Monthly Archives: February 2012

Recent Acquisitions: Lu Guang’s “Pollution in China”

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

Lu Guang, Workers in the factories have no immunity defenses. They get ill after one or two years on the job, Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia, April 10, 2005 Lu Guang, The sewage plant of the Fluorine Industrial Park discharges its … Continue reading →

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Photography by the Numbers: 888

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

John Morgan, [Unidentified Man and Girl], ca. 1865 (888.1990) Robert Capa, [Woman and child run after an alarm has sounded, Bilbao], 1937 (888.1992) Weegee, Girl at Circus, ca. 1943 (888.1993) Aaron Siskind, New York 1, 1951 (888.2000) Lewis Baltz, Park … Continue reading →

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On the Wrist

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

Dario Mitidieri, Savita, a two and a half years girl from North Bombay, performs for Arab tourists near the Taj-Mahal Hotel from the series Street Children of Bombay, 1992 Larry Silver, Handstand, Muscle Beach, Santa Monica, California,  1951 Weegee, [Unus … Continue reading →

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Photography Art Society of Lithuania: Aleksandras Macijauskas

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

Aleksandras Macijauskas, At the market, 1975 Aleksandras Macijauskas, At the market, 1975 Aleksandras Macijauskas, At the market, 1974 Aleksandras Macijauskas, At the market, 1974 Aleksandras Macijauskas, At the market, 1972 As a staff photographer for the Evening News (Vakarinių naujienų) … Continue reading →

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Football Nostalgia

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

It has been an long week since the longed-for Super Bowl concluded the 2011 NFL season. For all of you who have been on hold since then, watching the replays and impatiently waiting for September 6, the opening of the … Continue reading →

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Lillian Bassman, 1917-2012

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

Lillian Bassman, Lisa Fonssagrives, New York, 1961 Lillian Bassman, Across the Restaurant, 1949 Lillian Bassman, Harper’s Bazaar, Barbara Miller, Paris, 1949 A New York City native, Lillian Bassman studied textile design in high school and modeled for the Art Students … Continue reading →

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Ernst Hass’s Flowers Portfolio

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

Ernst Haas, Tulips, Japan, 1980 Ernst Haas, Irises, Japan, 1980 Ernst Haas, Pansies, Colorado, 1983 Ernst Haas, Cosmos, California, 1981 Ernst Haas, Irises, Japan, 1984 Ernst Haas was born in Vienna in 1921 and studied photography at the Graphische Lehr … Continue reading →

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ICP and the Roman Vishniac Archive Celebrate African American History Month

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

Roman Vishniac, Guitarist and blues singer Josh White at  Café Society, New York’s first integrated nightclub, Greenwich Village, New York, 1944 ©Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography Roman Vishniac, Guitarist and blues singer Josh White, and unknown performers, Café … Continue reading →

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Dear Friends in Winter

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

Robert F. Laatsch, [Two Unidentified Men], ca. 1905 As winter sets in, it’s time to break out the heavy sweaters and woolen caps, and light up a cigar, like these two handsome swains from chilly central Wisconsin, circa 1905. There … Continue reading →

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Sheng Qi’s Memories

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Sheng Qi, Memories (Me), 2000 Sheng Qi, Memories (Mao), 2000 Sheng Qi, Memories (Mother), 2000 Sheng Qi on Memories: The record of my left hand records Me from 1965 to the present. The imperfect left hand + old photos . … Continue reading →

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