The New York City Municipal Archives recently released over 870,000 photos from their archives. You can view them here.
The Atlantic also has some nice selects here and here. Not a lot of dogs yet. Lots of horses and some sheep.
An interesting male complement to Dorothea Lange's iconic Migrant Mother. Via Shorpy by way of Carolyn Gann's Pinterest board.
AP reports US Poverty Rate Hits Highest Since 1960s.
The studio of one of my favorite dog artists, and one of the greatest American artists, Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), is now open to the public at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, PA.
Peter Crimmins writes about his studio visit with photos by Emma Lee of NewsWorks that will make you feel good about your own messy studio. According to Crimmins, “There are broken egg shells (Wyeth mostly worked in egg tempera), photographs are haphazardly hung on the walls, and sketches are scattered on the floor…Wyeth enjoyed seeing his preliminary sketches scuffed with footprints and paw prints.”
My kind of artist.
P.S. Did you know the Helga sensation was phony art-and-sex scandle ginned up by the collector who bought the paintings *and* the copyright?! I didn’t.
Rebecca Frankel is the deputy managing editor of ForeignPolicy.com, and she writes a weekly war-dog feature there. This week, she produced a stunning photo essay on contemporary dogs of war. There is continuing speculation about the dog who accompanied the 79 Navy SEALs on their May 1, 2011 mission. I am rooting for Cara.
See Rebecca Frankel's full war-dog photo essay here.
Thank you Tim Quinlivan and my cousin, Clair "Answer Girl" Lamb for sending me this link.
Photos from the National Library of Ireland…
You can see I got carried away. There are so many great photos of Irish dog-lovers to share. See more here. Last but not least, is this image of Patrick Sullivan's bar. I hope you can find a place like this to meet your friends, raise a pint, and most importantly, bring your dog…
Cheers.
Shortly after I moved to Grass Valley, I heard two poets on our local radio station KVMR discussing the Rainer Maria Rilke
I circle around God, around the primordial tower.
I've been circling for thousands of years
and I still don't know: am I a falcon,
a storm, or a great song?
– Rainer Maria Rilke
Thank you for reading, commenting, and sharing my blog with other dog art lovers. Wishing you a happy new year as you circle into 2011.
Best,
Moira and Darby
P.S. Yes, I do make resolutions. This year I plan to:
make art
grow friends
SUP on a Boga
Photo from Chris Schaivo's The Backyard series via mocoloco.
Have a great weekend!
I meant to post this yesterday in honor of Memorial Day. It is from the book Loyal Hearts: Histories of American Civil War Canines
Feeling guilty about deadline's missed, I'm falling back on the cliche of a picture and a thousand words. And I've selected this image to honor those who have served out country. I think this beefy artillery officer photographed with his little white dog exemplifies the individuality of every soldier. And the tiny "girly" dog amplifies the warrior's humanity and in a strange way, the insanity of war. How can a man who cares for this tiny, loving creature kill his fellow man? How can we continue to ask this of a portion of our society?
And continue to look away when they come back broken?
Thank you to all the soldiers who heroically serve in our wars. I hope you can come home soon and see your "loyal hearts."
Read a reviewof Loyal Hearts here. It is filled with amazing canine Civil War photos that the author has collected through the years, many never published before. Each one a story of dog love in a time of war.
Hopefully you didn't miss last night's first round of judging at The 134 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Tonight they judge the Sporting, Working, and Terrier Groups, and select the Best in Show. The show begins at 8pm ET on USA. But it is shown time-delayed at 8pm to West Coast viewers. Visit the WKC website for more information and highlights of last night's judging.
Boston.com has an excellent round up of behind the scenes photographs like the one above, and they continue to update images as the event unfolds. Hat tip to my cousin Clair "Answer Girl" Lamb for sending me the link to these great shots.
P.S. Will a Dachshund ever win the Hound Group in my lifetime?!!!
80 years ago today the Stock Market crashed on what came to be known as Black Tuesday, the start of the Great Depression. As we struggle to find our footing in what is now considered the Great Recession, take a moment to look back and listen to people on the front line:
* PBS just ran an excellent biography on Herbert Hoover. I never knew historians still widely consider him one of the most — perhaps THE most — competent man ever elected President of the United States. In fact, his career was one of unbridled success and acclaim, until that fateful Tuesday.
* The Roosevelt Institute's New Deal 2.0 is running an insightful series asking thinkers of today what lessons we should have learned from the Great Depression and where we are headed.
* Errol Morris recently completed a fascinating seven-part series on the authenticity Farm Security Administration photographs. Highly recommend.
*Here is a bleak assessment of dogs in the Great Depression based on two characters in Of Mice and Men euthanizing their pets — considered the most human thing to do.
Needless to say, photos of dogs in the Great Depression are not exactly plentiful.
Herbert Hoover's dogs, King Tut, Whoopie & Englehurst Gillette . March 28, 1929. Via VerySerious.org
Children playing near dead dog, South Side of Chicago by Russell Lee, 1941. Via the Library of Congress.
