histories, photography

How the ghosts of memory lie

  A place that resembles a place where once I lived: Google Street View of 3 rue de la Fointaine au Roi, Paris I have almost forgotten my neighbour already. Rainer Maria Rilke, The Notebook of Malte Laurids Brigge, 171. Some years before he died, my friend Elisabeth’s father began to lose his memory. He became concerned to organize his memorabilia, and so he set … Continue reading How the ghosts of memory lie

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environmental reflections, photography

Somebody’s watching you

Don’t look now: someone is almost certainly watching you. This year alone, according to estimates published by Business Insider, we humans–at least those of us able to afford some kind of camera–will take some 1.2 trillion photos, the majority of them with smartphones. That’s an average of 500 photos for every one of the nearly 2.3 billion smartphone owners in the world, or approximately 133 … Continue reading Somebody’s watching you

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environmental reflections, Field notes

Unusually warm again: on the peculiarly temporary sensation of enjoying climate change

I wrote this on October 28, but it is still true in November, this humid unseasonable weather that clings to the days and makes our nights sweaty and confusing. A band of clouds gathers over the outermost islands, but here, closer inland, the sky is blue and the sun warm, the air sweet and gentle, hot even, if you’re in the lee of the breeze. … Continue reading Unusually warm again: on the peculiarly temporary sensation of enjoying climate change

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