Twee wielewalen waarvan er een op een nest zit en de ander een insect in zijn bek heeft c. 1870 - 1940

This stereograph of two golden orioles, one perched on a branch with a bug in its beak and another tending to its nest, was made by Adolphe Burdet. What strikes me about it is the way Burdet makes the tonal range do the work of color, so that the texture of the leaves and the birds feathers really pop. There's a real feel for material here. It’s something about the grays and blacks, the infinite shades in between, the way you can almost touch the fuzziness of the nest and the gleam in the eye of the alert looking bird. Look at that bird with the bug! It’s like he’s saying, “I got lunch!” Photography like this reminds me of the work of Bernd and Hilla Becher, who documented industrial structures with such care and precision. Like them, Burdet shows us how much beauty and detail can be found in the everyday. It is a conversation through art, inviting us to see the world in new ways.