Three Things: The Late Winter Edition
I haven’t acknowledged the weather at all this season. Perhaps I hoped it would come and go in a quick and painless manner this year, or maybe I was afraid that looking in its direction would somehow goad the beast into a further fury. Today, though, I’m in the mood to look it straight in the eye. Winter: hello, you.
Saul Leiter, Snow, 1960. Photograph.
Andrew Wyeth, Spring, 1978. Tempera on panel.
Todd Hido, #6037, 2007. Photograph. www.toddhido.com
We’ve fantasized about letters before; the lovely, handwritten kind. This week, let’s revisit those missives, and this time focus on the actions surrounding them: the writing, the reading, the sending. Here are three moments to get you started:
Saul Leiter, Café des Deux Magots, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 1959. Photograph.
Claudio Bravo, Man Reading a Letter, 1975. Graphite on paper. Private collection.
Russell Lee, Postman loaded with mail waiting for streetcar. Streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1939. Photograph. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC.
