Tag Archives: Robert Capa

Up with the Larks!

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

International Dawn Chorus Day – May 5, 2013 Richard Tepe, Aquatic Warble Near Her Nest with Young, June 25, 1935 International Dawn Chorus Day is held annually on the first Sunday in May, and aims to encourage the public to … Continue reading →

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Love Me, Love My Dog

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

Filling the role of Man’s Best Friend below are some featured pups being embraced, ogled, petted, held, hugged, and loved by their owners. Dogs with style: Chim (David Seymour), [Peggy Guggenheim on the Grand Canal, Venice], 1950 (354.1982) Dogs with … Continue reading →

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Parachutes and Pessimists

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

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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Political Graffiti: A Brief History in Images

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

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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Let It Snow!

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

Robert Capa, [Rickshaws, Hankou, China], March 1938 (1627.1992) Arnold Eagle, 14th Street Station, ca. 1936 (169.1989) Andrew Savulich, Man Slips on Ice in front of the Waldorf-Astoria, 1985 (361.1994) Weegee, [Man shoveling snow, mannequin in background], ca. 1942 (16280.1993)

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Masks

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

Consuelo Kanaga, Wharton Esherick, 1940 (17.1982) Robert Capa, [Members of a Laurel and Hardy fan club in masks, Paris], 1937 (2421.1992) E. J. Bellocq, Storyville Portrait, New Orleans, ca. 1912 (printed ca. 1967)(34.2004) John Gutmann, In the Background: The Pimp, 1937 (971.2000) Inge … 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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Robert Capa’s Tour de France

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

Robert Capa, [Tour de France], July 1939 Robert Capa, [Tour de France], July 1939 Robert Capa, [Tour de France], July 1939 Robert Capa, [Tour de France], July 1939 As the 2012 Tour de France is coming to an end, we … Continue reading →

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Viva Luise Rainer!

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

Robert Capa, [Luise Rainer outside of the Paris opera], 1939 A few days after returning to Paris he [Robert Capa] wrote his mother, referring to Cornell’s recent professional debut, “I hope that the young Capa is a great photographer, for … Continue reading →

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Man’s Best Friend

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

Robert Capa, [Sitting volunteer and dog, farewell ceremony for the International Brigades, Les Masies, Spain], October 25, 1938 One day, while sorting through some boxes of Robert Capa’s photographs of the Spanish Civil WarI came across an image of a … Continue reading →

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