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Jim Harris: Untitled. Ink and acrylic marker on paper 16" x 13" 2017 www.saatchiart.com/art/Drawing-Untitled/292357/3983878/view
5820 ‘Big Jim’ USA loco on standby duty on day one of the Keighley & Worth Valley Spring Steam Gala 2018 heading out of Haworth
Vintage postcard, no. 1030.
Delicate American actress Winona Ryder (1971) is known for her dark hair, brown eyes and pale skin. She starred in films such as Beetlejuice Heathers, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Edward Scissorhands, and the television series Stranger Things. In 1994, she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in the film The Age of Innocence (1993), and Ryder was nominated twice for an Oscar.
Winona Ryder was born Winona Laura Horowitz in Winona (Olmsted County), Minnesota, in 1971. Yes, her name is very much the same as her birthplace. Her parents, Cindy Horowitz (Istas), an author and video producer, and Michael Horowitz, a publisher and bookseller, were part of the hippie movement. She has a brother named Uri Horowitz (1976), who got his first name after Yuri Gagarin, a half-sister named Sunyata Palmer (1968), and a half-brother named Jubal Palmer (1970) from her mother Cindy's first marriage. From 1978, Winona grew up in a commune near Mendocino in California, which had no electricity. When Winona was seven, her mother began to manage an old cinema in a nearby barn and would screen films all day. She allowed Winona to miss school to watch movies with her. In 1981, the family moved to Petaluma, California. Since Winona was considered an outsider in public school, she was sent to a public school and later to the American Conservatory Theater acting school. She was discovered at the age of thirteen by a talent scout at a theatre performance at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. In 1985, she applied for a role in the film Desert Bloom (David Seltzer, 1986) with a video in which she performed a monologue from the book 'Franny and Zooey' by J. D. Salinger. Although the casting choice was fellow actress Annabeth Gish, director and writer David Seltzer recognised her talent and cast her as Rina in his film Lucas (David Seltzer, 1986) about a teenager (Corey Haim) and his life in high school. When telephoned to ask what name she wanted to be called in the credits, she chose Ryder as her stage name because her father's Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels album was playing in the background. Her real hair colour is blonde but when she made Lucas (1986), her hair color was dyed black. She was told to keep it that colour and with the exception of Edward Scissorhands (1990), it has stayed that color since. Her next film was Square Dance (Daniel Petrie, 1987), in which the protagonist she portrays lives a life between two worlds: on a traditional farm and in a big city. Ryder's performance received good reviews, although neither film was a commercial success. Her acting in Lucas led director Tim Burton to cast her in his film Beetlejuice (Tim Burton, 1988). In this comedy, she played Lydia Deetz, who moves with her family into a house inhabited by ghosts (played by Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, and Michael Keaton). Ryder, as well as the film, received positive reviews, and Beetlejuice was also successful at the box office. In 1989, she starred as Veronica Sawyer in the independent film Heathers (Michael Lehmann, 1989) about a couple (Ryder and Christian Slater) who kill popular schoolgirls. Ryder's agent had previously advised her against the role. The film was a financial failure, but Ryder received positive reviews. The Jerry Lee Lewis biopic Great Balls of Fire! (Jim McBride, 1989) was also a flop. That same year, Ryder appeared in Mojo Nixon's music video 'Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child'. At the premiere of Great Balls of Fire (1989), Ryder met fellow actor and later film partner Johnny Depp. The couple became engaged a few months later, but their relationship ended in 1993. He had a tattoo of her name and after they broke up, he had this reduced to "Wino forever".
