photo found

I found this image on the papier-mache magazine blog a while back. They didn't know the source, so neither do I.

I do feel like I've been there though - leaning against that bus in shades of mustard and brown -- cradling a bunny.

This image could have come from one of our family's old shoe boxes full of photographs.


When I was in high school I would go sifting through antique stores and thrift shops looking for discarded photographs. They would give me ideas for paintings and stories. I enjoyed that process of discovery. I liked holding the actual picture in my hand, feeling the texture of the paper, spotting the folds and finger prints. Quite different than a Google image search.

just take a look (LIFE magazine archives)

A friend(henkeepingstylestarartistmotherofthree)sent me a link last night that deserves its own post this morning. These photographs are by Nina Leen from the life magazine archives and were featured on Miss Moss (AKA "Diana who shares rad things")

Here's a teaser:

My people! These remind me of the later I Love Lucy episodes I enjoyed as a child - when she moved out to the country and started raising chickens, but never stopped wearing lipstick.

 
For the whole post look here.