Tethered: Old Snapshot of Proud Homing Pigeon in Perfect Profile Binney and Smith based I believe of the

based I believe of the earliest of Gilbert Stuart's Washington portraits: the Gibbs-Channing-Avery portrait

much loved condition

with this tiny

a great creature I think

in just the right way

Tethered: Old Snapshot of Proud Homing Pigeon in Perfect Profile Binney and Smith based I believe of theSomething about a photograph of a handsome and perfectly poised homing pigeon really does it for me a proud portrait of a rather phenomenal creature, which also brings to mind Terry Evans' gorgeous photographs of drawers full of taxidermied birds at the Field Museum. And here, with string wrapped, tethered leg, this pigeon feels like all the more like embodied potential soon to be released. A striking image, with the platform also looking one part