In 1990, Winona Ryder had her breakthrough performance alongside her boyfriend Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990). The fantasy film was an international box-office success. Ryder was selected for the role of Mary Corleone in The Godfather: Part III (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990) but had to drop out of the role after catching the flu from the strain of doing the films Welcome Home Roxy (Jim Abrahams, 1990) and Mermaids (Richard Benjamin, 1990) back-to-back. Ryder's performance alongside Cher and Christina Ricci in the family comedy Mermaids (1990) was praised by critics and she was nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Supporting Actress category. Ryder also appeared with Cher and Ricci in the music video for 'The Shoop Shoop Song', the film's theme song. Independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch wrote a role specifically for her in Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch, 1991), as a tattooed, chain-smoking cabdriver who dreams of becoming a mechanic. Ryder was cast in a dual role as Mina Murray and Elisabeta in Bram Stoker's Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola, 1992). In 1993, she starred as Blanca in the drama The House of the Spirits (Bille August, 1993) alongside Antonio Banderas, Meryl Streep, and Glenn Close. It is the film adaptation of Isabel Allende's bestseller of the same name. Together with Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day-Lewis, she starred in Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese, 1993), the film adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel. She was Martin Scorsese's first and only choice for the role of May Welland. For years, she kept the message he left on her voicemail, informing her she got the role. Her part earned her a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and an Oscar nomination. She also earned positive reviews for her role in the comedy Reality Bites (Ben Stiller, 1994). She received critical acclaim and another Oscar nomination the same year as Jo in the drama Little Women (Gillian Armstrong, 1994). In 1996, she starred alongside Daniel Day-Lewis and Joan Allen in The Crucible (Nicholas Hytner, 1996), an adaptation of Arthur Miller's stage play about the Puritan witch hunt in Salem. The film was not a success; however, Ryder's performance was favourably reviewed. A year later she portrayed an android in the successful horror film Alien: Resurrection (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997) alongside Sigourney Weaver's Ripley. In 1998 she starred in Woody Allen's Celebrity (1998). after Drew Barrymore turned down the role. In 1999 she starred as a psychiatric patient with borderline syndrome in the drama Girl, Interrupted (James Mangold, 1999), based on Susanna Kaysen's autobiographical novel. Girl, Interrupted, the first film on which she served as executive producer, was supposed to be Ryder's comeback in Hollywood after the flops of the past years. However, the film became the breakthrough for her colleague Angelina Jolie, who won an Oscar for her role. In this decade, she was involved with Dave Pirner, the lead singer of the group Soul Asylum, from 1993 to 1996 and with Matt Damon from December 1997 to April 2000.
Winona Ryder appeared alongside Richard Gere in Autumn in New York (Joan Chen, 2000), a romance about an older man's love for a younger woman. She also made a cameo appearance in the comedy Zoolander (Ben Stiller, 2000). The comedy Mr. Deeds (Steven Brill, 2002) with Adam Sandler became her biggest financial success to date. The film failed with critics and Ryder was nominated for the Golden Raspberry award. Also in 2002, she was sentenced to three years probation and 480 hours of work for repeatedly shoplifting $5,000 worth of clothes. The incident caused a career setback. She withdrew from the public eye in the following years and did not appear in front of the camera again until 2006. In that year, she appeared in the novel adaptation A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, 2006) alongside Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., and Woody Harrelson. In 2009, she made an appearance in Star Trek: The Future Begins (J. J. Abrams, 2009) as Spock (Zachary Quinto)'s mother Amanda Grayson. The prequel became a huge success at the box office and Ryder earned a Scream Award for Best Guest Appearance. She also appeared alongside Robin Wright and Julianne Moore in Rebecca Miller's Pippa Lee (2009), and alongside Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan (2010). Ryder starred in the television film When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (John Kent Harrison, 2010), for which she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She starred in the comedy The Dilemma (Ron Howard, 2011), and the thrillers The Iceman (Ariel Vromen, 2012), and The Letter (Jay Anania, 2012) opposite James Franco. In Tim Burton's Frankenweenie (2012) she lent her voice to the character Elsa Van Helsing. Since 2016, she has embodied the main character, Joyce Byers, in the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016-2022), for which she received positive responses. Her role in the series has been described by many as a comeback. Since 2011 Winona Ryder is in a relationship with Scott MacKinlay Hahn.
Sources: Pedro Borges (IMDb), Wikipedia (Dutch and German), and IMDb.
