December 2009
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Henry Dunant was quite the fellow, and the legacy that he left, thanks to the creation of the Red Cross, can even be seen above, an old copy, a second edition, of the Red Cross First Aid handbook.
Of course it will be of use, and i’ll forever know where to lay my hand on it if I fall victim to a battlefieldesque injury, but for now it will suffice as a poignant memory of early medical...
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What did you get for Christmas? Some people, who are friendly with Casey and Danielle from mindcastle, got a treat. I love the video.
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March 7, 1909. Hartford, Connecticut.
“Sunday morning. Morris Hurowitz, 10 years old. Been selling two years. Sells Saturday until 8 p.m. Starts out again Sunday at 7 a.m. Sells 25 or more Sunday papers. Is a bright business-like chap, but shows signs of nervousness (eye twitching, etc.).”
I found this shot from photographer Lewis Hine over at the Shorpy Historic Photo Archive. I...
I come bearing GIFs
Merry Christmas
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Close up and Private
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Let me tell you all about The Kennedy Kids. Namely Michael Edward “Peter” Kennedy III and his sister Karol Estelle Kucher Kennedy. Together they took the figure skating world by storm in the 40’s and 50’s. They won five United States Figure Skating Championship titles from 1948-1952. Impressive! Here, check out this picture of them in action, dressed rather casually....
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What a body of work. James Merrell. If money was no option, I would carbon copy some of these rooms, scenes, pieces of furniture, for a great deal of it is oh so beautiful, and create an exhibition. For the time being, we have the stills.
one | two | three | four and a song too.
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Weekends were not made for work, but sometimes you’ve got to pull your socks up and get on with it. I have found, if you work hard enough, you can be all done by noon, leaving plenty of time for interslice fun until the clock turns 17:00.
Faye + Co has been the much needed relief from my monotonous system screens for today. Diane Faye Zerr, who is based in Pennsylvania, has created a...
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Mary Theresa Keown has been working with the idea of Diptych, with oil on canvas, for years. You can see her work here. The piece above; ‘Mona’, is one of my favourites from her. A collage of sorts. Her ‘Constable’ piece is worth a look too.
Polaroids really do lend themselves to use in diptych. I do love it when it all comes together, like this. One must be careful, it...
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I must apologise. A few very busy days have meant that the blog has taken some time on the side.
Shelby Marie Skumanich first came to my attention while I was looking into projects related to obsessive compulsive disorder. Her project, dedicated to the disorder, here, is well presented, however, it was after I saw her Coal Hunkie work that I wanted to share it with you.
It is strange how a...
There is not much of the day to enjoy. It’s December. Dark by 5 O’clock in these parts. The only thing to do is to celebrate the lack of natural light by uncovering all those things you can only do when darkness takes hold. I must admit, I have a rather exhaustible list of such things, in fact I don’t even think it constitutes a list.
There have been some beautifully clear, but oh so dark...