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.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas.
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas.
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas.
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas.
I’m back here after 40 years or so.
I consulted I Ching for so long and helped so many people to experience this philosophical text.
I need to find myself again.
I am so exhausted and lost.
I consulted I Ching for so long and helped so many people to experience this philosophical text.
I need to find myself again.
I am so exhausted and lost.
November 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I’m back here after 40 years or so.
I consulted I Ching for so long and helped so many people to experience this philosophical text.
I need to find myself again.
I am so exhausted and lost.
I consulted I Ching for so long and helped so many people to experience this philosophical text.
I need to find myself again.
I am so exhausted and lost.
Things I love to do around the house.
The laundry.
The ironing.
The cooking.
The laundry.
The ironing.
The cooking.
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Things I love to do around the house.
The laundry.
The ironing.
The cooking.
The laundry.
The ironing.
The cooking.
Tom Courtenay And Julie Christie.
I was quite stunned that there was only two years, 1963-1965 between two such distinctive films as Billy Liar and Doctor Zhivago.
I was quite stunned that there was only two years, 1963-1965 between two such distinctive films as Billy Liar and Doctor Zhivago.
November 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Tom Courtenay And Julie Christie.
I was quite stunned that there was only two years, 1963-1965 between two such distinctive films as Billy Liar and Doctor Zhivago.
I was quite stunned that there was only two years, 1963-1965 between two such distinctive films as Billy Liar and Doctor Zhivago.
François Truffaut's The 400 Blows.
My next port of call after The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and the one that led me into a lifetime of World Cinema, and my teaching career.
youtu.be/h9Qd-ZvyJyg
My next port of call after The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and the one that led me into a lifetime of World Cinema, and my teaching career.
youtu.be/h9Qd-ZvyJyg
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
François Truffaut's The 400 Blows.
My next port of call after The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and the one that led me into a lifetime of World Cinema, and my teaching career.
youtu.be/h9Qd-ZvyJyg
My next port of call after The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and the one that led me into a lifetime of World Cinema, and my teaching career.
youtu.be/h9Qd-ZvyJyg
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.
Directed by Tony Richardson, it changed my whole life to this day.
The impact it had on British cinema was immeasurable, and one that led me to La nouvelle vague and a whole new world of cinema.
youtu.be/Kq0uxZGWr7E
Directed by Tony Richardson, it changed my whole life to this day.
The impact it had on British cinema was immeasurable, and one that led me to La nouvelle vague and a whole new world of cinema.
youtu.be/Kq0uxZGWr7E
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.
Directed by Tony Richardson, it changed my whole life to this day.
The impact it had on British cinema was immeasurable, and one that led me to La nouvelle vague and a whole new world of cinema.
youtu.be/Kq0uxZGWr7E
Directed by Tony Richardson, it changed my whole life to this day.
The impact it had on British cinema was immeasurable, and one that led me to La nouvelle vague and a whole new world of cinema.
youtu.be/Kq0uxZGWr7E
Remembering
Constantine Manos.
1934–2025.
"I hope I can create a book of photographic poems, each unique yet all connected.”
Constantine Manos.
1934–2025.
"I hope I can create a book of photographic poems, each unique yet all connected.”
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Remembering
Constantine Manos.
1934–2025.
"I hope I can create a book of photographic poems, each unique yet all connected.”
Constantine Manos.
1934–2025.
"I hope I can create a book of photographic poems, each unique yet all connected.”
François Truffaut enlisted in the military and then was imprisoned in 1951 for attempting to desert. André Bazin helped him secure a discharge and incorporated him into the Cahiers du cinéma magazine’s staff.
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
François Truffaut enlisted in the military and then was imprisoned in 1951 for attempting to desert. André Bazin helped him secure a discharge and incorporated him into the Cahiers du cinéma magazine’s staff.
Colin Jones.
A member of the prestigious Royal Ballet, who changed one form of wordless communication, dance, for another, photography.
A member of the prestigious Royal Ballet, who changed one form of wordless communication, dance, for another, photography.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Colin Jones.
A member of the prestigious Royal Ballet, who changed one form of wordless communication, dance, for another, photography.
A member of the prestigious Royal Ballet, who changed one form of wordless communication, dance, for another, photography.
Anders Petersen.
Café Lehmitz.
Hamburg.
1967-70.
In Petersen’s grainy black-and-white images, a touching yet unsparing portrait of a bygone cosmos unfolds. He photographed the people in the red-light district not as a voyeur, but as one of them.
Café Lehmitz.
Hamburg.
1967-70.
In Petersen’s grainy black-and-white images, a touching yet unsparing portrait of a bygone cosmos unfolds. He photographed the people in the red-light district not as a voyeur, but as one of them.
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Anders Petersen.
Café Lehmitz.
Hamburg.
1967-70.
In Petersen’s grainy black-and-white images, a touching yet unsparing portrait of a bygone cosmos unfolds. He photographed the people in the red-light district not as a voyeur, but as one of them.
Café Lehmitz.
Hamburg.
1967-70.
In Petersen’s grainy black-and-white images, a touching yet unsparing portrait of a bygone cosmos unfolds. He photographed the people in the red-light district not as a voyeur, but as one of them.
Nelli Palomäki.
Finland.
“Speed of Dark
refers to this sudden wave of darkness that engulfs us both physically and emotionally. It’s as if the darkness has its own momentum. I find it comforting.”
