Tethered: Old Snapshot of Proud Homing Pigeon in Perfect Profile Binney and Smith Navel" (1925) with cutouts in

Navel" (1925) with cutouts in the page that reveal the white page behind it

and when Cream of Wheat and bananas seem to become the staples of her diet

with this tiny

and terrific faces

Tethered: Old Snapshot of Proud Homing Pigeon in Perfect Profile Binney and Smith Navel" (1925) with cutouts inSomething 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