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Posted by: Kristi Finefield
Who could resist this purrfect profile? This unassuming – and apparently quite tolerant – tabby cat appears in an exhibit now at the Library of Congress: Not an Ostrich: & Other Images from America’s Library. The exhibit spans the history of photography from 1839 to modern times, as found in the Library’s collections. In this …
Posted in: Exhibitions, Photographs, Portraits, Series: Caught Our Eyes
Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
I recently came across this photograph when perusing some images from the Carol M. Highsmith Collection, and, hailing from the American West, I was cheered by its familiar landscape – not to mention the symmetry of the rainbow. As the title of the image indicates, the hint of a second rainbow is visible above the …
Posted in: Photographs, Series: Caught Our Eyes
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
One of the things I do as a reference librarian of visual materials is keep a folder full of interesting images I come across in my work. Our collections are full of opportunities for serendipitous discovery, and I keep my eyes open for compelling images like this 1923 photo from the National Photo Company Collection. …
Posted in: Photographs, Series: Caught Our Eyes
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
“Will you supply eyes for the Navy?” The arresting image of a blindfolded officer at sea, lost and confused, paired with that question, make this an effective poster – the image caught my attention and made me look and read further. This World War I poster is calling for help from the general population in …
Posted in: Photographs, Posters, Series: Caught Our Eyes, World War I
Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson
Okay, I admit it. California-born and raised, I begin to shiver when the temperature dips much below 40 degrees, as it has this past week in Washington, D.C. That’s probably why my eye was drawn to this photo, which reference librarian Jon Eaker added to our “Caught Our Eyes” staff sharing wall. Although it eloquently …
Posted in: Photographs, Series: Caught Our Eyes
Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson
Brett Carnell, Head of the Prints & Photographs Division Technical Services section, explains what caught his attention about a photo he added to our local picture “sharing” wall. This photograph of the Ramirez family first caught my eye because it reminded me of my youth. I was raised in the rural West where semi-arid farming …
Posted in: Photographs, Series: Caught Our Eyes
Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson
The grounds of the U.S. Capitol have played host to millions of visitors, not to mention every flavor of celebrations and demonstrations. But it’s not often that you see a car parts strewn across the Capitol’s well-groomed grounds. Reference librarian Jon Eaker spotted this photo among photographs recently digitized from the U.S. News & World …
Posted in: Photographs, Series: Caught Our Eyes
Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson
Reference Librarian Ryan Brubacher added this photo by Toni Frissell to our “Caught Our Eyes” wall for sharing pictures from the collections with our colleagues, noting that it had caught her eyes again. She recalls encountering it first because it was one of the hundreds of photos featured in the landmark “Family of Man” exhibition …
Posted in: Photographs, Series: Caught Our Eyes
Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson
Perhaps it’s the impending arrival of April 1, but my first thought upon looking at this photo, placed on our “Caught Our Eyes” sharing wall by reference librarian Jon Eaker, was that it was an April Fool’s joke. As is sometimes the case with photos in our Harris & Ewing collection, where captions range from …
Posted in: Photographs, Series: Caught Our Eyes, Visual literacy