michael jacobs

"Find the burn that keeps everything awake." -- Federico Garcia Lorca

“Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.” ―Cormac McCarthy

Cherry blossoms in Japan. 🥰

Wim Wenders described Paris,Texas not as a production, but as a moment of alchemy. Shot by the legendary Robby Müller BOTD whose poetic cinematography shaped the DNA of indie cinema—and scored by Ry Cooder. Nastassja Kinski , Harry D.Stanton

That's it. That's the best picture from Saturday's No Kings protests in the USA. The literal Statue of Liberty being detained by police. It doesn't get much more poetic than this.

"It's the wanting to know that makes us matter." -- Tom Stoppard

“However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.” 
-- Stanley Kubrick

Havana, Cuba - Dan Mirică

William Klein. 📸 Roma, 1956.

🚨 Official count confirmed: More than 8 million people participated in No Kings Day today. One of the largest single-day demonstrations in American history. 3,000 cities. Every state. Every coast. Philadelphia. Atlanta. Dallas. St. Paul. DC. San Francisco. San Diego. New York. London. Tel Aviv. Scotland. And counting. To put 8 million in context: The Women’s March in 2017 — the previous record — drew an estimated 3-5 million. Today more than doubled it. 8 million Americans didn’t just protest today. They sent a message that cannot be ignored, cannot be dismissed, and cannot be spun. The founders settled the kings question in 1776. 8 million Americans settled it again today.

Georgia O’Keeffe New York Street with Moon, 1925

Rothko meets Giacometti [Fondation Beyeler museum Basel, Switzerland]

“Come you masters of war. You that build all the guns. You that build the death planes. You that build all the big bombs. You that hide behind walls. You that hide behind desks. I just want you to know I can see through your masks. Let me ask you one question, Is your money that good? Will it buy you forgiveness, do you think that it could? I think you will find, when your death takes its toll, all the money you made, will never buy back your soul.” — Bob Dylan

“To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It's a way of life.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson

"The idea is the whole thing. If you stay true to the idea, it tells you everything you need to know." -- David Lynch

“I never rehearse. I prepare. It's not the same thing!” - Miles Davis

“Everything goes. I am working very hard at not thinking about how everything goes” Joan Didion

Havana in the rain © Murray Sye

Pier Paolo Pasolini, Café Rosati, Rome, 1960.

Bellaguarda, Mantova, Italy, 2026 - by Paolo Belloni (1963), Italian

Josef Koudelka Cologne, West Germany, 1977