Collection Online as of April 2, 2023
Our Kind of People
One of the oldest traditions of the Lions Club is the "fine," which is collected in a chamber pot called a tail-twister kitty. Members are fined if they goof up by not wearing Lions pins, talking while the president is talking, interfering with the general meeting, advertising their place of business or by being late. We are a civic organization. Our motto is "We Serve." Service is the rent we pay for the space we occupy. Livermore, California
Bill Owens
(American, b. 1938)
Gelatin silver print
Image: 16 x 21.5 cm (6 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2020.316
Location
not on view
Description
Owens’ project Our Kind of People, shot mostly in the 1970s, explored American groups and rituals ranging from the Girl Scouts to Halloween parties in his native Northern California. With club membership declining today in America, the kind of formal and informal associations documented by Owens are now an endangered species.
Bill Owens
American photographer, born 1938