Bertrom.
@bertrom.bsky.social
In a past life, I was a film teacher, photographer, theatre director and film editor. Now a psychogeographer and Jungian explorer searching for my Anima, and some purpose.
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A touch of Saul Leiter in there.
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
A touch of Saul Leiter in there.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
Christina Rossetti.
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
Christina Rossetti.
February 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
Christina Rossetti.
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
Christina Rossetti.
RIP Philippe Gaulier.
“Always there must be humanity, complicite and play.”
“Always there must be humanity, complicite and play.”
February 10, 2026 at 2:20 PM
RIP Philippe Gaulier.
“Always there must be humanity, complicite and play.”
“Always there must be humanity, complicite and play.”
Yes I read that Bob 😊
February 10, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Yes I read that Bob 😊
It’s brilliant work isn’t it Bob!
February 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
It’s brilliant work isn’t it Bob!
John Claridge.
Portraits of people that you might expect to meet in his cherished East End of London.
1966-75.
Portraits of people that you might expect to meet in his cherished East End of London.
1966-75.
February 10, 2026 at 12:56 PM
John Claridge.
Portraits of people that you might expect to meet in his cherished East End of London.
1966-75.
Portraits of people that you might expect to meet in his cherished East End of London.
1966-75.
The caption at the time is ‘Off Sauchiehall Street Glasgow’, so you are probably correct Alan.
February 10, 2026 at 11:58 AM
The caption at the time is ‘Off Sauchiehall Street Glasgow’, so you are probably correct Alan.
Mikko Takkunen is a Finnish-born, New York City-based photographer and Photo Editor at The New York Times.
From 2016 to 2021, while living in Hong Kong, he served as the Asia photo editor for the NYT International desk.
From 2016 to 2021, while living in Hong Kong, he served as the Asia photo editor for the NYT International desk.
February 10, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Mikko Takkunen is a Finnish-born, New York City-based photographer and Photo Editor at The New York Times.
From 2016 to 2021, while living in Hong Kong, he served as the Asia photo editor for the NYT International desk.
From 2016 to 2021, while living in Hong Kong, he served as the Asia photo editor for the NYT International desk.
Edvard Munch.
The Storm.
1893.
The Storm.
1893.
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Edvard Munch.
The Storm.
1893.
The Storm.
1893.
Humphrey Spender.
The Worktown Archive is a unique historical document of everyday life in Bolton and the first Mass Observation study to take place in Britain.
1937/8.
The Worktown Archive is a unique historical document of everyday life in Bolton and the first Mass Observation study to take place in Britain.
1937/8.
February 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Humphrey Spender.
The Worktown Archive is a unique historical document of everyday life in Bolton and the first Mass Observation study to take place in Britain.
1937/8.
The Worktown Archive is a unique historical document of everyday life in Bolton and the first Mass Observation study to take place in Britain.
1937/8.
Poet of Nature, thou hast wept to know
That things depart which never may return:
Childhood and youth, friendship and love’s first glow,
Have fled like sweet dreams, leaving thee to mourn.
Shelley.
Shelley.
February 9, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Poet of Nature, thou hast wept to know
That things depart which never may return:
Childhood and youth, friendship and love’s first glow,
Have fled like sweet dreams, leaving thee to mourn.
Shelley.
Shelley.
“The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. Each evening we see the sun set. We know that the earth is turning away from it. Yet the knowledge, the explanation, never quite fits the sight.”
John Berger.
John Berger.
February 8, 2026 at 8:21 PM
“The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. Each evening we see the sun set. We know that the earth is turning away from it. Yet the knowledge, the explanation, never quite fits the sight.”
John Berger.
John Berger.
It’s out there all on its own.
February 8, 2026 at 8:13 PM
It’s out there all on its own.
RIP Ebo Taylor.
He helped define the highlife genre and influenced generations of African musicians.
youtu.be/cMiPIq0dfmo
He helped define the highlife genre and influenced generations of African musicians.
youtu.be/cMiPIq0dfmo
February 8, 2026 at 7:34 PM
RIP Ebo Taylor.
He helped define the highlife genre and influenced generations of African musicians.
youtu.be/cMiPIq0dfmo
He helped define the highlife genre and influenced generations of African musicians.
youtu.be/cMiPIq0dfmo
Charmaine Watkiss.
Tenacity Serves the Warrior Well.
2021.
Tenacity Serves the Warrior Well.
2021.
February 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Charmaine Watkiss.
Tenacity Serves the Warrior Well.
2021.
Tenacity Serves the Warrior Well.
2021.
Reposted by Bertrom.
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive.”
February 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive.”
Reposted by Bertrom.
Spoken from the Olympian’s! 😭🙏🇺🇸💙🇨🇦
February 6, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Spoken from the Olympian’s! 😭🙏🇺🇸💙🇨🇦
For other ruffians, as their fancies wrought,
With self same hand, self reasons, and self right,
Would shark on you, and men like ravenous fishes
Would feed on one another.
substack.com/@rawstory/no...
With self same hand, self reasons, and self right,
Would shark on you, and men like ravenous fishes
Would feed on one another.
substack.com/@rawstory/no...
Raw America (@rawstory)
THIS IS GREAT: Sir Ian McKellen destroys Trump on Colbert last night by performing a Shakespeare monologue from Sir Thomas More. Fits the historical moment exactly. Make sure this gets around!
substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
For other ruffians, as their fancies wrought,
With self same hand, self reasons, and self right,
Would shark on you, and men like ravenous fishes
Would feed on one another.
substack.com/@rawstory/no...
With self same hand, self reasons, and self right,
Would shark on you, and men like ravenous fishes
Would feed on one another.
substack.com/@rawstory/no...
Makes you wonder about Hopper’s work…
February 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Makes you wonder about Hopper’s work…