Comments on: Early Bird Catches the Specimen http://www.calacademy.org/blogs/library/?p=259 Treasures within the Academy Library Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Sara Jervis http://www.calacademy.org/blogs/library/?p=259&cpage=1#comment-18 Sara Jervis Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:31:55 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/blogs/library/?p=259#comment-18 Drinking from water bottles – 1914
I stare in fascination at photographs taken in the early twentieth century or really, any time last century. What intrigues me are the elements of life that are universal: people’s expressions, their everyday items serve the same purpose as they do today. Here is an image which illustrates this: http://images.swinburne.edu.au/handle/1111.1/3637

Were the students given permission to drink during the lecture because it was very hot? (Australian summer). I am refreshed each time I see that technology changes; people do not. And I am ever grateful that technology allows me this opportunity for reflection.

]]> By: Daniel Ransom http://www.calacademy.org/blogs/library/?p=259&cpage=1#comment-5 Daniel Ransom Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:29:39 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/blogs/library/?p=259#comment-5 Aside from the importance of the individuals in the photo, it’s a really neat picture to look at just from a composition standpoint. First, the bright burst of white at the top center right creates a great contrast for the rest of the image. The jaunty angle of the cap on McGregor, the tobacco pipes, and most of all the stuffed birds (herons? Egrets? A birder might know) that seem so casually displayed in Emerson’s attic. It’s the sort of image I could stare at for a few minutes just to pick up the details.

Thanks for highlighting it!

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