Finland.
“Speed of Dark
refers to this sudden wave of darkness that engulfs us both physically and emotionally. It’s as if the darkness has its own momentum. I find it comforting.”
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nelli Palomäki.
Finland.
“Speed of Dark
refers to this sudden wave of darkness that engulfs us both physically and emotionally. It’s as if the darkness has its own momentum. I find it comforting.”
Finland.
“Speed of Dark
refers to this sudden wave of darkness that engulfs us both physically and emotionally. It’s as if the darkness has its own momentum. I find it comforting.”
Yes Bevan.
I was going to post a painting and was sidetracked!
I was going to post a painting and was sidetracked!
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Yes Bevan.
I was going to post a painting and was sidetracked!
I was going to post a painting and was sidetracked!
Ralston Crawford.
Emile Barnes’s Louisiana Joymakers,
1950.
Tuxedo Brass Band, New Orleans,
1959.
Dancer and Meyer Kennedy at the Caravan Club, New Orleans,
1953.
Women in Sunday School Parade, New Orleans,
1958.
Emile Barnes’s Louisiana Joymakers,
1950.
Tuxedo Brass Band, New Orleans,
1959.
Dancer and Meyer Kennedy at the Caravan Club, New Orleans,
1953.
Women in Sunday School Parade, New Orleans,
1958.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Ralston Crawford.
Emile Barnes’s Louisiana Joymakers,
1950.
Tuxedo Brass Band, New Orleans,
1959.
Dancer and Meyer Kennedy at the Caravan Club, New Orleans,
1953.
Women in Sunday School Parade, New Orleans,
1958.
Emile Barnes’s Louisiana Joymakers,
1950.
Tuxedo Brass Band, New Orleans,
1959.
Dancer and Meyer Kennedy at the Caravan Club, New Orleans,
1953.
Women in Sunday School Parade, New Orleans,
1958.
Arthur Rothstein.
Farmer and sons in dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma.
1936.
William Gropper.
Migration.
1932.
Farmer and sons in dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma.
1936.
William Gropper.
Migration.
1932.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Arthur Rothstein.
Farmer and sons in dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma.
1936.
William Gropper.
Migration.
1932.
Farmer and sons in dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma.
1936.
William Gropper.
Migration.
1932.
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
An old self portrait.
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
An old self portrait.
In the spring of 1972, John Myers, then in his late twenties, started taking portraits of his neighbors in and around the town of Stourbridge, in England’s West Midlands.
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
In the spring of 1972, John Myers, then in his late twenties, started taking portraits of his neighbors in and around the town of Stourbridge, in England’s West Midlands.
People looked at you like a piece of s**t, and I found the attitude to homeless people quite distressing.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
People looked at you like a piece of s**t, and I found the attitude to homeless people quite distressing.
We have travelled throughout Italy many times, and visiting Florence was a trip we had looked forward to for a long time.
In the end it was deeply disappointing. Overcrowded, filthy streets, rude, indifferent people, and homelessness on a scale I had not experienced before in a major city.
In the end it was deeply disappointing. Overcrowded, filthy streets, rude, indifferent people, and homelessness on a scale I had not experienced before in a major city.
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We have travelled throughout Italy many times, and visiting Florence was a trip we had looked forward to for a long time.
In the end it was deeply disappointing. Overcrowded, filthy streets, rude, indifferent people, and homelessness on a scale I had not experienced before in a major city.
In the end it was deeply disappointing. Overcrowded, filthy streets, rude, indifferent people, and homelessness on a scale I had not experienced before in a major city.
Paul Trevor.
Market Day, covering the 70s, 80s and 90s captures the lively, chaotic energy of London’s Sunday markets, showcasing a contrast between vibrant market activity and the rundown, pre-gentrification East End.
Market Day, covering the 70s, 80s and 90s captures the lively, chaotic energy of London’s Sunday markets, showcasing a contrast between vibrant market activity and the rundown, pre-gentrification East End.
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Paul Trevor.
Market Day, covering the 70s, 80s and 90s captures the lively, chaotic energy of London’s Sunday markets, showcasing a contrast between vibrant market activity and the rundown, pre-gentrification East End.
Market Day, covering the 70s, 80s and 90s captures the lively, chaotic energy of London’s Sunday markets, showcasing a contrast between vibrant market activity and the rundown, pre-gentrification East End.
Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen is a FInnish photographer who has lived and worked in Britain since the 1960s.
Her work in the Byker district of Newcastle between 1969 1978 is a seminal body of work that I come back to often. I spent some time there in the 80s.
Her work in the Byker district of Newcastle between 1969 1978 is a seminal body of work that I come back to often. I spent some time there in the 80s.
November 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen is a FInnish photographer who has lived and worked in Britain since the 1960s.
Her work in the Byker district of Newcastle between 1969 1978 is a seminal body of work that I come back to often. I spent some time there in the 80s.
Her work in the Byker district of Newcastle between 1969 1978 is a seminal body of work that I come back to often. I spent some time there in the 80s.
And have we done with War at last?
Robert Graves.
Image: Ernest Brooks.
Robert Graves.
Image: Ernest Brooks.
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
And have we done with War at last?
Robert Graves.
Image: Ernest Brooks.
Robert Graves.
Image: Ernest Brooks.
Cartoon by Felipe Galindo.
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Cartoon by Felipe Galindo.