January 28, 2006
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SATURDAY PHOTOJ.D. Salinger
by Lotte JacobiIn 1951, one of the most banned, as well as most taught, books in American literature was written by Salinger – The Catcher in the Rye. On the dust jacket of its first edition was one of the very few photographs ever taken of its author, who besides this one novel, only wrote a handful of short stories
before he disappeared into a reclusive life in New Hampshire, where he still lives today at age 87. The photo was taken by Lotte Jacobi. He was 32 then, but she was already 55, having been born in 1896 in Poland to a family of famous photographers. She began to study photography as a child and got formal training in Germany in the 1920s. In 1935, she left Germany for New York to escape the Nazi regime. By then she was 39. Over the next 20 years she photographed many famous people, including Einstein, Robert Frost, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thomas Mann, and Marc Chagall. In 1955, she moved to her son’s property in Deering, New Hampshire in the southwest corner of the state not far from where Salinger still lives. She opened a gallery and in the last years of her life received many awards. She lived to be 94 years old. These are some of her photos.
Deep Thought: “If I could be any kind of dog, I think I’d be one of those little yappy dogs, because while you’re sitting there on the couch trying to sound real smart, I’m just yapping away. Just yappin’ and yappin’, and there’s nothing you can do about it, because I live here.”
Today I am grateful for: Doorknobs
Guess the Movie: “He’s more machine now than man; twisted and evil.” Answer: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, 1983.
Winner: Eliminate_the_Impossible.
Kerry Steps Up
by Matthew Rothschild
Hear, hear, for John Kerry.
Finally, a Democrat willing to take a principled and courageous stance against Alito, and to do what needs to be done: and that’s to filibuster.
Though New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick, in an ostensible news story, mocked Kerry for “hobnobbing” in Davos, Switzerland, during the early parts of the Senate debate, millions of progressives are cheering Kerry on—and Ted Kennedy, for that matter, who also has endorsed the filibuster tactic. (Rest of story here.)
Comments (12)
very interesting photos…
Why that movie quote would be from Return of the Jedi.
those are really beautiful photos…timeless :>)
doorknobs are nice.
Return of the Jedi wins!
an intense photo of Lotte, beautiful.
Thanks for the photos. Do you think the filibuster has a chance?
That’s good enough for one of my profile photos sometime!
She has such a strong command of the lense…thanks for sharing!
i wonder if she used a mirror on the one wit hthe mans reflection. im guessing so, or someo ther developing trick. i havn’t learned anyhtign about a manual camera.
whenever i read “doorknobs” i seperate the owrds worng:
“dork-nobs”
There is a digital camera in the house, but I’m not up to trying to use that new fangled device. Most of my camera experience was with a Pentax almost 40 years old.
Thanks for sharing the information on Salinger and the photos. Sadly “Catcher in the Rye” is still frowned on as a high school novel. I read it in protest. Maybe young kids still do.
Doorknobs… yes.
While I admire Kerry for standing on principles, his timing is horrible, and he’s making himself and other Dems look foolish, I’m afraid. Of course, I’m still annoyed with him for wimping out during the second half of the presidential campaign. I’d rather have seen him lose by more votes and said what he really meant than pander for more votes. Of course, if he had won with that tactic, I wouldn’t be nearly as annoyed.
I’m afraid Alito is going to be a disaster. So I’m not really mad at Kerry. I just wish that he could do some good.