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March 9, 2019March 9, 2019

A woman and a bird – part III of III (text)

Photo caption: Amanda Feilding and Birdie Propeller‘s crew is responsible for introducing me to Helen MacDonald‘s H is for Hawk. When we started working together they’d frequently talk about the book and stress out how I would love it. I never doubted I would, but kept wondering what associations led them all to feel so…

February 28, 2019April 14, 2019

A woman and a bird – part II of III (images and introduction)

Photo caption: Nagika taking a shit while staring at the sun I moved to the region where I currently live in the Summer of 2016. It’s quiet here and silence becomes truly special. From that moment on, I’ve learnt to love birds. I think that started one night when a owl (Athene noctua) began to…

February 24, 2019February 28, 2019

A woman and a bird – part I of III (images only)

Photo caption: Helen MacDonald and her first ever hawk, a kestrel called Amy. Photo taken by her father (source: twitter). I’ve been preparing a text about the cheesy category in nature photography, particularly regarding photographs of birds. For now, some of the images that have been accompanying this reflection while I try to deviate from…

January 2, 2018April 22, 2018

Simulacra after death and the art of Cig Harvey

When one is constantly batteling death or other destructive forces, it all seems very transient and it can be very easy to experience happiness, for every sign of life appears extremely beautiful and spectacular. Photographs that try to represent that place of experiencing light (after darkness), are often done in the form of portrait, as…

January 12, 2013March 9, 2019

┐ The “hau” of dead birds └

© Eric Slayton, Nude wtih Hawk, from the series Fauna and Flora, 2000 © Eric Slayton, Colaptes Auratus, from the series Ornithological Study, 2003 More of Eric Slayton’s work here “But Hertz had also found—I discovered it amongst his papers—a text whose significance we had both missed, for I had been unaware of it myself.…

May 23, 2012July 2, 2018

┐ Neeta Madahar └

@ Neeta Madahar, Sustenance #95, 2003 @ Neeta Madahar, Sustenance #97, 2003 “Neeta Madahar’s subjects in Sustenance are quite ordinary—ordinary birds like finches, cardinals and blue jays. Her setting, too, is ordinary—her Boston backyard. But what makes this British artist’s work extraordinary is the sense of wonder and magic she creates despite these unexceptional circumstances.…