Tim Watts

@tmwatts

Me: passable martial artist, pedestrian photographer, talentless musician, obsessive tea drinking family historian, slowly recreating an obscure freight train yard in my basement. Don’t expect me to reply to DMs. 🚫Nazis Go Bills!

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Tim Watts@tmwatts· 21d

Random Photo of the Day Hopeful Impressions #streetphotography #chicago #columbuspark #jensjensen #prairieschool #impressionism #candid #summer #photography #lagoon #greenaesthetic #peoplewatching #quietmoments

A candid, painterly view across Chicago’s Columbus Park Lagoon. A young woman and a young man stand apart at the water’s edge, looking out over green, lily-dotted water that mirrors the trees. Leafy branches frame the edges; warm summer light.

Tim Watts@tmwatts· 22d

Random Photo of the Day Evening Ascension #oakpark #architecturalphotography #eveninglight #goldenhour #sacredspaces #marianstatue #ascensionchurch #chicagophotographer #contemplativephotography #urbanquiet

Tim Watts@tmwatts· 25d

Random Photos of the Day Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge, Study 3 (the Chase) Evening shenanigans along the Chicago River. #Photography #StreetPhotography #UrbanExploration #Urbex #Chicago #ChicagoPhotography #GoldenHour #AbandonedPlaces #KinzieStreetBridge #DocumentaryPhotography

Tim Watts@tmwatts· 26d

And on the less dangerous side of the area….

Tim Watts@tmwatts· 27d

Random Photos of the Day Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge, Study 1 #UrbanPhotography #ChicagoRiver #Urbex #ChicagoPhotography #IndustrialDecay #UrbanArchitecture #Chicago

Tim Watts@tmwatts· 28d

Random Photo of the Day Now Lounging, 2026 #ChicagoRiver #StreetPhotography #SummerInChicago #CandidPhotography #ChicagoSummer

Street bridge view of people relaxing on the cushioned bow seating of a yacht on the Chicago River

Tim Watts@tmwatts· 29d

Random Photo of the Day Echinacea, Study No. 1 I just like purple coneflowers 😊 #naturephotography #flowerphotography #macroflowers #echinacea #macro_brilliance #urbannature

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jul 12

Random Photo of the Day Bee Visits Rose of Sharon #NaturePhotography #Pollinator #FlowerPhotography #MacroPhotography #UrbanNature #ChicagoNature

A bee is perched inside a lavender Rose of Sharon flower, surrounded by green leaves, with a softly blurred garden background

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jul 12

I asked Claude (Anthropic’s AI) to map a chronology of my dad’s combat service in WWII. It was just over 90 days, but at age 20, Gene had far too busy and tragic a summer before shrapnel fractured his femur. #FamilyHistory #WWII

Gene Watts after enlightenment, age 19, 1943

Gene Watts home in Lackawanna NY on leave from hospital, age 21, early 1945

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jul 11

Random Photo of the Day Point and Counterpoint, 2026 #streetphotography #chicago #blackandwhitephotography #photography #urbanphotography #documentaryphotography #candidphotography #everbodystreet #thedecisivemoment #bnw_society #lensculture

A woman in a conical straw hat walks past a fountain outside a ramen shop in Oak Park, Illinois, in black and white.

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jul 10

Random Photo of the Day Bookstall, 2025 #books #chicago

A woman browsing a bookstall at 2025 Printers’ Row Book-fair in Chicago

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jul 9

Random Photo of the Day Cherry Beach, Toronto, 2025 Some photos sit for a minute before you know what to do with them #Toronto #Ontario #CherryBeach #monochrome

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jul 7

Random Photo of the Day Harmony in Blue and White #blue #waterfront #buffalony Hanging out at Charlie’s Boat Yard at the Port of Buffalo Small Boat Harbor

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jul 6

Random Photo of the Day Creek Light, 2026 #Buffalo #BuffaloNY #GrainElevators #IndustrialPhotography #BuffaloRiver #UrbanLandscape #ArchitecturePhotography #Reflections #WNY #RustBelt #DocumentaryPhotography #WesternNewYork #WaterfrontBuffalo

A row of towering concrete grain elevators and a steel lift bridge along the Buffalo River, reflected in the water

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jul 5

Random Photo of the Day “La Cycliste” Curving through Buffalo’s outer harbor path past the Cargill Pool Elevator, built in 1925 #StreetPhotography #CargillPoolElevator #BuffaloNY #GrainElevator #UrbanDecay #IndustrialHeritage #DocumentaryPhotography #BuffaloHarbor #RustBelt #PhotoOfTheDay

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jul 4

Happy Independence Day, friends

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jul 4

Random Photo of the Day Silo City, 2026 #SiloCity #BuffaloNY #IndustrialPhotography #AbandonedArchitecture #UrbanDecay #ConcretePorn #ArchitecturePhotography #BuffaloArt #IndustrialHeritage

Through a circular concrete opening of a grain silo at Buffalo’s Silo City with lichen rim, an abandoned grain elevator interior marked with graffiti

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jul 3

Random Photo of the Day Silo Walk, 2026 #BuffaloHarbor #LakeErie #UrbanPhotography #RustBelt #CargillPoolElevator #GrainElevator #BuffaloNY #SouthBuffalo #Waterfront #RustBeltArchitecture #Preservation

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jul 2

Random Photo of the Day SAVE‽, 2026 Buffalo Harbor State Park is a great place to chill in Western New York #UrbanPhotography #CargillPoolElevator #RustBelt #GrainElevator #BuffaloNY #SouthBuffalo #RustBeltArchitecture #Preservation

A man fishes from rocks, silhouetted against the massive weathered concrete wall of the Cargill Pool Elevator with large yellow graffiti reading ‘SAVE!?’ painted across the structure, while a jet ski cuts through the water in the background. Buffalo, NY

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jul 1

End of an epoch: I believe this was the last functioning Radio Shack product in our home. It’s done. #RadioShack #TandyCorp #Archer

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jul 1

Random Photos of the Day Sunday views of Buffalo’s First Ward . #BuffaloNY #FirstWard #Waterfront #GreatLakesShipping #WorkingHarbor #IndustrialLandscape #GrainElevators #Tugboats #DocumentaryPhotography #RustBelt

Algoma Intrepid and kayaks at the foot of Hamburg Street—industry pressed right up against the everyday.

Tugs in the First Ward
Bright hulls under the grain elevators. Buffalo color in a gray landscape.

Columbia + the silos
History moored beside what built the neighborhood.

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jun 29

Random Photo of the Day Same Direction, 2026 Caught this pair at Buffalo Harbor State Park on Sunday—two generations sharing a view that doesn’t ask anything of you. #LakeErie #StreetPhotography #CandidPhotography #UrbanPhotography

Two women seen from behind, seated on a hanging swing bench beneath a maple tree canopy and pergola, looking out toward Lake Erie on a sunny afternoon at Buffalo Harbor State Park, Buffalo, NY.

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jun 24

Random Photos of the Day Agora — Salt Creek Trail #saltcreektrail #bikepath #agora

Tim Watts@tmwatts· Jun 21

Random Photo of the Day Back door. Oak Park, 2026. “As photographers, we turn our attention to the familiarities of which we are a part.” — Dorothea Lange #blackandwhitephotography #lightandshadow #interiorphotography