Adolph johannes fischers "fluviana" photographs from transition 16/17 (1929). "the river pictures published in this number were discovered by mr. James joyce during a visit in raitenhaslach, austria, last summer. They represent tree-roots collected by a resident from the mass washed up in the salzach river. Some of the names he has given these curious formations of nature are: „serpent which seduced eve“; „nine-headed hydra“; „seadog“; „sea-spider“; „leech“; „gazelle-head“; „mammoth-head“; „river eel“; „club-foot“; „flat-foot“; „staff of the wandering jew“; „lizard“; „sand-viper“; „snail“; „nail of noah’s ark“; „sea-miss“; „king serpent with little golden crown“; „pig’s ear“; „pincers“; „sea-lobster“. He also collected stone formations washed up in the river and gave them such names as these: „adam’s shoe-last“; „eve’s flat iron“; „heart (lost in heidelberg)“; „stone of the wise“. They were photographed by adolph fischer of salzburg. (eugene jolas: transition 16/17. Glossary (1929). Date: 1928 aufgenommen, 1929 veröffentlicht.
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