Photography – A Honey of an Anklet

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The last time with horses: backstage photos by Sinna Nasseri at the Metropolitan Opera. Joshua Barone reports on his experience as a supernumerary in Aida.
Post-bougie: six decades of Barbie’s Dreamhouses. Analysis by Julie Lasky, photos by Evelyn Pustka.

I love everything about this image from Shorpy (save one): the motion blur of the waitresses and ceiling fan, obscure prepackaged food, checkerboarded mini tile floor, shiny Coca-Cola fountain—and above all, the patrons ranked behind the diners, waiting their turn. The blot: as commenters have noted, this image is from 1942, when Washington was segregated. The photo is by Marjory Collins for the Farm Security Administration.

Just take the dang picture

“Have iPhone Cameras Become Too Smart?,” by Kyle Chayka. I really want to quote the whole piece as a blockquote, but I will just pull out:

We are all pro photographers now, at the tap of a finger, but that doesn’t mean our photos are good.

Out of Heber Springs

Eren Orbey reports on the scuffle over the legacy of photographer Mike Disfarmer.

Disfarmer is the subject of a puppetry piece by Dan Hurlin.

Long day

A portrait of Pullman porter Alfred MacMillan on the Capitol Limited by Jack Delano (at Shorpy).

One-Spot

Two recent posts by Shorpy caught my attention, both of them photos taken by Jack Delano in 1940: House of Fleas and Mystic Manor.

Hits the spot

Another priceless photographic artifact, Marion Post Wolcott’s image of the Osage Spot in 1938 at Shorpy.

Upcoming: 43

A reason to get back on the Orange Line: Artomatic is coming to New Carrollton at the end of the month, as Bob Niedt reports.

Soaring

In honor of the opening of Washington Dulles International Airport 52 years ago: a stunning gallery of images of the Eero Saarinen-designed airport under construction, photographed by Balthazar Korab, and donated to the Library of Congress.

Ambassador

A triumph of the quotidian (and here at AHoaA, we are all about the quotidian), perfectly composed, at Shorpy: George’s Arax washes the Nash in Wausau.