Forget for a moment how overwhelmingly adorable these two are together, if you can, and consider the “real” history of the photograph. This little girl is encountering a penguin for the very first time. Now forget what you know and tell me what it inspires.
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Life magazine has always been known for it iconic photographs. This one is no exception. Does it speak to you? What story does it inspire?
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6 yo girl with brother, Italy 1947 – Life Magazine
by Alfred Eisenstaedt
This photograph is so flexible that I read into it exactly what I am feeling at the moment. What does it inspire in you today?
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“Sunlight” Photo circa 1905, location Alma, Michigan, Sun parlour of the Alma Sanitarium
Could there be two more iconic figures from this period? Can you imagine what brought them to this moment? Or do you see someone else in this photograph?
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1923 Henry Food (cowboy) with Thomas Edison
There is so much going on. Where does one begin? Where would you begin?
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Paris Exposition, 1900
Anonymous or lost? Girl or boy? What do you think his/her story might be?
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“Not to be Reproduced” by René Margrite, 1937
Did she think that she was alone? Was she expecting someone? Is she innocent or not? What does she inspire in you?
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“September Morn” by Paul Chabas (1910-12)
They fly through the air with the greatest of ease… Do you ever wonder what goes through their head? Or maybe you think about what their lives are like when they’re on the ground. What’s the story inside of you?
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“The Catch” by F. W. Glaiser, 1907
Taken at the Brockton Fair, Massachusetts.
The painting speaks for itself, doesn’t it? What does it say to you?
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New York Movie by Edward Hopper, 1939
This photograph entitled “Thisbe” was taken in 1900. The title makes reference to the story of Pyramus and Thisbe first noted in Ovid’s Metamorphosis and since retold by many different authors.
There’s no question that the image offers many inspirations, but what story does she inspire in you?
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