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Tag Archives: Alfred Eisenstaedt
Not Knowing
Weegee, [Model and photographer on the beach], ca. 1956 Lou Bernstein, Man in Suit, Panama Hat, Sleeping on Beach, 1957 Unidentified Photographer, [Unidentified Woman at "Beach"], ca. 1880 Alfred Eisenstaedt, A New York vacationer in Miami Beach, 1940 Danny Lyon, … Continue reading
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MEOW! Artists and Their Cats…
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Saul Steinberg, 1946 Robert Capa, [Henri Matisse in bed working, his black cat at his feet, (Cimiez) Nice, France], 1949 Alfred Eisenstaedt, Life photographer Margaret Bourke-White with kitten, Darien, Connecticut, 1944
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Great Conductors III: Klaus Tennstedt
Alfred Eisenstaedt, Klaus Tennstedt, Conductor, Munich, April 1980 “Unlike earlier titans, he possessed no discernible charisma, nor was he an intellectual (though he was tolerably well-read), or a visionary. Spiritually he was confused, socially a disaster. What set Klaus Tennstedt … Continue reading
Great Conductors II: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Alfred Eisenstaedt, Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting the Berlin Philharmonic in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Berlin, 1932 Rightly regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the twentieth century, Wilhelm Furtwängler—like his younger contemporary Herbert von Karajan—never escaped the shadow cast over his career … Continue reading
Decisive Moment
Associated Press, Atomic Bomb Sends Smoke 20,000 Feet Above Nagasaki, August 9, 1945 This photo, taken by the air force just moments after the atomic bomb Fat Boy was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, embodies the enduring image many … Continue reading
Earthday 2010
Unidentified Photographer, [Unidentified Woman Sitting on Fallen Tree in Forest], ca. 1909 Dan Weiner, Sunbathers, Czechoslovakia, 1957 Laura McPhee, Banyan Tree and 16th Century Terracotta Temple, Attpur, West Bengal, India, 1988 Eugène Atget, Trianon, 1910-14 Alfred Eisenstaedt, Giant oak tree … Continue reading
New Year’s Resolutions
Alfred Eisenstaedt, Card players who have given up smoking as a New Year’s resolution, Berlin, 1931 Sharon Avery, Make a New Year’s Revolution, Kids!, ca. 1970
Schicksalstag
Twenty years ago today, the fall of the Berlin Wall opened the way to German reunification and contributed to the eventual fall of the Soviet Union. While the political legacy of these events is still contentious, few mourn the physical presence … Continue reading
Life on Ice
Alfred Eisenstaedt, Headwaiter Renée Breguet of Grand Hotel St. Moritz serving cocktails on ice rink, 1932 Martin Munkacsi, [Figure skater], ca. 1930 It’s time to lace up your skates. The Pond at Bryant Park opens today! You can also skate … Continue reading
