Beach Scene with Heads Turned and Black Cloud Following Handsome Life Guard, c. 1950s Snapshot primitive old stool A satisfyingly visceral primitively carved

A satisfyingly visceral primitively carved old folk art whimsy

" I think just as singles they are pretty terrific

If balanced he will sit on his own

standing like a spectre over this young woman

) In my experience it is quite rare to find a carved Inuit figure of this scale

Beach Scene with Heads Turned and Black Cloud Following Handsome Life Guard, c. 1950s Snapshot primitive old stool A satisfyingly visceral primitively carvedThe more time I spend looking at it, the more I love this photo, which (as someone who often looks at compositions of bodies through the lens of modern contemporary dance) feels almost like a dance still to me but also one enhanced by this blur of a black cloud hovering over our very handsome young lifeguard. Like three separate choreographed vignettes sharing the same frame: young women in foreground (with great faces!) turning their heads, child