Diver at Motel 1962 Kodachrome Snapshot snuff box both render mountainous Brazilian landscapes

both render mountainous Brazilian landscapes in a manner that feels extremely confident and entirely resolved--these really have gravitas

Or it could just sit around looking cute

Perhaps this wonderful painted sheet iron cutout bird was once the topper on a weathervane

or on its own in a windowsill or on a bedside table

Black ink on wove paper mounted to a heavier weight brown backing sheet

Diver at Motel 1962 Kodachrome Snapshot snuff box both render mountainous Brazilian landscapesPart of what really makes this little snapshot for me is the tiny sun (a glimpse of a sign or billboard I guess) peeking out just about the roof of the motel at far right. Plus the yellow and blue pool and patio furniture that carries through the yellow of that sun and blue of the pool water. And the wing like arms of the diver mid air, with faint telephone wires running horizontal just about him, which makes me think of birds on wires. Actually, I