narwhal.

two of my favourite places in town, for sure, are the aquarium and the natural history museum. I can never get enough of them: the time I spend there goes so fast I don't even realise that hours are passed.
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today, me and jacopo went to the natural history museum and spent the whole afternoon looking at all the weird and spectacoular animals.

the narwhal caught my attention the most. and I decided to make a collage for him.

antilooppi & tutkimusmatkaaja.

*these two lovely and complicated words are my first memory of miia.

today I feel like the happiest person in the world: the sun is shining, my little plant has now two white tiny flowers, and I got the most wonderful mix tape from my dear miia.

have you ever seen anything more arty?

tööt tööt.

TÖÖT TÖÖT:

I don't exactly know what's the meaning of it, but I like it. my penpal miia always uses it, and it has now become one of my favourite words.

*a special handmade present from Jacopo ♥

martin cron.

*for Project RECOLLECTION

M A R T I N C R O N
commercial clerk & musician
bern,
switzerland


*darkroom prints © Polly . Bird
**texts originally by Martin Cron

✻ I am very pleased that martin wanted to be part of my project, infact I am very fond of his music: go and listen to aljósmynda!

wildflowershouse.

me and Jacopo built a winter house for the wild flowers that we keep on the terrace. it's 4 degrees now and cold, but hopefully they will make it till next spring.

saknar dig.

*when letters are really unexpected.

camera obscura.

camera obscura live at la casa 139
on the 14th of october, yesterday night.

I was waiting for so long for this to happen. and I had to be in the front row. even tho they didn't play "suspended from class", it was an amazing show: they played beautifully and some of my dearest friends were there. plus, I got to get a hold of something precious and got it signed, as you can see (even tho she wrote pauly, instead of polly...but that's no big deal. I still love her) and me and Jacopo had to wait for almost a hour to get these photos done, but I got to talk to lovely tracyanne and I was on top of the world.

CAMERA OBSCURA LOVE.

iris stefánsdóttir.

*for Project RECOLLECTION

I R I S S T E F A N S D O T T I R
photographer
reykjavík,
iceland


*darkroom prints © Polly . Bird
**texts originally by Iris Stefánsdóttir

cora.

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C O R A
designer
bologna,
italy

***cora collaborates with pesci pneumatici gallery in bologna.

she contacted me thorugh an e-mail and her stories came in italian. I tried to translate them in english as close as possible to the real version. you can read the italian text here:

01 - questa foto è del 1910 e ritrae la contessina nadina boselli.
nessuno era benestante nella mia famiglia, ma tutti conoscevano suo padre,
il conte boselli, che era ingenere nonchè importante finaziatore del famoso
istituto rizzoli di bologna per il quale fece costruire anche la casa
in cui andarono a vivere gli zii e la cugina di mia nonna.
in seguito la contessna divenne amica di questa cugina e spesso si recava a
trovarla nella campagna bolognese.
ebbe la sola ed unica delusione amorosa a vent'anni. e non si sposò mai.
in questa foto aveva 16 anni. io non l'ho mai conosciuta, ma da anziana
la immagino come una specie di vecchia zia owen di "pratical magic".

02 - questa foto è stata fatta a cesenatico nel 1954 e ritrare la
mia prozia francesca ai tempi del suo fidanzamento. era una persona davvero
stupenda. aveva classe e portamento innati. ed era sempre molto gentile e
disponibile con tutti. in questa foto mi piace perchè mi ricorda una marylin
monroe quando ancora era solo norma jane baker.

03 - questa foto è stata scattata in via rizzoli nel 1941. ritrae i genitori
di mia zia (albina e walter) ai tempi del loro lungo fidanzamento a
passeggio per
via rizzoli nel centro di bologna. sullo sfondo si intravedono le due torri.
lui era proprietario di un negozio di abbigliamento a bologna e lei
probabilmente, dopo molti anni di fidanzamento, lo convinse a sposarlo solo
perchè rimase incinta di mia zia. la sua espressione mi fa un certo effetto.
la foto in sè la trovo pazzesca: mi sono sono sempre domandata chi si fosse
preso la briga di fotografarli a passeggio in mezzo alla strada...

*darkroom prints © Polly . Bird
**texts originally by Cora
english translation © P.B.

michael-ann belin.

*for Project RECOLLECTION

M I C H A E L - A N N B E L I N
artist
humble,
texas USA
I wanted to thank Michael-Ann because she choosed to share such a wonderful and important part of the history of her family. have a look at her flickr.

*darkroom prints © Polly . Bird
**texts originally by Michael-Ann Belin

passport pt.2.

I finally got my passport.
I find the special texture of the paper and the images rather beautiful. plus, for the first time in my life, I am ready to fly outside the european union and that all feels extremely exciting.

open road

tack paula.

dear paula sent me a lovely surprise postcard!

birdhouse.

I like to spend my evenings doing quiet things such has writing, drawing or baking.
here's what me and Jacopo did yesterday: a little birdhouse. we built it and paint it afterwards.


in the north everyone has at least one birdhouse per garden. it was a pleasure for the eyes to see those lovely birds rest to get food and water. once we even saw a whole group of little red birdhouses called "birds hotel". it was heart-warming.

*in milano people want to get rid of birds: they even sell poison against them. I think that somebody who doesn't like birds is a bad person.