23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Ana Feeding Crows / Messenger Bird
Over the rooftops of Berlin, a woman stands in the company with the crows of her neighborhood. She has bee feeding them for months, until the birds began to recognize her silhouette, her rhythms, her presence. Now, whenever she steps outside, a small flock circles above her; not tamed, not owned, but rather connected to her in an urban pact. This moment captures a different kind of relationship: not between people and architecture, but between human and the wild that persists above the concrete
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 11.2025 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2025 |
| Photo Location: | Berlin, Germany |
| Copyright: | © Patrick Suhm |