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.
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai.
He garnered more than 100 screen credits during a career spanning seven decades, but is perhaps best known internationally for his role in Ran, Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 epic inspired by Shakespeare’s King Lear.
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He garnered more than 100 screen credits during a career spanning seven decades, but is perhaps best known internationally for his role in Ran, Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 epic inspired by Shakespeare’s King Lear.
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Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese actor of Ran, Yojimbo and Harakiri, dies aged 92 — The Guardian
Star of Japan’s cinematic golden age, who collaborated with Kurosawa and played the lead in Kobayashi’s Human Condition trilogy, died from pneumonia
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November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai.
He garnered more than 100 screen credits during a career spanning seven decades, but is perhaps best known internationally for his role in Ran, Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 epic inspired by Shakespeare’s King Lear.
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He garnered more than 100 screen credits during a career spanning seven decades, but is perhaps best known internationally for his role in Ran, Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 epic inspired by Shakespeare’s King Lear.
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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.”
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.
Robin de Puy's distinctive take on the American photographic road trip.
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Robin de Puy's distinctive take on the American photographic road trip
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November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Robin de Puy's distinctive take on the American photographic road trip.
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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.
"They're like children in a way, meeting things he's created that I'd never seen before.”
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'Emotional' moment man finds late dad's painting at Walker Art Gallery — Liverpool Echo
Geoff Yeomans' Café Scene was preserved in the storage area of the Walker Art Gallery - 75 years after it was purchased
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November 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"They're like children in a way, meeting things he's created that I'd never seen before.”
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“I’ve wondered: is this how the first gods were invented?” she says. “Incredible people who we didn’t want to lose, so we attributed the sky to them.”
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Come See Me in the Good Light is a love letter from the afterlife — The Observer
A film about her wife’s terminal cancer diagnosis has helped Megan Falley find a joy for living in the face of death
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November 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
“I’ve wondered: is this how the first gods were invented?” she says. “Incredible people who we didn’t want to lose, so we attributed the sky to them.”
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Cartoon by Felipe Galindo.
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Cartoon by Felipe Galindo.
Nicholas Nixon.
People.
Photographing with an 8×10-inch view camera, the artist engaged strangers to create humanist portraits in the shared public spaces of parks, beaches and front porches.
People.
Photographing with an 8×10-inch view camera, the artist engaged strangers to create humanist portraits in the shared public spaces of parks, beaches and front porches.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Nicholas Nixon.
People.
Photographing with an 8×10-inch view camera, the artist engaged strangers to create humanist portraits in the shared public spaces of parks, beaches and front porches.
People.
Photographing with an 8×10-inch view camera, the artist engaged strangers to create humanist portraits in the shared public spaces of parks, beaches and front porches.
Elliott Erwitt.
New Orleans, 1947.
Venice, 1949.
The old man and the dog, Neuilly 1952.
Newcastle, 1969.
New Orleans, 1947.
Venice, 1949.
The old man and the dog, Neuilly 1952.
Newcastle, 1969.
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Elliott Erwitt.
New Orleans, 1947.
Venice, 1949.
The old man and the dog, Neuilly 1952.
Newcastle, 1969.
New Orleans, 1947.
Venice, 1949.
The old man and the dog, Neuilly 1952.
Newcastle, 1969.
RIP Lee Tamahori.
“His legacy endures with his whānau, his mokopuna, every filmmaker he inspired, every boundary he broke and every story he told with his genius eye and honest heart. A charismatic leader and fierce creative spirit, Lee championed Māori talent both on and off screen.”
“His legacy endures with his whānau, his mokopuna, every filmmaker he inspired, every boundary he broke and every story he told with his genius eye and honest heart. A charismatic leader and fierce creative spirit, Lee championed Māori talent both on and off screen.”
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
RIP Lee Tamahori.
“His legacy endures with his whānau, his mokopuna, every filmmaker he inspired, every boundary he broke and every story he told with his genius eye and honest heart. A charismatic leader and fierce creative spirit, Lee championed Māori talent both on and off screen.”
“His legacy endures with his whānau, his mokopuna, every filmmaker he inspired, every boundary he broke and every story he told with his genius eye and honest heart. A charismatic leader and fierce creative spirit, Lee championed Māori talent both on and off screen.”
Happy birthday Kazuo Ishiguro.
Illustration by Andrea Ventura.
Illustration by Andrea Ventura.
November 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy birthday Kazuo Ishiguro.
Illustration by Andrea Ventura.
Illustration by Andrea Ventura.
Anna Ancher.
A Vaccination.
1899.
A Vaccination.
1899.
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Anna Ancher.
A Vaccination.
1899.
A Vaccination.
1899.