Photography Challenge

Vintage Photo, March 22, 2012

My-West.com — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:28:58 +0000

Shooting Like a Pro, 1938. Vernacular photograph of the West from the My-West.com photography collection.

Vintage Photo, March 12, 2012

My-West.com — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:25:38 +0000

Claire Playing House in the Grasshopper Valley, Montana, 1937. Vernacular photographs of the West from the My-West.com photography collection.

We Open with Clotheslines

Strings Attached

Vintage Photo, March 8, 2012

My-West.com — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:51:15 +0000

Woman and Tire Swing, c. 1900. A vernacular photograph of the West from the My-West.com photography collection.

Vintage Photo, March 2, 2012

My-West.com — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 06:32:23 +0000

Woman with Child, c. 1890. A vernacular photograph of the West from the My-West.com photography collection.

Vintage Photo, February 22, 2012

My-West.com — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:44:37 +0000

Man Looking Skyward, c. 1940. A vernacular photograph from the My-West photography collection.

Vintage Photo, February 14, 2012

My-West.com — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:41:59 +0000

Happy Valentine's Day!

Couple in Love, c. 1900. A vernacular photograph of the West from My-West.com's photograph collection.

Vintage Photo, February 12, 2012

My-West.com — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:23:52 +0000

“He respects Owl, because you can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right.” - A. A. Milne

Boy with Owl, c. 1920. A vernacular photograph of the West. From My-West.com's photograph collection.

Vintage Photo, February 9, 2012

My-West.com — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:02:16 +0000

Meg in Tears, c. 1915. A vernacular photograph of the West. From My-West.com's photograph collection.

Vintage Photo, February 4, 2012

My-West.com — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:22:40 +0000

Who Turned the Lights Out? A vernacular photograph of the West, circa 1910s. From My-West.com's photograph collection.

ELEGANT EYESORE – THE KOLB LEGACY

My-West.com — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:27:34 +0000

By Bennett Owen

Credit: grandcanyonhisory The photographs are every bit as grand as the canyon Emery and Ellsworth Kolb called home –

Credit: pbs.orgThe pioneers captured these images when the medium was still in its infancy….

…Yet their natural talent produced masterpieces as breathtaking today as they were a century ago.

Credit: artesmagazine.comThe brothers settled on the rim of the Grand Canyon at the head of Bright Angel Trail…in a time and landscape where just getting water pure enough to develop prints meant trekking down into the depths of the canyon and back up…often three times per day.

Initially they earned a living taking photographs of tourists.

Credit: californiadesertartBut their adventuresome spirit soon led them to more daring pursuits…and in 1912, they took on a new medium…moving pictures…and documented their greatest adventure…retracing John Wesley Powell’s perilous journey down the Green and Colorado rivers. The film is still being shown today.

The house and studio they built still stands at the head of Bright Angel Trail. Yes, it’s an eyesore…but a monument to two visionaries of the American West.

Credit: earthly-musingsArizona Highways fills in the blanks of their story and this piece is well worth the four minutes.