I tripped over a child at the MoMA
︎︎︎ Nina Perlman
︎ Jan 7, 2025
He didn’t cry until I checked if he was hurt. His mother didn’t seem to care but I intentionally lingered as long as I thought I should. Sometimes the act of looking feels a little more contrived, and left to my own devices I’d be forever drifting through these spaces—from one image to the next, and going back. I wish that I could recognize the bliss of resignation, forces acting on me without feeling like their prey. Do you think cats keep their cool all the time because they trust, whatever happens, they’ll end up landing on their feet?
Nina Perlman is a writer, photographer, and photo editor born and raised in New York City. Her writing has been featured on Autofocus Lit, Write or Die Mag, and DIAGRAM. She also writes a newsletter on Substack called [A Scaffold].
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