JONATHAN HOLLINGSWORTH
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Meet the Joneses: Cheryl, Gregory, Mr., Mrs., Carol

The perfect house. Grass that never needs cut. And five flawed people made of plastic.

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Spilt Milk

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Gregory decided the new year would be his chance to re-invent himself.

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No one knew which of the twins lit the first cigarette.

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From New York, with Love: Rooftop of the Flatiron Building, Looking Uptown toward the Empire State Building

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JONES, New York

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Mrs. Jones . . . in the Attic . . . with the Letter

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Fur

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The Strange Dream, II

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"Goodnight little house," from Margaret Wise Brown's "Goodnight Moon", illustrated by Clement Hurd, published Sept. 3, 1947

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Joshua Tree National Park

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The Salton Sea

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For once, Cheryl actually did lose her homework.

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Flatiron Building, Rooftop

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Ghost House

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"Post #500"

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The Tantrum

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Blue Eyes, 1950s Postcard

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"if you have a choice of two things and can't decide, take both." -- Gregory Corso, who was much more handsome than this picture

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Rainy Days and Mondays

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The Rice Fields of Sapa, Vietnam

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Cottage Kitsch, Pt. Betsie, Michigan

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"Magnificent Obsession", a wedding present inscribed to John and Betty Glenn, 1946, who divorced 33 years later.

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Philadelphia

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Hanoi, Vietnam

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Indiana . . . well, you know . . . (and Phoebe)

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The Family Room

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Cleopatra's Needle, created c.1425 BC in Heliopolis, Egypt, now situated on Graywacke Knoll, Central Park, New York City.

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After "American Beauty"

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Carol (the Original), c.1963

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"In 1950 a shark made the mistake of swimming up the Gowanus Canal, only to be shot by the NYPD."

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WHOO-HOO!

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The day Carol started wearing contacts

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VOTE

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Portrait of a Marriage

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Stellenbosch, South Africa

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Mrs. Jones, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

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"On Saturday evenings, our grandfather (who surely cam to us from another planet) retreated to the garage to practice his Sunday sermons in what would one day be a shining Cadillac."

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Mr. Jones, Ferris Wheel, Seattle Summer

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June, 1952

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Gregory

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Jones Beach, Looking East from Central Mall, Postcard from Kodachrome

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Jones Street and Rogue with Parasol

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Port Elizabeth, South Africa

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Cheryl was the only one who knew the family had a cat.

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Handbook for Boys (from the shelves of J.H. and D.B. Glenn)

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Ninety Degree Norway Spruce

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Les Ballons de Jones

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Henry B. Jones, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn

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Gregory always stood outside himself, policing every move to project the perfect boy, while the real Gregory waited, like a bored animal, awaiting his release from the cage.

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Gregory's Bedroom Wall

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Great Jones Street

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Grace

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A Watched Pot

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Cape Town, South Africa

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Carol in Moonlight

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Afternoon Light

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Mrs. Beige, Crying

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The American

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Home, Sweet Home

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Couleurs de la Maison Jones

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CN Tower, Toronto

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And It Was All Yellow

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Race Point, Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA

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Carmen Jones (and Phoebe photobomb), graphic design by Classic Stage Company, NYC.

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Midcentury Office Furniture Showroom, Kodachrome

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Moonlight

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Heaven or San Francisco?

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Jonesing

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Boxing Day

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Self-Portrait

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The Conversation

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Little Houses, Seattle

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UFO

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Tom Jones, Film Forum

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Election Night

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American Guernica

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Mrs. Jones and grocery boy walked to her station wagon in silence.

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The Grass Is Singing

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For a summer, Gregory and the Beige Boy were inseparable.

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Every Christmas morning felt stranger than the year before.

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Gregory only read Sports Illustrated for the articles.

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200

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Meet the Joneses

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Jones Street (with Glasses), West Village, NYC

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The Monster

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Introducing Mrs. Jones

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Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot", directed by Roger Blin, premiered 5 January 1953 at the Theatre de Babylone, Paris.

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Carol and Cheryl could agree on just one thing: a yellow dress never went out of style.

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Tire Swing

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Carol, or The Price of Salt

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The Moment of Truth

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Jones Street (in Spring), West Village, NYC

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The Kick

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The Campout

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The Awakening

Background image by Peter Hujar

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The Stray (in Memory of Phoebe)

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Blue Moon

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Revolutionary Road, in Memory of Richard Yates (1926 - 1992)

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Nashville

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Jones Street, West Village, NYC

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As the machine hummed, and she maneuvered her delicate hands, Mrs. Jones wondered what she had done with her life.

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Mr. Jones, Halong Bay, Vietnam

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Little Houses

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Jones, 2-1/2

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A Visit from the Beige Family

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Cheryl on the Roof

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Gregory's Room

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None of the second floor windows were so high that you were guaranteed to break a leg.

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My father . . . as a very naughty little boy.

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Cheryl was an avid diarist.

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"We're broke."

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There was nothing more deadly than afternoon tea.

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September

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The Strange Dream

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The End (but not really).

© Jonathan Hollingsworth 2025