Monthly Archives: April 2020
Blogging from A to Z Challenge: W is for…Margaret Watkins (#AtoZChallenge)
Welcome to my April 2020 Great and Powerful Blogging from A to Z Challenge!
Margaret Watkins (1884–1969) was a Canadian photographer who was “a photographer of portraits and landscapes, still lifes, street scenes and works of early advertising and commercial designs. ” (https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/margaret-watkins). “She lived a life of rebellion, rejection of tradition, and individual heroism; she never married, she was a successful career woman in a time when women stayed at home, and she exhibited eroticism and feminism in her art and writing.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Watkins)
I love the photos I have seen of hers – her most famous image is The Kitchen Sink, literally just that. Reminds you that anything is fair game in photography – which is great, given that for the past month or two, photography at home has become all the rage! And now, here are a couple of her works in the public domain:
The Kitchen Sink
Margaret Watkins, self portrait
Resources:
Margaret Watkins at the National Gallery of Canada
The Kitchen Sink by Margaret Watkins
Seduced by Modernity: The Photography of Margaret Watkins
Thanks for visiting my 2020 A to Z Challenge – Letter W. You can find links to more blogs participating in this challenge at A to Z 2020 Challenge Master List (Google Docs).
A Caturday for Kevin (and also the last on in April…what??)
Yes indeed – I’ve missed a few of these in the past few weeks. But for Kevin and you all, here is your last Caturday in May!
Share Your World – April 20, 2020
And now for this week’s Share Your World
In your opinion what animal is the most majestic?
Need you ask?
What seemingly innocent question makes you think “It’s a trap!”?
A seemingly innocent question that asks what would make me think “It’s a trap!”!
What weird potato chip flavor that doesn’t exist would you like to try?
Let’s face it: any potato chip flavour other than regular is weird… and wrong.
Blogging from A to Z Challenge: V is for…Homai Vyarawalla (#AtoZChallenge)
Welcome to my April 2020 Great and Powerful Blogging from A to Z Challenge!
Homai Vyarawalla (1913-2012) was India’s first female photojournalist. She “broke social barriers as her country’s first female professional photographer, capturing black-and-white images that examined India’s history from its struggle for independence from Britain in the 1940s until her abrupt retirement in 1970 soon after the death of her husband (Maneckshaw Vyarawalla).” (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Homai-Vyarawalla)
Her photos range from intimate portraits to sweeping views of pivotal events. There are many, many sites for you to explore – the resources I present here are only a handful, so I encourage you to look for more.
Here is one of her photos in the public domain:
Nehru releasing a dove as a sign of peace at a public function at the National Stadium in New Delhi.
Resources:
Homai Vyarawalla at Britannica
Homai Vyarawalla: A Portrait of a Groundbreaking Photographer
Homai Vyarawalla: The trailblazer who became India’s first woman photojournalist
Remembering Homai Vyarawalla, self-taught firebrand photographer who made her own rules
Thanks for visiting my 2020 A to Z Challenge – Letter V. You can find links to more blogs participating in this challenge at A to Z 2020 Challenge Master List (Google Docs).
Flower of the Day: April 25, 2020
Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Tulip Days, day 25! Boy, my tulip pictures are not as sharp as I remember them being. Gotta check my eyes!!
2020 365: Day 115 (April 24)
The prompt today is “Free Theme Friday”.
Just another evening on the deck….
