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Tim Greyhavens

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Photo historian, lover of art and life. Author of Artistic and Life-Like: Photography in Washington, 1850-1900. #photohistory www.timgreyhavens.com "I've never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks." ~Daniel Boone

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I think this is what you call "The Miracle on Ass"! What a bunch of losers.

25.02.2026 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Madame George β€” Van Morrison
The Wind β€” PJ Harvey
Tilted β€” Christine and the Queens
Cowgirl in the Sand β€”Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Shout β€” Isley Brothers

07.02.2026 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Netherlands Fotomuseum has a new home – light, transparent and unexpected Look inside the newly redesigned former warehouse in Rotterdam, opening 7 February

The Netherlands Fotomuseum gets a stunning new home for its massive collection.

#photography
#photohistory
#photomuseum

www.wallpaper.com/architecture...

07.02.2026 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Women of Photography Join us to celebrate the contributions of women practitioners to the history and living present of photography.

The Women of Photography 24-Hour-Conference-A-Thon schedule (8 March 2026 UTC+0) is now available. It's another amazing lineup of presenters and topics, and you can tune in by Zoom.

#photohistory
#womenphotographers

womenofphoto.com

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Latticed window at Lacock Abbey, August 1835. A positive from what may be the oldest existing camera negative.

Latticed window at Lacock Abbey, August 1835. A positive from what may be the oldest existing camera negative.

In 1839 #OTD, William Henry Fox Talbot exhibited several paper photographs he had made in 1835. One was this image, a latticed window at Lacock Abbey. It was a positive from what may be the oldest existing camera negative.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_F...

#photohistory
#photography

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#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

Thinking of the good people of Minnesota today - solidarity forever.

If you're as far away from MN as I am, and if you're able, maybe look around on the Stand With Minnesota site to see where you might be able to help today?

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Actually, it IS for sale to the billionaires right now. But it shouldn’t be.

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#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

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It already exists, but it's not on the internet. It's called nature.

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A few years ago, I found this charming portrait of a young girl with a wooden birdie on the chair. No doubt she was "watching the birdie" just before this picture was created.

05.01.2026 04:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why?

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And here it is!

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The Forgotten Photography Exhibitions at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition In the summer of 1909, an estimated 3.7 million visitors poured into the burgeoning city of Seattle to take part in the spectacle of the…

My post about some amazing but forgotten early 20th-century photography is now live on Medium.

#photography
#historyofphotography
#AYPE
#Seattle
#Pictorialism

medium.com/@TimGreyhave...

04.01.2026 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The DOJ says it has "discovered" a million more #Epstein documents. It turns out that Bill Gates was sitting on them all long.

25.12.2025 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
1865 newspaper article: A Michigan soldier arrested for stealing a goose said he found the bird hissing at the American flag and arrested him for treason.

1865 newspaper article: A Michigan soldier arrested for stealing a goose said he found the bird hissing at the American flag and arrested him for treason.

Here's a headline from the Aurora Journal [Indiana]newspaper of December 30, 1865, that could easily come right out of today's news.

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Lucas Museum Exodus Continues as Chief Curator Pilar Tompkins Rivas Departs Pilar Tompkins Rivas joined the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art exodus, departing as chief curator.

It's unfair that we won't have Christopher Knight to tell us what is really happening here.

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ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.

Great news for American #libraries and all of us who use them!

www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

04.12.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Portrait of Anne Brigman by Francis Bruguiere. She sits on the floor clothed in a loose flowing gown while staring into a clear glass ball.

Portrait of Anne Brigman by Francis Bruguiere. She sits on the floor clothed in a loose flowing gown while staring into a clear glass ball.

Soul of the Blasted Pine, a self-portrait created by Brigman. She rises unclothed from a twisted stump, reaching toward a cloud-filled sky with her left hand in the air.

Soul of the Blasted Pine, a self-portrait created by Brigman. She rises unclothed from a twisted stump, reaching toward a cloud-filled sky with her left hand in the air.

The Dying Cedar by Anne Brigman. A semi-nude woman draped in a long, dark cloth mimics the shaped of a twisted tree against a dramatic sky.

The Dying Cedar by Anne Brigman. A semi-nude woman draped in a long, dark cloth mimics the shaped of a twisted tree against a dramatic sky.

Wondrous Globe, by anne Brigman. A nude boy kneels on the ground and studies a glass globe sitting on the ground in front of him. The ground rises sharply at an angle, and the scene is viewed in profile. The sky behind is filled with soft white clours.

Wondrous Globe, by anne Brigman. A nude boy kneels on the ground and studies a glass globe sitting on the ground in front of him. The ground rises sharply at an angle, and the scene is viewed in profile. The sky behind is filled with soft white clours.

Happy Birthday to Anne Brigman, born #OTD in near Honolulu, Hawaii. She became one of the most recognized photographers of all time for her many pictorialist images of women and others who seemed to live in nature.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Br...

#womenphotographers
#photohistory

03.12.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You're so right - I look forward to many nights in Bedroom #4.

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5 similar one-story houses, each painted a distinctive color, sit at the edge of Lake Michigan, which is barely visible behind the houses. The sky above is deep blue except for a few floating white clouds.

5 similar one-story houses, each painted a distinctive color, sit at the edge of Lake Michigan, which is barely visible behind the houses. The sky above is deep blue except for a few floating white clouds.

#blueskyartshow Vacation homes along the shore of Lake Michigan, USA

29.11.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I love reading about the challenges and triumphs of early #womenphotographers. Here's some great research on Californians Amanda Genung, a daguerreotypist and ambrotypist, and Jane Cary Howard, ambrotypist and Amanda’s business partner.

#photohistory

www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6petl...

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Happy Cow already does this for cities and towns round the world. Get their app and never have to worry again.

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Yet more evidence for why I decided to cancel my NYT subscription. They’ve become a sad parody of their former selves.

06.11.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe Substantiality of Spirit”: Georgiana Houghton’s Pictures from the Other Side When Georgiana Houghton first exhibited her paintings at a London gallery in 1871, their wild eddies of colour and line were unlike anything the public had seen before β€” nor would see again until the ...

Astounding 19th-century mystical abstraction by British artist Georgiana Houghton.

#GeorgianaHoughton
#womenartists
#abstractartists
#19thcenturyartists

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Photograph of a very old tombstone in a grass-covered graveyard. The writing on the tombstone says "Lost Arm of F. Stewart, Sept. 27, 1910."

Photograph of a very old tombstone in a grass-covered graveyard. The writing on the tombstone says "Lost Arm of F. Stewart, Sept. 27, 1910."

If you see a ghost of a one-armed man lurking among some gravestones tonight, don't be alarmed. He's just looking for his lost arm.

#halloween
#gravestones
#scarygraveyards

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If you like watching scary films for Halloween (or any other day) but don't have time for a full-length film, I highly recommend these short but creepy gems by my son, Teal Greyhavens.

#horrorfilms
#scarymovies
#halloween

www.inkrunfilms.com/work

31.10.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

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Excellent reporting and even more excellent organizing by Museums Moving Forward. Major kudos to Liz Levine,
Mia Locks, and Hannah Marshall for their timely and astute report on the state of museum worker satisfaction today.

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Tim Greyhavens | Daguerreian Yachts An exploration of early American photography boats that floated down the Ohio, Mississippi, and other Rivers during the last half of the 19th century.

It's photography! On a boat! in the 19th century! Creative photographers roamed America via our vast network of rivers, sometimes facing enormous challenges.

#photographyboats
#photohistory

www.timgreyhavens.com/daguerreian-...

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