Following a number of recent books by and on John Berger, coinciding with the renowned critic’s passing away in 2017, I discuss Berger’s writings and drawings. I emphasise the transformational impulses driving Berger’s relational, molecular, and constellation-like approach, and its relevance to today’s world in crisis. In doing so I consider the influence of Walter Benjamin on Berger, as well as his understanding of the power of photography to redeem memory from oblivion.