cynthia henebry

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Calling on All Silent Minorities - HEY

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Izzy at 48 hours, 2013

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Mason, 2014

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My Son the Man Suddenly his shoulders get a lot wider, the way Houdini would expand his body while people were putting him in chains. It seems no time since I would help him to put on his sleeper, guide his calves into the gold interior, zip him up and toss him up and catch his weight. I cannot imagine him no longer a child, and I know I must get ready, get over my fear of men now my son is going to be one. This was not what I had in mind when he pressed up through me like a sealed trunk through the ice of the Hudson, snapped the padlock, unsnaked the chains, and appeared in my arms. Now he looks at me the way Houdini studied a box to learn the way out, then smiled and let himself be manacled.

-Sharon Olds

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Zoe, 2015

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skateland, 2015

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December

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And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our feet, and learn to be at home.

Wendell Berry

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Eloise, 2014

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Some of the recent work of Cynthia Henebry, whose tumblr you can follow here.

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my favorite thing about this grouping is the Sharon Olds poem my work gets to sit next to. Thank you Stanley.

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Arwen at Anna's birthday party, 2014

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Avani's self portrait, 2014

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I have 3 pieces in the exhibition “Documentary,” up now at Photo Center NW in Seattle- check it out if you’re in the area...

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Nora in May, 2014

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Pledging, 2014