Word: raccoon
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...Raccoon with Wrecked Car," the human and the natural virtually collide. A raccoon peers through the shattered remains of a car window, against a night-time forested background. The raccoon looms large and we look at its startled expression from the inside of the car (the human domain), littered with remnants of its absent owners. The natural world of the raccoon and the forest are framed twice over by the red metallic frames of the car windows...
...Raccoon with Wrecked Car" and all the photographs in the Manscapes series, are taken at dusk or dawn using an unconcealed flash, giving the animals a startled quality and imparting the images with surreal color. The contrasts created between colors emphasizes the contrasts between the animal and human worlds...
...Israel, the three of us would giggle and smile together regardless of locale. Whether we were hiking under the intense sun of the Negev Desert or exploring a Tel-Aviv mall, we enjoyed ourselves. We sang incessantly, especially Beatles songs. "Rocky Raccoon" was our favorite; we wrapped the country in that song. At any given time, one of us would break into song and the other two would join in and belt out the notes. We never felt embarrassed...
Wayne L. Jones '97, a Dunster resident who witnessed the capture, described the raccoon as "quite adorable...
...Although you would think they were harmless, if you see a raccoon in the daytime, he's out too early and there's something wrong," Baker said...