All smiles. . .

On the left: My man Tim and his brother, Kent. Christmas 1976 or so. On the right: My son Reeve and his girlfriend, Eliza, summer 2013.

Alike as two . . . (what?)

Wrightsville Beach, NC, October 2011.

Decay, decayer, decayest

More Detroit disregard.  Not exactly before and after (because. . . before and after what?), but part of a decay trajectory/continuum. Top: the Easttown Theater; Bottom: Brodhead Armory.

Dress-up play just got cooler.

On the left: Amelia Earhart; on the right: 5-year-old Emma—daughter of photographer Jaime Moore, who thought it was about time girls were encouraged to emulate role models other than Disney princesses and Barbie dolls.

More pairings here.

21st century makeover

Well, it's about time: Queen Elizabeth I gets a new look, courtesy of The Telegraph.

More updated looks for centuries-old notables — including Marie Antoinette and William Shakespeare— here.

Braque, is that you?

On the left: Paul Cezanne, "La Montagne Sainte-Victoire," 1885-1895; on the right: Georges Braque, "Viaduct at L'Estaque,"1908.

(I knew that Georges Braque's style in the 19-teens was very similar to Pablo Picasso's but was interested to see this comparison with Cezanne's earlier painting.)

Brothers in Cubism

On the left: Pablo Picasso, "Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler," 1910; on the right: Georges Braque, "Le Portugais," 1911-12 

I know, I know. This one is a gimme—as any art history student could tell you. But it's still fun to look at. . .

We're more alike than we think

Images from photographer Mark Laita's project, Created Equal. A bit about the project (and more photos) here.

Family?

Hanging out together in a glass case at St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store in Madison, Wisconsin. (Something about the posture, the lower lip, the downward gaze, arms held in close to sides. . .)

Hmmm. . .

On the left: the Bluetooth logo; on the right: the logo created by Max Körner (1883-1963), for  Behinger and Co. in 1922.

Thanks to Stephen Heller for pointing this out. (If you're interested in design, you ought to sign up for his highly entertaining and informative newsletter here.)

The boys of winter

and that killer New Mexico late afternoon light. On the left: Reeve, circa November 2004, Vaughn, NM; On the right: Nick, January 2013, Santa Fe, NM.

Almost enough. . .

to make you believe in reincarnation. Or genes, anyway. Could these two cheery fellows be related? On the left: Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist. On the right: Chris Cooper (1951-) American film actor.

Fun site here with lots more of historical and contemporary pairings.