Author Archives: erinbarnett

About erinbarnett

Assistant Curator, Collections at the International Center of Photography, New York

Deanna Durbin, 1921-2013

Posted on May 1, 2013

Martin Munkacsi, [Deanna Durbin and man], 1930s (2007.110.2002)

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Parachutes and Pessimists

Posted on January 8, 2013

Martin Munkacsi, [Student pilots with parachutes, Schleissieim flying school, near Munich], 1928 (2009.6.9) USSR in Construction, August 1935 (2012.13.22) Vu, August 11, 1937 (2011.7.180) Front 7, 1943 (2006.6.4) Robert Capa, [American paratroopers spearheading the Allied invasion of Germany, near Wesel, … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2013

Dan Weiner, New Year’s Eve, Times Square, New York City, 1951 (979.1974) Leon Levinstein, Times Square, New York City, New Year’s Night, 1970 (2011.53.43)

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I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance

Posted on December 27, 2012

Unidentified Photographer, I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance. Sojourner Truth, 1864 (182.2003) Unidentified Photographer, I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance. Sojourner Truth, 1864 (2007.113.1) Noel B. Baker, I sell the Shadow to Support the Substance. Sojourner Truth, 1864 … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2012

Bill Wood, [Santa Claus waving from a boat], 1950s (2010.14.59) Weegee, Miracle on Hollywood Blvd., ca. 1950 (18957.1993) Peter Garfield, Untitled (Christmas Tree), 1996-98 (17.2005) Charles Pratt, N.Y.C., 1962 (72.1996)

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Baptism in Liberal, Missouri

Posted on December 20, 2012

George  W. Dixson, Liberal, MO., 1907-18 (2007.107.160) Atheist George H. Walser founded Liberal, Missouri, in 1880 as a town free of churches. Walser and his followers attempted to keep Christians out of town but the believers purchased land adjacent to … Continue reading →

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Show Me Those Pearly Whites

Posted on December 18, 2012

Ferenc Berko, Rawalpindi, India, 1946 (458.1994) Bruce Nauman, Studies for Holograms, 1970 (2010.28.1) Dyke Action Machine, Gosh, We Always Knew, from Family Circle, 1992 (1191.2000) Miles Aldridge, Spot the Fake #1, 2006 (2009.8.1) Weegee, [Ronald Regan distortion], ca. 1967 (11630.1993)

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Political Graffiti: A Brief History in Images

Posted on December 13, 2012

Robert Capa, [Anarchist graffiti, Santa Eulalia, Aragón front, Spain], 1936 (623.1992) Dan Weiner, [Graffiti protesting the government's removal and resettlement of Africans to reserves, Sophiatown, South Africa], 1954 (752.1974) Charles Pratt, Edge of City, 1960 (65.1996) Susan Meiselas, Wall graffiti on Somoza supporter’s … Continue reading →

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Chicago Seed

Posted on December 11, 2012

M. Leon Lopez, [Dueling newspaper vendors, Chicago], 1970 (2012.29.1) Seed, vol. 5, no. 5, 1970 (2012.29.2) The Seed (1967-73/74) was an underground newspaper based in Chicago. The left-leaning publication, which was supportive of radical politics, the Black Panther Party, the … Continue reading →

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“Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.”

Posted on December 4, 2012

Hennig & Manko, [Legs], ca. 1950 (2012.67.1) Wendy Ewald, Elvert’s sister’s legs, 1982 (3792.1992) Hans Bellmer, La Poupée, 1935 (205.1987) Lisette Model, Reflection, New York, 1940 (122.1993) Weegee, [Three-legged woman at bar], 1950s (6561.1993)

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