Tag Archives: Henri Cartier Bresson

Spotlight: Richmond, Virginia

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

Steven Spielberg’s latest film, Lincoln, has brought the Civil War back into the American consciousness with Daniel Day-Lewis’s Oscar-winning performance as this country’s sixteenth president. The majority of the scenes from the movie were filmed in Richmond, Virginia, the same … Continue reading →

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The Lovecats: Celebrating Man’s Very Best Friend on International Cat Day

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

Henri Cartier-Bresson, New York, 1947 Robert Capa, [Man and cat outside an air-raid shelter, London], June-July 1941 Weegee, [Girl with cat in cradle], ca. 1950 Robert Capa, [Henri Matisse in bed working, his black cat at his feet, (Cimiez) Nice, … Continue reading →

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Moving Pictures

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

Unidentified Photographer, Evacuation of the Louvre Art Treasury – The “Raft of the Medusa” of Gericault evacuated from the Louvre in a truck that usually carries stage scenery, 1939 Weegee, [Gallo, 15 Downing St.]. ca. 1956 Weegee, [Reliable Thrift Shop], … Continue reading →

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Gold (in Silver), Part 1

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

Richard Tepe, Goldfasan Hahn (Gold Pheasant Hen), ca. 1910-40 Voila, “La guerre de l’or,” December 7, 1935 Weegee, “Charged with murdering his wife, Abraham Gold…”, November 22, 1944 “Charged with murdering his wife, Abraham Gold was arraigned yesterday… and held … Continue reading →

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MEOW! Artists and Their Cats…

Posted on December 23, 2010 by

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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Join the Circus

Posted on November 3, 2010 by

Margaret Bourke-White, At the Circus, ca. 1931 Lisette Model, Circus, New York, 1945 Weegee, [Circus acrobat Josephine Barricini distortion], 1950s The modern circus began at the end of the eighteenth century, primarily as an equestrian event, but rope dancers, jugglers, … Continue reading →

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Henri Cartier-Bresson or W. Eugene Smith?

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Truman Capote, 1947 W. Eugene Smith, British actor, playwright, and composer Noel Coward, 1949 Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eunuch of the imperial court of the last dynasty, Peking, 1949 W. Eugene Smith, [Newborn infant being presented to Alice Cooper], 1951 … Continue reading →

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Celebrate National Ice Cream Month!

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

Weegee, Photographer Weegee Disguised as an Ice Cream Peddler in Theater, ca. 1943 Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dressed-up women, with popular flower print patterns, eat ice cream, a Russian custom, during an intermission at the Moscow circus, 1954 Mike Disfarmer, [Unidentified Woman … Continue reading →

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14 juillet

Posted on July 14, 2010 by

Regards, July 9, 1936 Regards, photo by Chim, Henri Barbusse le 14 Juillet de l’an dernier, July 9, 1936, Vu, July 9, 1930 Vu, July 9, 1930 Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bastille Day, Paris, ca. 1936

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It’s Too Darn Hot

Posted on July 6, 2010 by

Garry Winogrand, Woman sunbathing beside the pool, seen from above, 1975,  from Women are Beautiful, 1981 Tod Papageorge, Man in Grass, 1981 Martin Munkácsi, [Woman sunbathing], 1935 Lisette Model, Coney Island Bather, Reclining, ca. 1939–41 Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dieppe, France, 1926 … Continue reading →

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