Washington & Lincoln

My husband and I are fans of history. I have read many books and watched documentaries about Abraham Lincoln. My husband has done the same, only with George Washington. We have been to Washington, D.C. to see the memorials, Ford Theater, Mount Vernon (George Washington's home) and Washington's grave site.

I took both of these photos many years apart. A couple of weeks ago, I was looking through some photos I took over the summer at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). I found one of a bust of George Washington. I did a severe crop of the bust and loved how it made the photo different. I found full photo of Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial I took back in 2003. I cropped Lincoln on the right side of the photo. Washington is cropped on the left. I did that because these two photos will be printed, matted and framed. They will be hanging in our house side by side.

I love these photos and it makes history come alive.