Links for the week

Went for a walk around the Quidi Vidi Lake today and I am still thinking about this absurd bird feeder with spikes to prevent birds landing on it. I am confused, but somehow this is so St. John’s. (NOTE: Folks pointed out that this is a bat house and the spikes are there to make sure little baby bats remain safe from winged predators. That makes a lot more sense!)

A few photography related links:

MACK Books published Mark Ruwedel’s Rivers Run Through It and it looks absolutely beautiful. I would, of course, say that after years of photographing the Rennie’s River.

My photobook budget is a bit depleted at the moment, but for a good reason. I am waiting on the delivery of Daniel Medows’s Free Photographic Omnibus Series from Café Royal Books. You should also visit Medows’s Vimeo profile and watch some of the multimedia projects there. These are goign far back with his remarkable work with BBC in Wales. Why media decided to ditch still photography and sound combination in favour of video is beyond me. So dumb.

Andrew Eberlin on his Substack has a lovely piece about British photographer Jane Bown and her remarkable work for The Observer. Fellow Oly photographer, too.

PetaPixel has a story on German photographer Michael Wesely and his long exposure photographs - and I mean long like three years long. Not sure what I think of the photos and whether the whole thing is just a fun gimmick, but certainly the kudos are due for the patience alone.

And the last link for this post! You should spend some time with the quirky work of Samuel Fosso, a Central African Republic photographer who, for decades, has been photographing himself. Most of you know how I feel about that kind of stuff, but this is different. His Emperor of Africa series as a commentary on increasing Chinese influence on the continent is poignant and funny and as good a place to start exploring his work as any.

I lied. This is the last link. PhotoWork Foundation is accepting applications for their fellowship. If you know what “post-documentary tradition” is, it might be of interest - my eyes are rolled so far back in my head, they may never come back.