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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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Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Jul 17
Some snippets of reviews for my book, Artistic and Life-Like: Photography in Washington, 1850-1900. The Seattle Book Review says, "it's a meditation on how we remember, what we preserve, and who gets to be seen." Kirkus Reviews calls it "a masterpiece of local history." The Portland Book Review describes it as "an indispensable contribution to the historical canon of the Pacific Northwest."
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Here's a headline from the Aurora Journal [Indiana]newspaper of December 30, 1865, that could easily come right out of today's news.
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.
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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It's unfair that we won't have Christopher Knight to tell us what is really happening here.
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.
www.artnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Great news for American #libraries and all of us who use them!

www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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.
www.ala.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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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
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. 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.
December 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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#blueskyartshow Vacation homes along the shore of Lake Michigan, USA
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.
November 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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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...
November 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Astounding 19th-century mystical abstraction by British artist Georgiana Houghton.

#GeorgianaHoughton
#womenartists
#abstractartists
#19thcenturyartists
“The 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 — nor would see again until the ...
publicdomainreview.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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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
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."
October 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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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
October 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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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-...
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.
www.timgreyhavens.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Outstanding news from Victoria, Australia, today! This is the first step in righting centuries of wrong to the First Peoples of their continent.

#Australia
#FirstPeoples

www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
The votes are counted and the quiet shattered as treaty arrives in Victoria
The first treaty with our First Peoples came after a long debate and even longer wait.
www.theage.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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The Seattle Monorail is a mile long.

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angrywaterman.bsky.social Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · Oct 18
Seattle No Kings from the monorail
October 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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#NoKings protest right now #Seattle
October 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Happy World Photobook Day! What better way to celebrate than to look back at the beginning of photography and its growth in Washington State? It's filled with over 200 photographs that show the growth of the medium and its impact on our society.
Advertisement for my book, Artistic and Life-Like: Photography in Washington, 1850-1900. Available now through your local bookstore or online for $45.
October 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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"Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved."

🕊🐒 RIP Dame Dr #JaneGoodall.

The groundbreaking zoologist, primatologist, and anthropologist has passed away, aged 91.
October 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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September 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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I stand with PBS.

I stand with NPR.

I stand with Stephen Colbert.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

I stand with the First Amendment.

PERIOD.*

*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
September 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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In 1883 #OTD, Cree photographer Richard Throssel was born in Marengo, Washington Territory, USA. Starting in 1902, he created a catalog of more than 1,000 images of the Crow People and their lifestyles.

#CrowNation
#NativePhotography
#RichardThrossel
Richard Throssel - Wikipedia
Richard Throssell (1882–1933) was a Cree photographer, who documented life on the Crow Reservation at the beginning of the 20th century.
en.wikipedia.org
September 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Famed Pictorialist photographer Eva Watson-Schütze was born #OTD in 1867. She studied art with Thomas Eakins, but she soon became a strong advocate for women photographers, writing, "I want [my work] judged by only one standard, irrespective of sex."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Wat...
Eva Watson-Schütze - Wikipedia
Eva Watson-Schütze (September 16, 1867 – 1935) was an American photographer who was one of the founding members of the Photo-Secession.
en.wikipedia.org
September 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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I absolutely agree with #BobMarley 🎯 🎯 🎯

#Pinks
#ProudBlue
“You will never find justice in a world where criminals make the rules.” ~ Bob Marley
September 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Seattle professional photographer Adair Rutledge has a great new series called "Nashville Cardinals." It's about a pee-wee football team and "what it means to be a child and expectations for what it means to 'Be a Man'.” Outstanding work!

#documentaryphotography

adairrutledge.com/NASHVILLE-CA...
Adair Freeman Rutledge | Photographer | NASHVILLE-CARDINALS | 1
Adair Freeman Rutledge is a Nashville and Seattle based commercial and editorial photographer specializing in lifestyle and portraits.
adairrutledge.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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I’m super excited about the rare forthcoming exhibition of Symbolist art at the @artinstitutechi.bsky.social. Such amazing imagery.

#symbolism
#arthistory

www.artic.edu/exhibitions/...
Strange Realities: The Symbolist Imagination | The Art Institute of Chicago
This display featuring over 85 Symbolist works on paper by artists including Edvard Munch, Odilon Redon, and Paul Gauguin captures the beauty and strangeness of a mysterious generation of artists.
www.artic.edu
September 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Fixed your headline for you, @nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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How many early women photographers do you know? Here’s my starting list for some of the best.

#womenphotographers
#photohistory
Ten Early Women Photographers You Should Know
In honor of Women’s History Month, I’m shining a light on some of the many under-recognized and under-valued women photographers of the past. Sadly, there are way too many photographers who should hav...
www.timgreyhavens.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM