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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
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
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
October 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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
#NoKings protest right now #Seattle
October 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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.
October 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
September 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It has some definite similarities with the U. S. Library of Congress Reading Room.
September 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Fixed your headline for you, @nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
August 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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
August 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Sadly....
August 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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.

www.timgreyhavens.com/post/the-bos...

#photohistory
#mobilepotographystudios
August 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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
July 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
July 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
#OTD 117 years ago, American photographer Minor White was born in Minneapolis, MN. Over the course of his 50+ year career, he became one of the most influential photographic artists and teachers of the 20th century.

#MinorWhite
#photohistory
#LGBTQphotographers

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_W...
July 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I urge anyone who cares about democracy and our freedom to read this book as soon as possible. It’s small and brief, and it sums up everything that’s been going on in this country for many years. Snyder packs more into his 20 points/chapters than many books ten times this size.
#nokings
July 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
During his career, La Roche made many beautiful portraits of Native Peoples in his studio. He continued as a photographer until 1928, when his adopted son Frank Jr. took over his business. La Roche died in Seattle in 1934.
June 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Between 1890 and 1902 LaRoche is reported to have made over 100 roundtrips to Alaska. The 3,000+ photos that he took made him the premier chronicler of Alaska at that time.
June 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In 1853 #OTD, photographer Frank La Roche was born in Philadelphia. He slowly made his way west, with stops in Florida, Salt Lake City, and New Orleans. He arrived in #Seattle just one month after the Great Fire of 1889 wiped out most of the city's downtown.

#photohistory
#Seattlehistory
June 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
May 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Wilson divorced Weston in 1946 after feeling continually slighted about her contributions to Weston's work and his persistence in pursuing younger women. In 1998, she co-authored a book that told her side of the Wilson-Weston relationship. At age 95, she passed away in her beloved California.
May 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In 1937, Wilson wrote an application to the Guggenheim Foundation for a project to illustrate Walt Whitman's poem, "Leaves of Grass." The couple traveled nearly 17,000 miles for 6 months, resulting in a 2-volume book. Two years later, she wrote the text for their book, "California and the West."
May 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Charis posed repeatedly for Weston, including several iconic nudes lying in the sand at Oceano Dunes. In her obituary, a writer said, "She knew exactly what she was doing — how her knee or shoulder would look turned just so, or what a good idea it would be to roll naked down giant sand dunes."
May 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Charis Wilson (1914-2009) was photographer Edward Weston's girlfriend, wife, inspiration, and, for many years, essential collaborator in his work. She was born 111 years ago #OTD and was with Weston from 1934 to 1946, when he created some of his most famous images.
May 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Ladd continued to exhibit photographs throughout the 1910s and '20s. After her husband died in 1920, she moved to Carmel, CA, to live out the rest of her life with her friend and artistic companion, Lily White. She died in Carmel in 1927.
April 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM