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.
Pinned
'She is the wanderer, bum, émigré, refugee, deportee, rambler, strolling player. Sometimes she would like to be a settler, but curiosity, grief, and disaffection forbid it?
Deborah Levy.
Swallowing Geography.
Deborah Levy.
Swallowing Geography.
December 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
'She is the wanderer, bum, émigré, refugee, deportee, rambler, strolling player. Sometimes she would like to be a settler, but curiosity, grief, and disaffection forbid it?
Deborah Levy.
Swallowing Geography.
Deborah Levy.
Swallowing Geography.
“Also London itself perpetually attracts, stimulates, gives me a play & a story & a poem, without any trouble, save that of moving my legs through the streets.”
Virginia Woolf.
Diary, 31 May 1928.
Virginia Woolf.
Diary, 31 May 1928.
December 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“Also London itself perpetually attracts, stimulates, gives me a play & a story & a poem, without any trouble, save that of moving my legs through the streets.”
Virginia Woolf.
Diary, 31 May 1928.
Virginia Woolf.
Diary, 31 May 1928.
“A good many of the ordinary ways of living go when people begin to live up in the air.”
Maeve Brennan captures the loss of traditional, grounded life when urban change, like elevated trains or modern living, disconnects people from the familiar rhythms of the street.
Maeve Brennan captures the loss of traditional, grounded life when urban change, like elevated trains or modern living, disconnects people from the familiar rhythms of the street.
December 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“A good many of the ordinary ways of living go when people begin to live up in the air.”
Maeve Brennan captures the loss of traditional, grounded life when urban change, like elevated trains or modern living, disconnects people from the familiar rhythms of the street.
Maeve Brennan captures the loss of traditional, grounded life when urban change, like elevated trains or modern living, disconnects people from the familiar rhythms of the street.
I stepped out of the car and knew immediately that things weren’t quite right.
December 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I stepped out of the car and knew immediately that things weren’t quite right.
Gwen John.
Chloë Boughton-Leigh.
1904-8.
Chloë Boughton-Leigh.
1904-8.
December 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Gwen John.
Chloë Boughton-Leigh.
1904-8.
Chloë Boughton-Leigh.
1904-8.
I am an empty house without you I am a grasping, empty body without you I cover myself in wrinkles without you,
and if you come too late they will have buried me in the ground:
Alone, ugly, and pale without you.
Agnès Varda, Cléo From 5 to 7.
and if you come too late they will have buried me in the ground:
Alone, ugly, and pale without you.
Agnès Varda, Cléo From 5 to 7.
December 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I am an empty house without you I am a grasping, empty body without you I cover myself in wrinkles without you,
and if you come too late they will have buried me in the ground:
Alone, ugly, and pale without you.
Agnès Varda, Cléo From 5 to 7.
and if you come too late they will have buried me in the ground:
Alone, ugly, and pale without you.
Agnès Varda, Cléo From 5 to 7.
Marianne Breslauer.
She attended photography classes between 1927 and 1929, and joined the avant-garde group of Berlin including artists, such as Paul Citroen and Umbo, whose portraits she made. She went on long wandering walks during which she photographed people, things and street scenes.
She attended photography classes between 1927 and 1929, and joined the avant-garde group of Berlin including artists, such as Paul Citroen and Umbo, whose portraits she made. She went on long wandering walks during which she photographed people, things and street scenes.
December 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Marianne Breslauer.
She attended photography classes between 1927 and 1929, and joined the avant-garde group of Berlin including artists, such as Paul Citroen and Umbo, whose portraits she made. She went on long wandering walks during which she photographed people, things and street scenes.
She attended photography classes between 1927 and 1929, and joined the avant-garde group of Berlin including artists, such as Paul Citroen and Umbo, whose portraits she made. She went on long wandering walks during which she photographed people, things and street scenes.
'She is the wanderer, bum, émigré, refugee, deportee, rambler, strolling player. Sometimes she would like to be a settler, but curiosity, grief, and disaffection forbid it.’
Deborah Levy, Swallowing Geography.
Deborah Levy, Swallowing Geography.
December 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
'She is the wanderer, bum, émigré, refugee, deportee, rambler, strolling player. Sometimes she would like to be a settler, but curiosity, grief, and disaffection forbid it.’
Deborah Levy, Swallowing Geography.
Deborah Levy, Swallowing Geography.
Yolanda López.
‘Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe.’
From the Guadalupe Triptych.
1978.
‘Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe.’
From the Guadalupe Triptych.
1978.
December 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Yolanda López.
‘Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe.’
From the Guadalupe Triptych.
1978.
‘Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe.’
From the Guadalupe Triptych.
1978.
Margarete (Grete) Marks.
The Dance.
C 1920 - 1925.
The Dance.
C 1920 - 1925.
December 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Margarete (Grete) Marks.
The Dance.
C 1920 - 1925.
The Dance.
C 1920 - 1925.
It was.
Happy Christmas from Glen Baxter and me.
Happy Christmas from Glen Baxter and me.
December 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
It was.
Happy Christmas from Glen Baxter and me.
Happy Christmas from Glen Baxter and me.
Bluesky has gone extremely quiet.
I think it may be time to rethink.
