HONORÉ DESMOND SHARRER

A fireman’s wife, dogs, and boys. Lovely photographs taped to the pages of Honoré’s notebooks and used for reference in her paintings. Archives of American Art presents a tiny exhibition titled, Little Pictures, Big Lives—now on view in D.C. or via Flickr. See all HDS photographs featured in the exhibition here.

MAT

Door, place—mats! All shapes and sizes from all around the world. I’m loving the degenerated quality of the images. They all look like ’80s video art to me. via Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection at the University of Wisconsin  

CELEBRATE TIME

Celebrate Good Times. Come On! People who know how to party. 1. Agemo Mask called Baba, Nigeria, 1978 2. Horseman During National Festivities, Cameroon, 1956 3. Men Seated with Pots on Heads During Etafa Ceremony, Nigeria, 1978 4. This tray of food from a prosperous urban household features fresh vegetables, “lap” (spiced minced meat), fried [...]

Watch it Now : Forbidden Love

I stumbled on this 1992 National Film Board of Canada documentary today, Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives. I watched it in 10 minute increments until youTube censored part 10, and beyond. (boo!) Fascinating stories of coming out in 1950s Canada. These ladies know how to stick it to ‘em. Barfights, motorcycles & [...]

WORDEN DAY

Worden Day at work in her studio & ranch in Wyoming. The first photograph was taken in late March. She’s filing an iron section, hanging with a sheep. The second photo I’ve posted before, and I will again, can’t stop myself. It’s just too good. via Archives of American Art – Wordon Day Papers, 1940-1982

MARSHALL IS.

Marshall Islands in the 1950s. Photographs by Jack Tobin. via University of Hawai’i at Manoa Library

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