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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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Tough Kid @toughkid.bsky.social · 1d

The Seattle Monorail is a mile long.

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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 1d

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

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Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · 2d

#NoKings protest right now #Seattle

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Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · 6d

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.

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Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 19d

"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.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Sep 18

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

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Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Sep 18

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.

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Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Sep 16

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."

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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.

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Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Sep 13

It has some definite similarities with the U. S. Library of Congress Reading Room.

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ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ @cheryl2877.bsky.social · Sep 9

I absolutely agree with #BobMarley 🎯 🎯 🎯

#Pinks
#ProudBlue

“You will never find justice in a world where criminals make the rules.”

~ Bob Marley

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Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Sep 9

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

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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.

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Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Sep 3

I’m super excited about the rare forthcoming exhibition of Symbolist art at the @artinstitutechi.bsky.social. Such amazing imagery.

#symbolism
#arthistory

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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.

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Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Aug 26

Fixed your headline for you, @nytimes.com

Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Aug 16

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...

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Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Aug 5

Such a wonderful and yet unusual portrait. Theo van Rysselberghe - Portrait of Irma Sèthe. 1894. Musée du Petit Palais. What's going on with the half-exposed person in the next room whose hand captures a strangely disproportionate amount of attention?

#neoimpressionism
#pointalism
#VanRysselberghe

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Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Aug 5

Sadly....

Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Aug 4

For fans of early mobile photography studios, I just posted the initial results of my research about the Boston Railroad Photo Car. As many as 13 of these cars traveled throughout the American West during the 1890s.

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#photohistory
#mobilepotographystudios

A vintage cabinet card photograph of a smiling girl with long, dark hair. She is sitting in a big wooden armchair and looking directly at the camera. She seems very confident in her gaze. At the bottom of the card it says "Boston-R-R-Photo-Car No 4."

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Aug 3

"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."

The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit

Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women

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Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Jul 31

How I'm actually feeling on this Wednesday evening.

Christine and the Queens - Tilted (Official Video)

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Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Jul 29

And then there's the question of "Exactly what was it I found in that reference that's relevant to the point I made?".

Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Jul 27

E. Jane Gay, who some historians identify as America's first lesbian photographer, was born #OTD. In 1889, she accompanied her future life partner, Alice Cunningham Fletcher, on an expedition to photograph the Winnebago and the Nez Perce Peoples in the West.

#LGBTQ+photographers
#womenphotographers

Portrait of E. Jane Gay. She is a white, middle-aged white woman standing outside in a floor-length dark dress and wearing a bowler hat. Her hair is cropped short. She is adjusting a small view camera on a wooden tripod and appears to be intent on her subject (out of the picture).

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Tim Greyhavens @thegreyhavens.bsky.social · Jul 14

That is a very memorable description of a beautiful drink!

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