Sunday, July 31, 2011

Two men and...

I thought it would be fun to see what comes up when I Googled "two men and" (after my previous blog "Two Dogs and a Fire Hydrant." The first few links on Google are to that awful (yet awfully funny) sitcom Two and a Half Men. The rest are quite amusing.

Here's my condensed list:

"Two Men and":
- a Baby
- a Pretend Baby
- a Little Lady
- a Lady
- a Woman
- a Maid
- a Wardrobe
- a Thrift Shop
- a Truck
- a Jeep
- a Boat
- a River
- a Mountain
- a Lion
- a Dog
- a Donkey
- a Ghost
- an iPad App

When I went to Google Images with the same words, I found the following interesting looking pieces.

A pastel piece by a contemporary artist named Lisa Pope. Two men are working powerful oxen. I think this is her strongest work.
Two Men and Oxen, 2010
Lisa Pope
Barrigada, Guam
Contemporary
Soft Pastel on Canson Paper
18in x 12in
Fine Art America
What's on Lisa's Easel?

A photograph taken in a formal studio by D.A. Sigerist. Two men guide a woman through a very civilized-looking dance. It takes more than one man to civilize a woman?

Two men and a woman dancing three hand reel , ca. 1905
D. A. Sigerist
American
Born 1873
Black and White Film Copy Negative
Library of Congress,
Prints and Photographs Catalog Online


There are more photographs by Sigerist on the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog, from the Library of Congress. He photographed early 20th century social dances.

When I Googled "Two Men and a Fire Hydrant" I got this photograph below by John G. Moebes, a photographer from North Carolina who recorded 1950s America.

Two Men Paint a Fire Hydrant, 1953
John G. Moebes
Alabama
1911-2002
Black and White Photograph
11in x 9in @ 300 ppi
Corbis Images


So, there you have it. The ways of the web.