Downs & Towns 📷

ART. ADVENTURE. ADVOCACY. Globe-trotting photographer rocking an extra 21st chromosome | NFT100 by @NFTNOW | SuperRare | @NikonUSA#NikonCreator | @MoonMars

[Downs & Towns 📷 @DownsandTowns]

I wanted to take some time to introduce myself. I am Houston Vandergriff. I am a travel photographer, entrepreneur, and influencer. I am 24 and have Down syndrome. I live in Tennessee in the USA. My camera opens doors around the world.

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@aHeartSoFull We also did shapes on a different island:

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@aHeartSoFull We drew colors and did a color scavenger hunt in Greece. It was so fun!!

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@muriellondon Happy birthday 🫂🫂🫂

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@beercandid @Erling

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Got some pretty cool news today.

Can’t share all the details just yet.

But, is anyone flying United Airlines anytime within the next 6 months…? You just might see me on the small screens…🎬❤️

#travelability #thisisyuma

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@Arthemort You have been building!!💪😎💪

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@photosbyswati Swati! They are fortunate to have your beautiful work!!! This is awesome!! 🌟🌟🌟

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This is beautiful!!

[Swati Chakraborty | photosbyswati.eth @photosbyswati]

Good morning!

Harmony:

A moment of coexistence - where the man-made meets Nature.

Copyright ©️Swati Chakraborty
Photographed 5th July 2026
Double exposure in-camera and unedited
Golden Gate Bridge and Trees

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@RebeccaRose You rock!!!

[Arthemort @Arthemort]

Curated one of the best digital art exhibition you’ve seen and you’re sleeping on it

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@rocketgirlART 💕💕💕

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The banner behind me in these photos is from my first NFT collection…💕

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Woooohooooo!! Just got an invitation to provide the art for a new Gigi’s playhouse opening in my community.

The director remembers meeting me in 2022…💛💛💛

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨#BREAKING: A nonverbal boy with autism in Tennessee ran away from his family... and was found by a police officer, standing alone in a Target toy section in front of toy dinosaurs.

The officer, Sgt. Henderson BOUGHT him the toys... and brought him home to his family!

It happened in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Someone spotted a child running alone across a parking lot and called it in.

Sgt. Travis Henderson found him inside, in the toy section, fixated on the dinosaur toys.

The boy couldn't speak. He couldn't tell the officer his name, where he lived, or how scared he might be.

Sgt. Henderson understood immediately what he was dealing with.

So he didn't raise his voice and he didn't rush him.

He connected with the little boy who couldn't say a single word... through dinosaurs.

Then he bought him the toys and brought him to his parents.

The police department said it perfectly: "It's a moment of patience, understanding, and genuine compassion. In a world that often moves too fast, this officer paused, connected, and led with kindness."

GOD BLESS Sgt. Travis Henderson!!!!

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@lucianaguerraok 💪❤️💪

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@jubbishjay HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! 🎈🎈

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*nearly SET the dock on fire…

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Nearly the dock on fire, but had a literal blast!!

[MissMayaD ᵍᵐ @missmayad]

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