Chad Gayle

@chadgayle

Science fiction & fantasy author 🚀 NYC photographer 📷 Words in DreamForge, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Inner Worlds, etc. 🌞 SFWA / Codex Owner & operator of

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Chad Gayle@chadgayle· 27d

No need to go camping to get the campfire experience right now. Just go outside and take a deep breath.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· 27d

Submersion No. 1 #polastax #instax #instaxwide #instantfilm #instantfilmphotography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #photography #art

Double exposed Instax Wide print showing what looks at first glance like leaf covered legs underwater but which is in fact tree branches mottled with oddly shaped colors.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· 29d

Sunflowers & swan. (PolaStax Instax Wide film holder in a Polaroid 250 Land Camera with added color filter.) #instax #instaxwide #instantfilm #instantfilmphotography #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #art #nyc

Image of fgraffiti and sunflowers stained with what looks like lipstick, with a swan between the flowers.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jul 12

"Dad, I think there's some water in this glass. I'm gonna see if I can get it."

Orange cat with his head stuck in a tall glass.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jul 11

Obligatory Caturday photo of this distinguished gentleman.

Close up of black and white cat named Chester.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jul 9

Spotted at The Strand! @wiswell.bsky.social 's THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS is headed to NYC!

Flyer showing John Wiswell and Sarah Beth Durst for Wiswell's launch of The Dragon Has Some Complaints. (Flyer is on a stand on top of neatly arranged piles of books.)

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jul 6

I want this kind of joy in my life. [This is the neon display that was next to Colony Records in Times Square. Shot on medium format film circa 2012.] #nyc #signage #photography

A neon cheerleader in red, blue, and yellow accents.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jul 2

"African masks / rise" [double exposure] PolaStax Instax Wide film holder + Polaroid 250 Land Camera #instax #instaxwide #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #filmphotography #photography #instantfilm

A building facade on left merges with rows of African masks on the right side of this bleached color Instax photo.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 27

Never posted this here before. You likey? #photography #photographersofbluesky #goldenhour #sunset #nyc #newyork #skylines #sklylinephotography #river #sky #nikon #nikond810

Skyline of NYC with the East River painted purple and red by a firey sunset.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 27

Happy #caturday from Jules.

Orange cat on orange chair looking up at camera.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 23

"dreams of affordable consumables cloud my mind" PolaStax Instax Wide film holder + Polaroid 250 Land Camera Double Exposure #polastax #instaxwide #filmphotography #believeinfilm #instantfilm

Collection of consumer goods that take the shape of a peaked building and tree.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 22

Boat Pond, Central Park (Infrared Film) #believeinfilm #filmphotography #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #infraredphotography #nyc #centralpark #bwphotography

Black and white photo of trees with very light gray leaves lining the edge of the boat pond, which is dotted with remote control model sailboats.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 21

Happy Father's Day to all the cat dads out there.

Two orange cats and one black and white cat waiting to be fed.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 18

Sshhh! It's TOP SECRET! #polastax #instax #instaxwide #photography #largeformatphotography

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 17

"Grass Scrapers" & "Skyscraper Combo," made with the PolaStax Instax Wide film holder, a Polaroid 250 pack film camera, and my "tubular" mask set. #polastax #instaxwide #instax #instantfilm #filmphotography #believeinfilm #analogphotography #filmisnotdead

Weird combination of strips of grass and skyscrapers.

Weird combination of strips of two different skyscrapers.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 16

Frank the robot by Frank Kelly Freas (detail). Made with a PolaStax Instax Wide film holder in a Polaroid 250 Land Camera using a Kalimar Copy Stand. #instax #instaxwide #instantfilm #photography #analogphotography #believeinfilm

Close up of robot illustration by Frank Kelly Freas.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 15

Cold cuts, anyone?

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 15

Fog on the Lewis River (Yellowstone) [Nikon D810, 35mm lens] #landscapes #landscapephotography #nature #photography #nikon

Muddied color photo of a fog bank rolling away from a river lines with spindly pines.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 14

I spent the day with TikTok and all I got was this lousy video.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 10

Mock NYC / The Street Alien PolaStax Instax Wide film holder in a Polaroid 250 Land Camera #polastax #instaxwide #instantfilm #analogphotography #believeinfilm #streetphotography #photography

Street art featuring a purplish drawing of an alien with an octogonal stamp on top of it that reads, in block letters, "MOCK NYC."

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 10

"I must-ache you a question." PolaStax Instax Wide film holder in a Polaroid 250 Land Camera #polastax #instaxwide #instantfilm #analogphotography #believeinfilm #streetphotography #photography

Graffiti of a mustached character painted on the side of an ice machine.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 9

Magic mirror man, May 2026. #polaroid #instantfilm #sx70 #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #analogphotography #streetphotography #photography

Man wearing a shiny mask and a suit made of mirrors walking down the street, parade barriers line the sidewalk in the background.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 2

New Yorkers, as the temperature rises this summer, let us remember how we were blessed this year with twenty inches of snow. #polastax #instaxwide #instax #instantfilm

A snowman sitting on a bench in Washington Square Park in NYC.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 1

Filmmaker Taissia Lomako (in-studio shoot from 2025). #portraits #portraitphotography #photography

Woman languishing on a greenish sofa with cheap carpet and fake wooden paneling behind her has one foot on the floor and a rotary phone on her knee. Phone cord stretches out toward the floor, she is holding the receiver in her right hand. She wears a burgundy velvet skirt and a patterned blouse with the top button undone.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· Jun 1

Tattoo artist Isabel Gruppo. #photography #olympuspen #olympus

Tattooed woman with black hair and lace top wearing sunglasses. Star cross in upper left sunglasses from reflected sun.

Tattooed woman with black hair reclining against a metal bar outdoors.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· May 28

New prototype Instax Wide 4x5 large format adapter is finished! Now it just has to be tested. If it's lightproof, it will make the Lomograflok look silly.

4x5 adapter with dark slide for Polastax Instax Wide film holder

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· May 27

Abby at the Guggenheim. #polaroid #instantfilm #sx70 #instantphotography #photography #believeinfilm #analogphotography #polaroids

Model lying on her back on a concrete shelf, wearing sunglasses, looking up at camera.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· May 26

Abby at dusk. #polaroid #instantfilm #sx70 #instantphotography #photography #believeinfilm #analogphotography

Brown eyed woman with short bleached hair stands with hands on hips in front of a brownstone.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· May 25

Napping outdoors at the James A. Farley Building (now Moynihan Station). Polaroid Type 108 Polacolor, Polaroid 104 Pack Film Camera, taken circa 2011. #streetphotography #nyc #instantfilm #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm

Grand steps of a columned building where a number of people sit in shadow. Person in foreground, illuminated, is resting with his arms draped over his knees and his head down, face hidden from camera.

Chad Gayle@chadgayle· May 24

When you're worried about your buddy....