iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 1h

Studio portrait of a father and child taken in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan around late 1920s, early 1930s. Almost certainly Chief Joseph Dreaver (WWI veteran, Military Medal recipient, and Indigenous leader), other photos match his appearance as a young man, of Big River First Nation. The child

1369

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 6h

On #OrangeShirtDay paying respect to generations of my family and kin who went to St. Michael’s Residential School ~ 1931. Duck Lake, Sask ~ 1) Maggie Bird, 2) Mary Rose Naytowhow (My Kokum), 3) Ada Wolfe, 4) Philomene Peeteetuce, 5) Dorothy Eyahpaise, 6) Mary Anne Seesequasis, 7) Veronique

39338

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Paris today. The Firefighters arrive. More national strike actions this week in France. Images: Rémy Buisine

2328

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Coyotes have the gift of seldom being seen; they keep to the edge of vision and beyond, loping in and out of cover on the plains and highlands. And at night, when the whole world belongs to them, they parley at the river with the dogs, their higher, sharper voices full of

1160

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you're in North Bay, Ontario for Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Wednesday 30th September, I hope you'll catch this. John Macfie was a settler photographer who worked with, and travelled to, most reserves in what we would call the 'Hudson Bay watershed,' a huge expanse, in the 1950s and

184

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A young turnabalist Kenojuak Ashevak spinning vinyl in her canvas tent studio is, for me, one of the best things the National Film Board of Canada ever recorded: 1963 NFB documentary ‘Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak,’ directed by John Feeney, and filmed in Kinngait NFB Archives

14410

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The adorable Citroën Ami in Auxerre, and handy for navigating these narrow roads.

0141

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Absolutely shocked to pass by this little gallery in Auxerre, France, that looks it hasn’t opened in a long time, to see this rare lithograph, 20/50, by the renowned Kinngait Inuk graphic artist Pitaloosie Saila (1942-2001), titled ‘The Outcast.’ The mystery remains how it

18511

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The River Yonne at 7pm | Auxerre | Fujifilm X-E5

0131

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Card and board games on a leisurely Auxerre Saturday afternoon

0202

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Auxerre, Day 5, writing GAZE, the bells ring but the time doesn't register, sometimes it's 4pm, sometimes it's 7am, sometimes its noon, I'm up, or I am not, I eat, I sleep, I go the market, I write, Paris seems a world away, these times are rare, streets quiet, its timelessness, I soak that up.

090

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Never forgive. never forget' | On May 25th, 1871, Charles Delescluze put on his ceremonial red sash and, as the chief executive of the Commune, mounted the barricade at Place Château-d'Eau, and was promptly shot to death by the French Army. A day or so later the last of the Commune resistance was

2122

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

10am Bells in Auxerre, apparently someone arrived in France 🇫🇷

090

Reposted by paulseesequasis

Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026

Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano

Picture of the streets of Pompeii, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompei_-_panoramio_(26).jpg. Taken by Tanya Dedyukhina, used under CC

11867551615

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

French mosquitoes are stealth man. Deadly. Unlike Canadian mosquitoes they don't buzz, at all. 24/7 with cloaking apparatus.

2121

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

With George Legrady back in July in Paris. Came across the home of some French dude named Samuel De Champlain, he wasn't there at the time, so we claimed it. If you don't not use it, you lose it. May donate the space to the Fort George Rockers as a European rehearsal studio. All in the name...

2101

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Fort George Rockers in northern Cree country, Fort George, northern Quebec, in 1973. Some say they are 'the Cree Ramones.' Photographed by my friend, George Legrady in Fort George. Close up, Oliver Rupert, lead singer. Kept rocking. For decades. | 📷 © George Legrady

0455

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“Passion, however, does allow you to indulge in your task, a seemingly incompatible pairing of verb and predicate; but my argument is that passion can be domesticated - it is manageable and requires both the application of inspirational fuel and a steady hand to alternately stoke it and control the

1114

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Medieval, timber-framed houses in Auxerre, Burgundy, 240 of these beauties dot the historic centre of this small city. Each has its distinct look.

1184

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The astronomical clock at the Tour de l'Horloge (Clock Tower) located in Auxerre, time is marked everywhere here, from the clock to church bells. The clock was begun in 1469 and completed in 1483 by a medieval artisan recorded simply as 'Jean,' his full name is

1102

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

During the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962), French photographer Marc Garanger was drafted and deployed to the Sid Brouni Regroupment Camp. There he photographed 2000 Algerian women, faces forcibly uncovered as French soldiers watched and Garanger

2184

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wearing the colours of AJ Auxerre, a football club based in a city of 34,000 that regularly frustrates and beats the superstars of Paris and Monaco, true underdogs that compete in League 1 and who prove $ alone doesn’t guarantee success in professional sports. Sometimes it’s heart and determination.

2170

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

9 bells 🔔, rings every hour on the hour, starting at 7am, and a free snooze function bell every 15 minutes in the morning | Tower is Cathédrale Saint-Étienne d'Auxerre, started in 1215 and not completed until 1543, building first interrupted by the 100 Years War and

1142

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The utter brilliance of Chee Chee’s minimalism: ‘When I draw fish or birds or animals they have no symbolic meaning from the past. For me they are animals of the present and I draw them because I like their clean lines and beautiful shapes.” - Temagami artist Benjamin Chee Chee (1944-1977)

216137

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Poster for the Colonial Exposition, a massive six month event that was intended to showcase the diversity of France's past and present colonial empire, at a time of economic downturn and internal criticism of French colonialism. Infamously, it included

1128

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My view from the studio window and the half-timbered interior, I’ve gone Medieval in Auxerre, Burgundy, away from the buzz of Paris for two weeks, stunningly beautiful and quiet here, a haven to finish GAZE, the next photobook, as the bells toll in the tower.

