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Bjørn Kristensen Photography

I am a multispecies photographer and philosopher currently based in Oregon, United States.

02/17/2022

California scrub jay

Albany, Oregon

May, 2021

02/09/2022

Marsh wren

May, 2021

01/12/2022

A ruby-crowned kinglet dances at lighting speed through a forest of lichen-filled branches.

January 11, 2022

Finley National Wildlife Refuge

Benton County, Oregon

01/03/2022

Theory of mind is the ability to attribute mental states to others. We constantly depend on the beliefs we hold about the mental states and thought processes of others. Consider the very ability to maintain a conversation, and the amount we must assume with regard to the way the person we are communicating with is interpreting us. We might rarely reflect on these assumptions that we consistently make about others, yet they are always there.

It really shouldn't be surprising that other animals also have theory of mind, yet it is often considered controversial to maintain such. And those animals who have exhibited evidence of theory of mind are considered to be highly intelligent anomalies. Corvids, such as this American crow, are one such case. They have shown evidence of theory of mind through behaviors around caching (hiding) of food. They seem to assume the mental states of other crows. Namely, they seem to interpret that other crows would steal their food were they not to hide it.

While the example of caching as evidence of theory of mind is compelling, what's more interesting to me is that we feel the need to design elaborate tests to put these animals through to find out something that perhaps we should have given more probability to in the first place. This is not to say that we shouldn't attempt to learn more about the minds of other animals, but rather to ask if it might be more empathetic and productive to err more on the side that they have such capacities rather than assume that most do not.

American crow — Newport, Oregon
June, 2021

01/01/2022

Wishing you all a happy new year!

As a resilient species that never ceases to express stunning beauty, even in harsh conditions (such as the past week of cold and snow here in the Pacific Northwest), I found this Anna's hummingbird to be a fitting first bird to photograph in 2022. Despite the multiple ongoing crises that we are all living through (a global pandemic, climate breakdown, and so on), I hope that this year brings you beauty, joy, and renewed closeness with the human and more-than-human world. In the words of Italian philosopher, Franco "Bifo" Berardi, may living through these challenging times with an uncertain future "reactivate our sense of time as enjoyment, rather than as the postponement of joy."

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