If this is Thursday it must be postcards, 663

 

 

 

 

 

“Clean Cat,” photo by David McEnery, 1992

 

Postcards come in all shapes and sizes, and a variety of subjects.  This unused postcard issued by Graphique de France features a black & white photograph by David McEnery.  It is dated 1992 and has the identifying code:  ME106 on the reverse center line.  The title appears at the upper right on the reverse “Clean Cat.”   

 

This type of card might be termed a humor card or a novelty card.  As someone who has been around cats and owned [by] cats most of my life, I found myself chuckling at this image.  Cats are independent and do what they want, not necessarily what you want.  The idea that any cat would stand for soap bubbles on its head long enough to take a picture borders on ridiculous. 

 

David McEnery was an English photographer who specialized in humor, mostly involving animals and quite often cats.  He was born in 1936 and passed away in 2002.  His photographs are often comedic, contain jokes, and/or irony.  He was dubbed “The funniest photographer in the world,” by John Saunders the editor of Photography magazine.  A retrospective collection of his black & white and color photographs called “Creatures” was held at Officine Fotografiche I Rome between December 2019 and January 2020.  A computer search produced many recognizable images that I had seen before but not known were his.  If you like animals and quirky things, look him and his images up online.

 

For additional information, see:

http://magazine.photoluxfestival.it/en/david-mcenery-%C7%80-humour-please/