearing that they had proper shrouds over the windows and dimmed the lighting in the cabin to cut reflections, my photographer soul rejoiced! They thought through how to best capture the moments! Yes, being in the right place at the right time matters. In a moment like this, it may matter more than anything. But when that moment comes, what matters next is knowing your gear well enough to make the picture and being setup with the right gear to make it happen. Not chasing the newest model. Not arguing over logos. Not pretending the camera is the artist. Vision matters. Passion matters. Timing matters. But when that moment comes, what matters next is knowing your gear well enough to make the picture and being set up with the right gear to make it happen. moment happens. (now let the silly camera model debates start...) Photo Credit: NASA

It's really important that you read this entire piece, but particularly that you read Chris Richards on... Chili's? On how Chili's is... what makes us American? Why am I crying right now? I'm ready to go to war

Progress coming along 👀

Been here the whole time.​ Introducing our official Club mascot, Sky Scraper 🐦

Signed on Monday, scoring the winner on Sunday ⚽️ What a week it’s been for @WestHam’s new signing Taty Castellanos, his first goal for the Hammers earns them a 2-1 win in the FA Cup ⚒️

Taty's first in Claret and Blue ✊

Full circle moment 🥹 Kamran Acito & Cooper Flax reunite as New York City FC’s latest Homegrown signings after first playing together in 2019 as @NYCFCYouth U14s 💙

Time flies 🥹