A photograph fulfils my deep need to stop things disappearing. In photography I have tried to create order out of chaos, to find stability in flux and beauty in the most unlikely places.
- Dorothy Bohm
Dorothy Bohm was one of the last doyennes of post-war British photography; in a career spanning eight decades, she befriended photographers from Bill Brandt to Martin Parr, helped to develop the Photographers’ Gallery in London and created a large body of humanistic work characterised by a peripatetic lifestyle and an empathetic eye for women and children at work and play.
Her photographs - often full of joy and serenity - belied a life scarred by tragedy. As a Jewish teenager, born in Königsberg, in East Prussia, during the 1930s, she had grown up in the shadow of the Nazi threat. Eventually, for safety, she was sent to join her brother in Britain. However her family were separated by the war. She did not see her parents or younger sister again for two decades: they were taken by the Soviets and her father incarcerated in a harsh labour camp in Siberia.
At the end of the war, Dorothy opened a portrait studio in Manchester. But she soon outgrew the sterility of such photographs. By the late 1950s she rejected studio portraiture for so-called ‘street photography.’ With her husband Louis Bohm (a fellow émigré from Nazi Europe, whom she met when they were both students in Manchester) she travelled widely, and her work of this period provides fascinating insights into the changing face of post-war Europe, as well as the USA, the USSR and Israel.
It was here she found her true place in the art of photography. Her photographs captured everyday interludes often of the working classes: women at fruit and flower stalls in Switzerland and Belgium, resting shoppers in Cordoba, street market browsers on Petticoat Lane Market in London and concierges on a break in the Marais. The men in her pictures were largely benign figures: racing punters at Goodwood, poor struggling painters in Montmartre in the 1950s.
She is known for her black and white photography but she only truly turned to colour polaroid photos in the 1980s. But what remained central was the human figure in its natural setting is still the primary focus of her work and she continues to use photography in its purest, un-manipulated form, her approach had become more painterly and allusive, with an ever greater interest in spatial and other forms of ambiguity.
She had her first solo show in 1969 at the ICA, where her exhibition, “People at Peace”, was juxtaposed with “The Destruction Business”, a selection of Don McCullin’s war photography. Her first photobook, A World Observed, was published the following year.
Her photographic output decreased during the 1970s as she helped to build the reputation of the Photographers’ Gallery, which opened in 1971 in a former Lyons Tea Room in Covent Garden. As an associate director for 15 years, she worked on exhibitions of veteran snappers and emerging talents such as Sarah Moon and Colin Jones. She photographed well into her 90s, often around her neighbourhood in Hampstead, continuing to capture quiet, dignified moments. A photograph, she said, “makes transience less painful”.
In her later years, Dorothy Bohm reflected that England had been her salvation. “It’s the best country, I can tell you that, and I’ve lived in a number of them,” she noted, “Why? Because of the people.” Photography for her, as she would confess in countless interviews, was essentially a coping mechanism for loss, “I am temperamentally suited to being a photographer. You can only make a picture of something that exists, right? And for me that was quite important. I wanted to capture time. My background completely disappeared.”
RIP Dorothy Bohm (1924-2023)
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They is my Family au part 2;
More family members.
Trigger warnings: Underage drug use, murder, crime, etc.
Also let's just say that certain smallville episodes didn't happen (I.e the ones with Chloe's son, Jonathan, and her ex, Jimmy Olsen because Jimmy Olsen is the one from Superman the animated series). And that this is a mixture of Superman the animated series, smallville, and young justice. With ocs and other characters from other media making appearances.
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Name: Ardora Luthor.
Age: 46
Relation to Connor: Step-mother.
Crimes: none.
Spouse: Lex Luthor.
Children: Alexis Luthor, Lily Luthor, Linus Luthor, Lex Luthor Jr, Alexander Luthor Jr, Lucinda Luthor, etc.
~~~Notable facts~~~
— She is Lex's wife.
—She is from Lexor.
—She doesn't like Superman, at all.
—She has enhanced durability, strength, and senses (in this universe).
—she is multilingual.
Name: Chloe Sullivan.
Age: 40 years old.
Relation to Connor: Aunt by Marriage.
Crimes: same as Lois Lane's.
Spouse: Grant Gabriel.
Children: Juliet and Julian Gabriel-Sullivan Jr.
~~~Notable facts~~~
—She is a childhood friend of Clark's
—She is Lois's cousin.
—She nearly married Oliver Queen.
—She shares the title 'Watchtower' with Tess Mercer. Who uses it more than her these days.
— She used to have superpowers.
—She is a freelance journalist and an honorary justice league member.
—Also a member of D.E.O and a former leader of the suicide squad.
—She loves her kids very much and her husband even though the two of them didn't always get along.
Name: Jeffery "Jeff" Colby.
Age: 38.
Relation to Connor: Uncle by marriage.
Crimes: none.
Spouse: Lena Thorul-Colby.
Children: Lori and Val Thorul-Colby.
~~~Notable facts~~~
—He is Lena's husband.
—He loves her in spite of her past misdeeds.
—He is supportive of her relationship with Kara.
—His abilities include Espionage, Deception, and Aviation.
—His alias is Agent Zero and he is an F.B.I agent.
—He does his best to get along with her family. Mainly succeeds with Grant, Chloe, Lydia, and Tess.
