Photo by John Olson/Life
• If you enjoy the earnestness of the 1970s, John Olson’s “Rock Stars at Home With Their Parents,” featuring stars and their families, does it to the hilt. [Life]
• Street photographer Jeff Mermelstein trains his quirky eye on fashion month in New York, Milan and Paris. Not your typical fashion fluff. [New York]
• Carlos Javier Ortiz’s “Too Young To Die” highlights rampant youth violence in his hometown of Chicago. Says Ortiz: “We have a Virginia Tech in Chicago every year.” [Huffington Post]
• Photos of dogs and owners from the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, in all their coiffed and pampered glory. [The Big Picture]
• Bruce Gilden only needs about $4,000 more to reach the goal for his “No Place Like Home: Foreclosures in America” photo project. [Kickstarter]
boywithgrenade.org 
A highly respected photographer and member of Magnum is using Kickstarter to try to fund his project? I knew there was a reason why I gave up pursuing documentary photography as a full-time, paying career.