Precarious Bridge, Stick in Hand, Poetic and Existential Feeling Velox Snapshot, Sardinia, 1928 cabin decor rendered very lightly and facing

rendered very lightly and facing us directly

A bit of age toning around the edges and an untrimmed right edge

but sure feels like a drama

storing artist supplies to be able to take on the go--or just carrying around the studio via the leather handle on top

which identifies the subject as a member of the Kikuyu tribe (also known as Agikuya) a Bantu tribe native to Central Kenya which comprises about 20 percent of the Kenyan population

Precarious Bridge, Stick in Hand, Poetic and Existential Feeling Velox Snapshot, Sardinia, 1928 cabin decor rendered very lightly and facingHandwritten on the back of this snapshot is Sardinia, Apr. 8, (19)28. I love it for its capturing of this very vernacular solution to the problem of crossing from one side of the water to the other, and also for capturing the challenging of getting up onto that bridge in order to cross. With what almost looks like a bird resting on the shoulder of the crouched figure, though perhaps it is something attached to the top of their walking stick? Feels