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Jim Hughes JH59COM (YT59OZW) Scania N230UD Omnidekka seen at St Mary's Place, Newcastle working Metro Replacement service 900 (12/02/23)
I made a daytrip to Peterborough Ontario, 90 minutes northeast of Toronto, to view a restored B-29 Superfortress World War II bomber which is visiting from its Texas home base. I was accompanied by my cycling friend Charles who is a history and aviation buff. Before getting my up close and personal tour of this beautiful, historic plane, I met Jim at the souvenir stand. He is part of the volunteer crew that travels with the plane when it is on tour and he was manning the souvenir stand but, like all the voluntary crew, he rotated through various duties around the plane. The Commemorative Air Force, the organization that owns “Fifi” makes sure that volunteers change duties frequently to prevent boredom and to make sure the volunteers get trained in a variety of roles. A prime function of the volunteers when the plane is on tour is to interact with the public, answer questions, and generally promote the organization.
Like all the volunteers I met today, Jim was personable, enthusiastic, and a great ambassador of the organization. Many of the volunteers have other jobs and devote their vacation time to volunteering with the Commemorative Air Force for part of the summer tour. Jim, I learned, is retired, is an aviation buff, and worked in an aviation-related warehouse and shipping career prior to retirement. When I asked how he got interested in his volunteer work with Fifi he listed a series of relatives who have flown in the military. His vision didn’t meet the standard required to fly but once he got interested in volunteer work around airplanes he felt it was a nice way to honor his relatives who served.
Jim didn’t pressure me to buy any of the souvenir shirts, hats, posters, or pins which were on sale even though the sale of these items helps fund the program. I didn’t begrudge the admission fee for the tour one bit but I’m trying not to fill our house with more souvenirs at this point in my life. Jim knew a lot about Fifi and was generous with his information. The plane was not scheduled to fly today but he encouraged me to come back on the weekend when it will be flying. “It’s a very impressive sight” he said – and I don’t doubt it for one minute. Jim didn’t hesitate when I asked if I could take this photo for my Human Family photography project. He removed his sunglasses and warned me that my camera was at risk photographing him. I told him I wasn’t at all concerned.
The Commemorative Air Force would not exist without a base of volunteers who do everything from helping restore historic planes, maintain them under supervision, keep them clean, and assist with the annual show schedule. Only a handful of positions in the organization are paid with the bulk being filled by volunteers who all have a passion for aviation and historic aircraft. Jim explained that the pilots who fly Fifi are (not surprisingly) specially trained volunteers with many years of experience in the cockpit of other multiengine aircraft. Most are senior airline captains and many have considerable military experience under their belts.
Thank you Jim for being such a positive first experience as I arrived at the airport. I really appreciated it. This is my 749th submission to The Human Family Group on Flickr.
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Jim Stones of Leigh: (J5 BUS) an Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 bodied ADL Dart, seen like the rest of their fleet in a very clean and smart condition when captured in Leigh Bus Station before operating a journey on Service 594 to Hindley Green.
© Christopher Lowe.
21st November 2014.
Ref No. 0037373.
Peter Evans Ensemble - 08.08.2019 - Bezau Beatz 2019, Remise Wälderbähnle
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Besetzung:
Peter Evans: Trompete
Jim Black: Drums
Tom Blancarte: Kontrabass
Ron Stabinsky: keyboard
Jim Hughes TVE804 (YN53RYM) Scania N94UD Omnidekka seen at St Mary's Place, Newcastle working Metro Replacement service 900 (12/02/23)
One of the very few friends of mine who is still passionate about analogue photography.
Check out his fantastic large format pinhole pictures.
Hyde Park, New York
Norita 66 | Noritar 80mm f2 | Kodak Portra 400NC
Another sign for one of the eighteen Jim's Burgers chain in So Cal (est. 1958) some of these Jim's signs are better than others....... this one is pretty cool
This is Jim, a blackbird who has been visiting us for food at nesting time for 15 years. He is away on his summer holidays just now...this was his last visit to our kitchen door before his chicks were considered old enough to fend for themselves.
We have many memories of him, especially when he was badly hurt, by a cat, and managed somehow to get to us to be fed until he gradually got better.
Hope to see you next spring, Jim!