Journal

JOURNAL

The Journal gathers personal essays born from my reflections and lived encounters while photographing animals, a space to explore presence, consciousness, and the mystery of another gaze.

 

The Animal Gaze

A reflection on animal presence, consciousness, and the mystery of being seen by another mind.

Close portrait of a chimpanzee looking directly at the viewer, photographed by Pedro Jarque Krebs

Across from my house, beside a river, there is a colony of wild geese. I have been watching them every day for years. When I go out with food, they run toward me, and I watch them as they eat, thinking the same thing I always think: how do they see me? What is going through their minds? What does it feel like to be a goose?

 

Essays

Walrus portrait by Pedro Jarque Krebs.

A reflection on the concept of “animal” and the questions it raises.

Frontal close-up portrait of a chameleon, showing its independent eyes and textured scales, photographed by Pedro Jarque Krebs

Animal presence, consciousness, and the gaze of another mind