0151

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Adolfo Kaminsky lies here, a cool photographer, a humanist, an anti colonialist, a forger, if you don't know his photography, his life, look him up. | Leica

091

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

early morning crow song, Père Lachaise cemetery

25312

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I love working with the Emilio Braga notebooks, if you know them you know them, each hand-made, hard wearing spine and corners and the distinctive ‘galocha’ pebbled cloud covers. Durable, tough, and also beautiful, they are made as a working tool. Based just

2134

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Nora Baldwin (née Gladstone) 1920-2009 ~ (Kainai) From the Blood reserve, Nora Gladstone graduated from St. Paul’s Anglican Residential School. She wanted to further her education but because Cardston refused to accept Indian students, Gladstone travelled to

1186

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Become a total fan of the French series (and film) ‘Call My Agent,’ and my favourite character Camille Cottin’s Andréa Martel, one of the agents, she is confident, fierce, impulsive, manipulative, ruthless and selfish, I love her.

041

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Having the the Marché Belgrand in the Gambetta right outside your door, is a virtual feast, Gambetta, 20th arrondissement, is my favourite part of Paris, vibrant, working families, kids in the parks, people walking their dogs, there are lots of dogs, not to mention the bars and cafes and

1170

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My favourite Jacques-Louis David portrait, precisely because it is unfinished: David kept it in storage and it was only released to The Louvre after his death in 1825. Juliette Récamier, 23, socialite and considered one of the most beautiful women on the Parisian

192

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

When I think of ‘power couples,’ this archival portrait always comes to mind: Chief Isaac and Eliza (née Harper) Isaac. (Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in), possibly taken at Dawson City, Yukon, around 1900. ‘The Isaac family patriarch and matriarch consists of Chief Isaac and Eliza Harper (daughter of Chief Gäh

24013

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Asnières-sur-Seine suburb in Paris. For the price of a chambre de bonne (tiny 6th floor maid’s room) in central Paris, I have a two floor apartment with full kitchen, washer, dryer, bedroom, inner courtyard, and an easy 20 minute train commute to central Paris. It’s working

1162

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Annie Oakley at the Exposition Universelle (World's Fair), 1889 in Paris. Adopted by Sitting Bull, who named her "Watanya Cicilla", 'Little Sure Shot,' he gifted her moccasins belonging to his late daughter. In Paris, she was at the height of her fame. | Photographed by Roland Bonaparte.

2244

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Bertha (née Parker) Pallen (1907-1978) Archeologist ~ (Abenaki/Seneca). Photo taken in the 1930s. Bertha Pallen was the first Native American woman archaeologist and ethnologist in the United States. She was known affectionately as “Birdie” to her colleagues. Totally self-taught, among her

1214

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

a brilliant illustrator, a tragic life, love her work.

0202

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

One of my joys here are the high speed trains, Europe has more than its share of problems, but its rail infrastructure, in comparison to North America, is beyond comparison. I'll never stop loving trains.

2233

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Coucou Joséphine, my love: it’s been 4 months and you’re still managing the Moroccan restaurant. | (left) today, (right) last spring.

1262

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Mona’s media scrum | Louvre 13.09.26 | Taking no questions

2161

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

J.R.R. Tolkien’s response to Berlin publishing house Rütten & Loening in 1939 asking him to confirm his Aryan descent: “but if I am to understand that you are inquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no

1135

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A hop, skip and jump from the more famous Shakespeare and Company, is the equally awesome Abbey Books, founded by Canadian bookseller Brian Spence in 1989. A bookstore jammed with titles, a cavern of narrow corridors and deadly stairs, and the smell of old

1244

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My favourite portrait at Musée d’Orsay: Jeanne de Tourbey (1837-1908) — a celebrated courtesan and emerging salon figure of the 2nd empire, mistress to Jerome Bonaparte, Napoleon’s younger brother, and then Madame de Loynes, celebrated salonnière, hosting writers, artists, politicians. Her black

26316

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Molly Spotted Elk (Mary Nelson) in a studio portrait taken in Paris, late 1930s: "Maybe I'm foolish, with no money, but hopes galore. But I do want to do something with my Indian dancing here in a serious, artistic way. And I'm willing to take a great chance to accomplish it." The German invasion

28220

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

View from my tiny chambres de bonne (maid's room) in Paris. If I stretch my arms I can almost touch opposite walls, the shared wc and shower may be down the stairs, but from here I can see the light.

3282

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

and the time is … have ditched the smart watch, I no longer want another screen thing on my wrist telling me I’ve got a message, or telling me to ‘stand up,’ also set time limits on social media period, 20 minutes a day, more than enough to get emails, catch what’s

6322

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Famous hand-coloured publicity postcard of ‘four American Chiefs,’ on a Gondola in Venice during Bill Cody’s 1890 tour of Europe. Two have been positively identified, both in

1229

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

stillness of early morning in Avignon, Provence | Leica

0211

paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A photograph by Jennie Ross Cobb (1881-1959), often called the first Native American woman photographer, certainly Cobb, a member of the Cherokee Nation, was among the first,

15517