Geography PhD student at the University of Graz looking into hydrosocial cycle of a river; photographer, radio maker and a storyteller. Croatian, now based in St. John's on the island of Newfoundland.
Some years ago, I made the photo above in a small island community in Indian Bay on the east coast of Newfoundland. The community did not technically exist. It was resettled long time ago and with the moratorium on cod fishery in 1992, it was always going to be a
Long days on the road. This month, I poked my nose into nooks and crannies of Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula. The Boot (the peninsula is shaped like a boot) used to be an industrial powerhouse. Today, that industrial capacity is still there from a fluorspar mine to deep sea
Some time ago, I wrote a story for The Walrus magazine about the way we visually tell the stories of climate change (I prefer an earlier version of that story that's on my website). These past few weeks, the climate change stories have been out there and visually
Baie Verte Peninsula
Photography is overwhelmingly an urban affair. I mean, how could it not be. Its invention is inextricably linked to the industrial revolution, colonial and imperial conquest and the rise of the cities. Bodies of work focused on the rural, especially the rural that is not made into an exotic other,
Road trips
"Nearly all our villages today... are communities in the process of dissolution." -Henri Lefebvre Last week I was at the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation annual conference in Corner Brook and so had an opportunity to hear a keynote from David Douglas, one of the most thoughtful and kindest
SONIME
I like driving so the fact that my work requires long drives across the eastern part of the island of Newfoundland is not a hardship. Today, however, driving from Corner Brook towards Baie Verte on the peninsula of the same name, was anything but pleasant. With sheets of rain coming
A lovely evening for a walk. Cool and with just enough sun on the old willows along the Rennie's River. Now it's perfect time to dive into this New Yorker story about the remarkable work of German photographer August Sander. Enjoy. As always, no paywall and
Emanuel Satolli
Not really a new beginning. I am just trying to switch away from as many US-based services as possible and it seemed the easiest to start with ditching the previous newsletter mailing service and switching to Ghost. Aside from formatting, you won't notice much change but will