about

This is a site about sharks, surfers, obituaries, films, and books. 

from Thomas Pennant, British Zoology vol. 3, 1812. From the Smithsonian libraries, by way of Biodiversity Heritage Library.

These interests of mine start to cross paths and interact with each other in unexpected ways.

Map of the Moluccas, in Richard Hakluyt’s Principal Voyages…vol. 11. 

One of the reasons I am interested in the obituary as an art form is that it provides exactly these unexpected connections; new routes for understanding the worlds we might live in.

research during an inspectorate to Berlin, 2005. photo by A. Auerbach. Observe the useful hammer.

Here’s a pic of me reporting on said investigation:

The graphic of frowning sharks was made by Jessica Nicholson.