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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Manchuria-Graph
Manchuria-Graph, January 1937 Known in its earliest incarnations as Pictorial Manchuria (1933) and Manchuria Pictorial (1934), Manchuria-Graph (1935–44) was published under the auspices of the public relations department of the South Manchuria Railway Company. The company, which maintained all of … Continue reading
Wall and Sidewalk Drawings Show What Goes on in the Minds of New York Children…
“Gangsters may replace Indians, but kids still love the secret passage that opens to the initiated as if by magic, revealing strange and dangerous adventures. To the writer of this proud boast, “detective” stands for glamor plus much-admired toughness.” “We … Continue reading
Tagged children, drawing, Helen Levitt, PM Weekly, Ralph Steiner, street art
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Fazal Sheikh: The Victor Weeps
Fazal Sheikh, Child killed in Soviet bombardment, Afghan refugee village, Ghazi, Northwestern Frontier Province, Pakistan, 1997 There is no light in the eyes of a childless man. Fazal Sheikh, Haji Qiamuddin holding a photograph of his brother, Asamuddin, Afghan refugee … Continue reading
Tagged Afganistan, Fazal Sheikh, Pakistan, refugee
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Happy Valentine’s Day
André Kertész, Glass Birds of New York, 1978 Weegee, [Heartbreak Pillow], ca. 1945 Unidentified Photographer, [Unidentified Woman], ca. 1930 Vik Muniz, Memory Rendering of Kiss at Times Square, from the “Best of LIFE” series, 1995 Vu, September 27, 1933
Untitled
Richard Prince, Untitled, 1983 Cindy Sherman, Untitled, 1979 Gregory Crewdson, Untitled, 1998 Pina Yolacan, Untitled, from the “Perishables” series, 2004 A photographer’s conscious decision to leave his work untitled is both a burden and a blessing for the work’s audience. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cindy Sherman, untitled, Richard Prince, Gregory Crewdson, Pinar Yolacan
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Snow Day!
Vu, January 13, 1932 Weegee, Snow Man in Front of Unisphere, ca. 1965 Unidentified Photographer, [20-Foot Snow Sculpture of Amelia Earhart, Virginia], February 28, 1938 Robert Capa, [Children playing in the snow, Hankou, China], March 1938
Tagged Amelia Earhart, New York City, Robert Capa, snow, Unisphere, Vu, Weegee
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Oh My!
Martin Munkacsi, [Two men with a sea lion], ca. 1930 Weegee, [Woman and tiger], ca. 1960 Roman Vishniac, [Polar bear], ca. 1921
Tagged Martin Munkacsi, Roman Vishniac, Weegee, Wizard of Oz
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Happy 80th Birthday Nathan Lyons!
Nathan Lyons, Untitled, from the “Notations in Passing” series, 1962–74 Nathan Lyons is a photographer (Verbal Landscape/Dinosaur Sat Down, Notations in Passing, Riding First Class on the Titanic!, After 9/11), educator (founder of Visual Studies Workshop), curator/coordinator (John Wood: On … Continue reading
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Recent Acquisition: Francesca Woodman
Francesca Woodman, Polka Dots, November 1976 Courtesy George and Betty Woodman American photographer Francesca Woodman created a beguiling and important body of work during her short nine-year career. Working primarily with black-and-white photography, she mined some of the same themes … Continue reading
