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Emi Fujimoto Autumn Ravens

Posted by V on 11:51 AM in Photography, Portfolio | 1 comment

Emi Fujimoto is a young Japanese photographer and artist with an “innocent” macabre style. Ravens, moons, puppets and cats sparkle across her gallery, set against the dim and beautiful world only her lens can create. View more of Emi’s work here , on Flickr or follow her on Google+: Add Emi Fujimoto to...

Special Edition Prints Available

Posted by V on 12:46 PM in Featured, Photography | 1 comment

You may now purchase selected prints through FineArtAmerica. The quality and service is great, and they ship all over the world. Look for the Prints button on the image pages, or click below to view the full...

John Cusack & “The Raven

Posted by V on 6:05 PM in Film | 0 comments

We have news of John Cusack’s upcoming film “The Raven” which will be directed by James McTeigue. Cusack is starring as Edgar Allan Poe in a fictionalized story about Poe teaming up with a detective (played by Luke Evans) to search for a serial killer who has kidnapped the author’s fiancée (Alice Eve) and gone on a murder spree that recalls Poe’s stories. Click here for Steve’s interview with McTeigue where the director talks about the...

Karen Bondarchuk Crows: Scavenging Scavengers

Posted by V on 10:18 PM in Artists, Arts, Portfolio | 0 comments

Karen Bondarchuk, assistant professor of art, will be one of about 30 members of Western Michigan University’s Gwen Frostic School of Art faculty and staff who’ll display pieces in the annual art faculty exhibit, which opened on Thursday and runs through Dec. 23. The works will range from oil on canvas and mixed media to sculpture and, well, crows. Karen originally began sculpting the birds from scavenged tire, wood, and polystyrene. “I’d see a heap of tires on the side of the road, and I’d imagine a claw sticking up in the...

Key Gross: The Inquisitive Raven

Posted by V on 1:21 AM in Arts, Photography, Portfolio | 0 comments

Key Gross is a Russian photographer with an absolutely gorgeous eye for ghostly black and white images. This gem jumped out of his recent posts and I couldn’t help but feature it!

Aves Noir in October

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In case you missed something, here is what went on in October. Be sure to check out our Facebook page for exclusive links and anecdotes, and to get involved in the conversation! Want to receive our monthly digest in your inbox? Sign up for our newsletter over there on the right-> Film Noir – Creepy Corvid Movies If it is raining and gloomy where you are, then it is time to snuggle up in your favorite blanket, make some popcorn, and watch a really good (or awesomely bad) movie to celebrate Halloween. Ravens, Crows, and black feathered...

Jutta Maue Kay – Crows on a Cloud

Posted by V on 12:46 PM in Photography, Portfolio | 3 comments

Jutta Maue Kay is a German native with a passion for human rights and conservation. She has been all over the world, and currently resides in Vancouver, where her newest subjects are in vast abundance. The images she captures of the Ravens and Carrion Crows of the Pacific Northwest are truly special. Each one is infused with the trickster spirit, dark elegance, or intelligent curiosity these birds possess. ©Jutta Maue...

Film Noir – Creepy Corvid Movies

Posted by Clara on 1:35 PM in Film | 0 comments

If it is raining and gloomy where you are, then it is time to snuggle up in your favorite blanket, make some popcorn, and watch a really good (or awesomely bad) movie to celebrate Halloween. Ravens, Crows, and black feathered birds of all kinds have appeared in movies since film was invented. Their voices and presence enable the film creators to convey mystery, foreshadowing, doom, danger, and in some cases – hope. Some of the most popular feathered flicks of old include Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, Vincent Price in The...

Raven the Egg Thief

Posted by V on 5:05 PM in Artists, Current Corvids | 0 comments

This month’s Zenchilada expands beyond yummy mexican fusion gastronomy and heads into the mystical mind of Beth Surdut. The Santa Fe Raven Artista and Storyteller Extraordinaire, is featured on page 58. She tells an engaging story of friendship and observation, a whimsical study of Raven behavior in her desert home. “The Egg Thief swoops in at least once a day to check on the chicken egg situation. Today, even in the winds so brisk the house was howling, he took one egg of the two I placed on the rock fountain and brought it over...

A Murder of Crows

Posted by V on 9:58 PM in Current Corvids | 0 comments

Watch the full episode. See more Nature. PBS is set to premiere their new corvid special A Murder of Crows next Sunday, October 24. Featuring crow experts from around the world, the show aims to present us with captivating new footage of crows as we have never seen them before! Topics include face recognition, tool use, complex language, and society. For those of you who do not get PBS shows on a local or cable channel, it should be available to watch online the week following the...