Caleb Jenkins – ‘American Eclipse’

Dateline August 21, 2017: a rare-ish, total eclipse sweeps the United States. For a few brief minutes, we focus less on our schisms and fancies, and unite under a darkening sky. Jenkins grabbed a roll of film* and went for a walk.

‘American Eclipse’ is the result.

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‘A/fixed’ vol. 1

A/fixed was a platform for bringing Japanese Photography to western audiences, and, for me, it was welcome. The first issue of their journal (A/fixed Journal vol. 1, Spring 2017), subtitled “Provoke Generation: Japanese Photography ’60’s-’70’s”, focused on what, for me, is the first thing I think of when I think of Japanese Photography, probably the first thing almost everyone thinks of when they think of Japanese Photography, if they think of Japanese Photography at all, and approaches it from many different angles.

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Rabbi Al ‘Alamin

Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala is the Rabbi Al-Alamin, the Lord of all that exists: all the people, certainly, but also all the sentient beings, everything with a soul, and, indeed, everything without a soul. Rocks and trees and stars perform their functions exactly as Allah made them, and as for everything else, well… Continue reading “Rabbi Al ‘Alamin”