I think it may be time to rethink.
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Bluesky has gone extremely quiet.
I think it may be time to rethink.
I think it may be time to rethink.
Charlotte Salomon.
Life? Or Theatre?
1941-3.
Painted in the period of her exile in Vichy France from 1941 to 1943, before she was taken to Auschwitz and murdered at the age of 26.
www.theguardian.com/film/2022/no...
Life? Or Theatre?
1941-3.
Painted in the period of her exile in Vichy France from 1941 to 1943, before she was taken to Auschwitz and murdered at the age of 26.
www.theguardian.com/film/2022/no...
December 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Charlotte Salomon.
Life? Or Theatre?
1941-3.
Painted in the period of her exile in Vichy France from 1941 to 1943, before she was taken to Auschwitz and murdered at the age of 26.
www.theguardian.com/film/2022/no...
Life? Or Theatre?
1941-3.
Painted in the period of her exile in Vichy France from 1941 to 1943, before she was taken to Auschwitz and murdered at the age of 26.
www.theguardian.com/film/2022/no...
Suzanne Valadon.
La Chambre bleue.
1923.
La Chambre bleue.
1923.
December 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Suzanne Valadon.
La Chambre bleue.
1923.
La Chambre bleue.
1923.
Photos Of Slum Life Bradford 1969-72
Narrative is such an important aspect of street photography, and Nick Hedges is, in this respect, a master storyteller. You can read so much into his images. His work for the housing charity Shelter ..
Narrative is such an important aspect of street photography, and Nick Hedges is, in this respect, a master storyteller. You can read so much into his images. His work for the housing charity Shelter ..
December 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Photos Of Slum Life Bradford 1969-72
Narrative is such an important aspect of street photography, and Nick Hedges is, in this respect, a master storyteller. You can read so much into his images. His work for the housing charity Shelter ..
Narrative is such an important aspect of street photography, and Nick Hedges is, in this respect, a master storyteller. You can read so much into his images. His work for the housing charity Shelter ..
As a photographer and a teacher with a less than salubrious start in life, I have alway been passionate about photography that focused upon communities like my own. Nick Hedges photographed Bradford in 1969–70, documenting the housing crisis that I grew up in and never forgot.
December 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
As a photographer and a teacher with a less than salubrious start in life, I have alway been passionate about photography that focused upon communities like my own. Nick Hedges photographed Bradford in 1969–70, documenting the housing crisis that I grew up in and never forgot.
A view from the garden.
A year ago today.
A year ago today.
December 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A view from the garden.
A year ago today.
A year ago today.
August Friedrich Schenck.
Anguish.
ca. 1878.
Anguish.
ca. 1878.
December 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
August Friedrich Schenck.
Anguish.
ca. 1878.
Anguish.
ca. 1878.
BOTD.
Yousuf Karsh.
He seems to ‘draw out’ some magical element in all of his sitters. They never just ‘sat ’ for him, but actively engaged in a dialogue that evidences some sense of being that is unique and timeless.
Paul Robeson.
Martha Graham.
Robert Oppenheimer.
Ingrid Bergman.
Yousuf Karsh.
He seems to ‘draw out’ some magical element in all of his sitters. They never just ‘sat ’ for him, but actively engaged in a dialogue that evidences some sense of being that is unique and timeless.
Paul Robeson.
Martha Graham.
Robert Oppenheimer.
Ingrid Bergman.
December 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
BOTD.
Yousuf Karsh.
He seems to ‘draw out’ some magical element in all of his sitters. They never just ‘sat ’ for him, but actively engaged in a dialogue that evidences some sense of being that is unique and timeless.
Paul Robeson.
Martha Graham.
Robert Oppenheimer.
Ingrid Bergman.
Yousuf Karsh.
He seems to ‘draw out’ some magical element in all of his sitters. They never just ‘sat ’ for him, but actively engaged in a dialogue that evidences some sense of being that is unique and timeless.
Paul Robeson.
Martha Graham.
Robert Oppenheimer.
Ingrid Bergman.
My tribute to William Eggleston at the garden centre today.
December 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My tribute to William Eggleston at the garden centre today.
Ollie Tikare.
Lagos.
“My aim was to offer a modern, empathetic, and celebratory portrait of life in Lagos – one that challenges prevailing stereotypes around masculinity, safety, and modernity while highlighting the resilience, creativity, and diversity of Lagosians.”
Lagos.
“My aim was to offer a modern, empathetic, and celebratory portrait of life in Lagos – one that challenges prevailing stereotypes around masculinity, safety, and modernity while highlighting the resilience, creativity, and diversity of Lagosians.”
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ollie Tikare.
Lagos.
“My aim was to offer a modern, empathetic, and celebratory portrait of life in Lagos – one that challenges prevailing stereotypes around masculinity, safety, and modernity while highlighting the resilience, creativity, and diversity of Lagosians.”
Lagos.
“My aim was to offer a modern, empathetic, and celebratory portrait of life in Lagos – one that challenges prevailing stereotypes around masculinity, safety, and modernity while highlighting the resilience, creativity, and diversity of Lagosians.”
The ever so brilliant Chris Riddell.
December 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The ever so brilliant Chris Riddell.