Sloane Tanen: My hero

About a couple years ago, I found this adorable book in a Virgin Megastore called "Bitter With Baggage Seeks Same," by author Sloane Tanen. Sloane photographs mini pom-pom shaped chickens in various situations and settings. Not only are her photographs extremely detailed and carefully laid out, but her writing is clever and witty as well. A short 1-3 sentence line accompanies each picture. Miniature chickens? Having slumber parties and taking baths? Genius.

Tanen's sequel to Bitter With Baggage came out just recently, called "Going for the Bronze: Still Bitter, More Baggage." The new book is just as cute and clever as the first. My favorite page has a chicken dressed as an Orthodox Rabbi buying a hot dog to break his Yom Kippur fast.

The point of this post--I saw an advertisement for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on the New York Subway over Thanksgiving break. It's part a series called "Arts for Transit." The image (shown above) has Tanen's chickens, dressed in old-fashioned, maybe 1940s style clothing, at the historic opening of the New York Subway.

What an adorable way to portray such a special event in New York's history!
Love it.