Author Archives: Francesca Teodori

About Francesca Teodori

I'm Italian but I live in New York. I work as a photo archivist. I love photography and... I write for the ICP's blog Fans in a Flashbulb. I love this blog because I can use all the ICP's pictures from their Collections.

Saturday, May 18 is International Museum Day

Posted on May 17, 2013

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) established International Museum Day (IMD) in 1977 to encourage public awareness of the role of museums in the development of society. Every year, International Museum Day has a theme in order to promote museum … Continue reading →

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Hit the Sack?

Posted on May 14, 2013

Or at least try to hit the balcony… Weegee, [Tenement sleeping during heat spell, Lower East Side, New York], May 23, 1941 (139.1982) Some people hit the place where they work. Weegee, [Man sleeping on shoe shine stand], ca. 1950 … Continue reading →

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About Cleaning

Posted on May 7, 2013

William Henry Fox Talbot published The Pencil of Nature in 1844. This book, the first photographically illustrated publication that was commercialized, contained twenty-four calotypes. A short text, describing the picture and its photographic process, accompanied each plate. The Open Door … Continue reading →

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International Mother Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2013

“Nature is beyond all teaching.” Proverbs are defined as short expressions of popular wisdom. When in the past our survival was clearly related to nature, proverbs were a common and popular form to transmit nature’s knowledge. Therefore, I decided to … Continue reading →

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Harold Feinstein Inspires Us for National Garden Month

Posted on April 16, 2013

Harold Feinstein is a well-known photographer who was born in Coney Island in 1931 and lives in Brooklyn. New York City (and Coney Island in particular) has been the inspiration for his black-and-white street photography for over sixty years.  In … Continue reading →

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In a Dream

Posted on April 9, 2013

Jenny Holzer, Selection from the Survival Series from the portfolio In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive and You Were Full of Joy, 1983-83 (published 1991) (2.1998.l) Thomas Ruff, Constellations from the portfolio In a Dream You Saw … Continue reading →

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April Fools’ Day

Posted on April 1, 2013

 The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year. –Mark Twain Aaron Siskind, Martha’s Vineyard, 1939 (894.2000) April Fools’ Day is celebrated as a prank day in many countries. In Italy, … Continue reading →

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Happy Easter: “Our Chicks”!

Posted on March 31, 2013

The Scholl Studio, Our Chicks, ca. 1879 (68.1999) Aleksandras Macijauskas, In the market – 269, 1972 (1138.1986.jjj) Richard Tepe, Nest en Eireu Nau de Welde Eend I., ca. 1910-40 (320.2001)

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Guy Bourdin: “Sighs and Whispers”

Posted on March 29, 2013

Guy Bourdin died on March 29, 1991. Since then his reputation has grown, even though he refused to publish books about his work during his life and only started exhibiting in 1953 under a pseudonym and with an introduction by … Continue reading →

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To Each Her Own Trophy

Posted on February 25, 2013

Weegee, Grace Kelly, ca. 1954 (10226.1993) In 1954 Grace Kelly won an Academy Award for her performance in The Country Girl. Last night, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award bestowed its statuettes for excellence of cinematic achievement, … Continue reading →

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