LAST WEEK, TSP READER Margee Cooper sent us a 1964 photo (above) shot with her sister, Linda. And as you know, every picture tells a story. Margee’s is a humdinger, and to encourage you to share yours, we’ve included it here with a little slideshow of other new friends’ captioned images of sisterhood.
First, Margee’s tale: “Now, 45 years later,” Margee wrote to us, “we are once again living together along with our mother, Margaret. If someone had told me 6-8 years ago that I would invite my sister, mother, and a little white dog (I always leaned toward golden retrievers) to live with me, I would have laughed out loud and, if drinking any liquid, would have squirted it out my nose.”
Bless you, Margee.
Like we said, Margee isn’t the only one sharing photos and anecdotes with us–after starting a Flickr pool for The Sister Project, we immediately received such a bounty of beautiful images that we already put some together here, with more and bigger shows to come. Note in the captions how some are progressive views, over a period of years, of the same sets of sisters. Enjoy.
Already on Flickr? Go ahead and add to our pool! If not, email us your photo and caption about any interpretation of sisterhood to thesisterproject at gmail dot com.
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For more on sisterhood and photography, revisit these past TSP features:
- Photographer Erica Berger chronicles her relationship with her brother through old family photos.
- Gail Albert Halaban’s strange inside look at family.
- An intimate take on sisterhood from Katherine Squier.
- “Tender Images of a Tough World,” photos by Allison Michael Orenstein.
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First time here? Here's the idea: TSP is a network of blogs about the many facets of the word sister, and the concept of sisterhood. A sisterhood of sister blogs, you could say. Whatever sister means to you, from identical twin to sister-in-law (or in-friendship or in-feminism), we’ll make room to listen in about it or express it on TSP. Like the slogan up top says, “Don’t you have something to say to your sister?” We've got galleries of art and literature by and about sisters, and a Sisterpedia of sisterly trivia...but now we're getting ahead of ourselves. The quick study: 
As the suffix of its name suggests, 
No surprise, really, that sisterhood, often life’s longest relationship and always one of its most important, has been the Muse for so much creative self-expression by women, and also by men. 
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Oh Lord. This is one of my favorites. Love you Momma & Auntie M!!
Welcome, Julianna. Ha! Glad to make you laugh. Lately Marion and I are loving our old photos again so much, and apparently others are feeling the same way. See you soon again, I hope…I just re-read the Gallery portrait of you after seeing your comment, and enjoyed it with a fresh eye.