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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: STOLEN FLASH

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I've always sucked at concert photography -- of course, I've always kind of sucked at photography in general, so it's really no big surprise that my concert shots would be any different. I think that may have ingrained an unrealized bias against concert photography throughout the years. But I really liked Andrew Chien's shot of emo faves Roses Are Red at The School of Rock in South Hackensack, whether the stolen flash was planned or, more likely, a happy accident.

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: LIVES LIVED OUTDOORS

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As we endure our first cold snap of the year, it's worth remembering people who are homeless. Pat Marella clearly took this shot before the weather took a turn for the worse, and we hope that this man, and other folks who live on our streets have found a warm place to be. If you're looking for an easy (and fun) way to help the homeless, consider checking out "MusicFest for the Homeless," which will be Jan. 31, from 7-11 pm, at Victory Hall in Jersey City. There will be live music and a raffle, and all proceeds will benefit the Hudson Alliance to End Homelessness in Hudson County. For more, visit BrightMoment Meetup.

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: HOLIDAYS ARE OVER

Indeed they are. The question remains: Was this someone's Christmas setup, gone to waste, or simply a new & improved way to dispose of those pesky trees? This photo was taken by Kayt Hester.

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: REPRESENTING SOUND

What I really love about this photo of American Watercolor Movement's New Years Eve performance at 58 Coles in Jersey City, taken by Eric Harvey Brown, is the convergence of AWM's sound and the look and feel of this photo. If you've heard the band, it just makes sense. If not, and you like things slightly blurry and a little dark, maybe you want to check 'em out.

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: THE COLORS OF THE PARK

Talk about vivid color! Yet another great shot taken by Pat Marella.

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: THE PAPER WASTE

Sometimes we find a photo in our photo pool that, for whatever reason, just works thematically. This photo of the Grove St. PATH stop, by Eric Harvey Brown (Flickr's "Dogseat") seemed like the perfect photo to pick this week, as two free publications will no longer be available to litter our public space, Exit and yours truly, City Belt. The decision to indefinitely cease the print edition of City Belt was multi-faceted, but mostly involved money, cheese, scrilla, or whatever you want to call it. However, with us freeing up that massive amount we had been using to kill trees each month, we can now focus on improving the site, compensating contributors better, doing more in-depth investigative stories and the like. We decided that, rather than turn into businesspeople and worry about money all the time, we'd rather get back to why we started this -- because we love good journalism.

Now that that's out of the way, enjoy the photo, you crazy kids.

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: WHICH WAY IS UP?

We dug the simple surrealism of this photo, "Wet Reflections," taken by Pat Marella.

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: TIS THE SEASON

I don't know about you, but over the past few days, we've watched a lot of TV. A lot. And I've been absolutely bombarded by Christmas. Apparently, this store has as well. This photo, of the Kennedy Department Store on Central Ave. in Jersey City Heights, was taken by Michael Gates, aka Flickr's Channel Z.

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: READY TO PUMMEL

Eric Harvey Brown, aka "Dogseat" on Flickr, is definitely one of Jersey City's most talented -- and prolific -- photobloggers. He took this shot of one of our resident roller girls from the Jersey City Bridge & Pummel roller derby team -- the silhouette/shadow combo makes the photo nice and iconic.

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: PABLO AND ALEX ROCK!

I have no idea if this mariachi band is for sale or just for decoration -- but one thing I do know is that it is pretty cool. This photo was snapped by Kayt Hester at a C-Town in Jersey City.

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