—He and Lucas have a rocky relationship.
—He loves his family (and hers) with all his heart.
Name: Lena Thorul-Colby.
Age: 36.
Relation to Connor: Aunt.
Children: Lori and Val Thorul-Colby .
Crimes: Attempted murder and Fraud.
Spouse: Jeff Colby.
~~~Notable facts~~~
—-She's another affair baby.
— She didn't have the best relationship with her stepmother, Lillian, after she was adopted.
—She is Supervillainous Mastermind turned regular business woman.
—She works at Luthorcorp.
—Her skills include Genius level intellect, Driving, Computer operation, Science, Investigation, and weaponry.
— Her aliases include Lena Luthor and Ultrawoman.
—she's wheel chair bound and has some mental health issues.
—Kara is her best friend.
Name: Perry Jerome "Jerry" White, Jr.
Age: 21 years old.
Relation to Connor: Brother.
Crimes: Theft, vandalism, grand theft auto, etc.
Spouse: none.
Children: none.
~~~Notable facts~~~
—Lex Luthor slept with Perry White's wife once before he met his wife and he was the result.
—So he ended up with four parents, including Perry. All of which he loves very much.
—He is the oldest of his siblings.
—He has an adopted younger brother named Kieth White.
—On one occasion, a gang kidnapped Jerry to blackmail Perry and force him to retract some exposes he wrote about a crime-lord in Metropolis. Perry was unable to retract it, and Superman had to save Jerry. Which caused problems between the two.
—This caused the boy to get involved in numerous crimes but unlike in the original universe, all four of his parents put a stop to it. Though, that was after Jerry went to jail.
—He works at Big Belly Burger and the rift between him and Perry grew a bit more when the man almost adopted a girl named Alice who worked there and at the Daily Planet.
—He is friends with Jimmy Olsen and Snapper Carr.
—He has an on and off again relationship with a girl named 'Tammy Blaze'.
Name: Alexander "Alex" Luthor Jr.
Age: 19 years old.
Relation to Connor: Brother.
Crimes: Theft, vandalism, attempted murder, impersonation, etc.
Spouse: none.
Children: none.
~~~Notable facts~~~
—Alexander Luthor is the sole survivor of Earth-Three after it was destroyed in the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
—His parents were a heroic Lex Luthor and a version of Lois-Lane.
—He was a black lantern and part of the society before this world's Lex found him and took him in, deaging him at his request.
—Superboy didn't exist at the time and the league didn't really get to find out entirely about it. Only the lanterns really know.
—Deaging him didn't take away his memories of the time and his home or what he had been through.
—It also didn't take away his powers.
— Which are Unique Physiology, Energy Absorption, Energy Bursts, Duplication,
Dimensional Travel, Flight, Shape-Shifting, Power Distribution, and Warp Creation.
—He also has genius intellect and gadgetry.
—His weaknesses are Power Loss l Overuse of his powers weakens him)
Power Limitation (he can't actually change history or bring back dead universes).
—He has grown up to be a hero in this universe and goes by 'Wrap'.
—He is an athlete and likes listening to music, and reading.
—He plays multiple sports.
—He also loves cars.
Name: Nasthalthia "Nasty" Luthor.
Age: 18.
Relation to Connor: Cousin.
Crimes: Aiding and Abetting, vandalism, and being an accomplice to her uncle.
Spouse: none.
Children: none.
~~~Notable facts~~~
—She was raised by her mother in Europe until she was 12, after her mother died.
—She was then sent to live with her Aunt, Lena.
—Martial arts, weapons , collecting vintage photos, making movies, and photography are likes of hers.
—She works at KSF-TV Station in San Francisco during the summer.
—She attends school at Stanhope College.
Name: Lex "L.J" Luthor Jr.
Age: 17 years old.
Relation to Connor: Brother.
Crimes: drug consumption.
Spouse: none.
Children: none.
~~~Notable facts~~~
—He is the son of Ardora and Lex Luthor.
—He has enhanced durability, flight, strength, and senses (in this universe).
—He was born on Lexor but was brought to Earth and grew up there.
—He, like several of his relatives, has a nasty drug habit. Mainly coke.
—He likes cars, archery, gambling, plays various instruments, and is a track star.
—He is good at scheming but isn't book smart.
—He doesn't like reading anything other than comic books.
—He has also become a superhero and goes by 'Darius The Great', as a nod to a past historical figure.
—He is a wild child, much like his father.
Name: Julian "JJ" Gabriel-Sullivan Jr.
Age: 16 years old.
Relation to Connor: Cousin.
Crimes: none.
Spouse: none.
Children: none.
~~~Notable facts~~~
—He's the son of Grant Gabriel (a Clone of Julian Luthor) and Chloe Sullivan (Lois Lane's cousin).
—He is a theater kid and a singer, and in the school newspaper.
—He is single.
Name: Lorraine "Lori" Thorul-Colby.
Age: 16.
Relation to Connor: Cousin.
Crimes: breaking and entering, theft, and vandalism.
Spouse: none.
Children: none.
~~~Notable facts~~~
— Lena Luthor's only daughter.
—Friend of Connor Kent.
— She is also known as Lori Luthor.
—Her mom is in a wheelchair.
—Lori possesses dormant psionic abilities that grants her some degree of psionic immunity.
—She goes to school with Connor.
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