Tagged With "Alice Austen House"

IslandMan - A superb experience ! Thank you for sharing !

This looks like a fantastic trip and any reason to go by train is good one to me. Wondering if the place names (Adelaide, Alice, Katherine) recall days of too few settler women for the number of men?

Thanks for taking us on that journey! A wonderful piece!

M. Poirot regrets that he had necessity of leaving the journey before the end. An important affair required the attention of his gray matter...

Cuts in other revenue lead Bath's Council to think about a per bed per night tourism tax, but others point out that hotel stay taxes are already high

Jonathan L takes us on a trip to Staten Island to explore the life of early 20th century photographer Alice Austen

Though I have a particular interest in photography, especially women photographers & their work, I'd never heard of Alice Austen. My eyes tell me men & women often have differing sensibilities that show in the work, not better, just different, & since historically there have been fewer women one must sometimes look harder to find them. So big thanks for this one, Jonathan. https://aliceausten.org/collection/

Jonathan L visits The Met for an exhibit of paintings by Alice Neel

A new venue explores both the life of the author of Frankenstein and of the character and novel she created.

The National Trust is planning a full restoration of one of Bath's key historic features

When we talk about luxury train travel, we conjure up images of the Orient Express and the British Pullman, Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot, Indian Rajas and world heads of state, royalty and opulence, con men and espionage, and journeys that take...