-
Join 3,646 other subscribers
-
Recent Posts
- 1937
- 1938
- 1940
- 1941
- 1942
- 1943
- 1944
- 1945
- 1968
- Alfred Eisenstaedt
- Andre Kertesz
- atomic bomb
- Baseball
- Berenice Abbott
- Bowery
- Brooklyn
- cat
- cats
- Chim
- Chim (David Seymour)
- Cornell Capa
- Cowin Collection
- Danny Lyon
- Dan Weiner
- David Seidner
- David Seymour
- dog
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Ernst Haas
- Eugène Atget
- fashion photography
- France
- Garry Winogrand
- gif
- Halloween
- Henri Cartier Bresson
- Hiroshima
- ICP-Bard
- ICP Recent Acquisitions
- Japan
- labor
- labor day
- Lee Sievan
- LIFE
- Life Magazine
- Lisette Model
- Lou Bernstein
- Manhattan
- Margaret Bourke-White
- Martin Munkacsi
- Mexico
- Naked City
- New Jersey
- New York
- New York City
- Paris
- photojournalism
- PM
- portrait
- Regards
- Richard Avedon
- Robert Capa
- Roman Vishniac
- Times Square
- tintype
- unidentified photographer
- Vu
- W. Eugene Smith
- Washington D.C.
- Weegee
- Weegee Wednesday
- Women's History Month
- World War II
- World War Two
- WWII
ICP
Blogroll
- 1World1Family.me
- Accidental Mysteries
- Beinecke Library
- Bint Photobooks
- British Photographic History
- Conscientious
- Dull Tool Dim Bulb
- George Eastman House Blog
- Hanging Together
- KodakGirl
- Lens: Photography, Video, and Visual Journalism Archives of the New York Times
- Mornings on Maple Street
- Notes from the Tenement: Tenement Museum Blog
- Other People's Pictures
- Pinakothek
- project b
- Still Searching
- The Bigger Picture: Visual Archives and the Smithsonian
- The Picture Show
Archives
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
Recent Comments
- Christopher George on John Pfahl (1939-2020)
- Christopher George on Lunch Time!
- jamesmmcardle on John Pfahl (1939-2020)
- crea2010 on Lunch Time!
- danielteolijr on Where in the world is the “Naked City”?
- Where in the world is the “Naked City”? | Fans in a Flashbulb on Stay At Home (Don’t Do This)
- icplibrary on Puzzling
- Spring Autochromes Coloring Pages | Fans in a Flashbulb on Tintypes for Coloring (Not Socially Distancing)
- Spring Autochromes Coloring Pages | Fans in a Flashbulb on Tintypes for Coloring (Four Musicians)
- Spring Autochromes Coloring Pages | Fans in a Flashbulb on Tintypes for Coloring
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Tricks and Treats…
Weegee, Unemployed Television Actor, ca. 1954 Weegee, [Man wearing costume], ca. 1954 Weegee, A Boy, 1954 Weegee, Artist Bill Dorr, as a Java Temple God, ca. 1954 Weegee, Rembrandt, ca. 1954
Tagged Bill Dorr, Halloween, Rembrandt, Weegee
Leave a comment
Amelia Earhart’s Enduring Image
New York Times, June 10, 1928 Vu, May 25, 1932 [Flyer promoting Amelia Earhart’s speaking engagement in Tucson, Arizona], 1933 (Portrait by Ben Pinchot) Unidentified Photographer, [Amelia Earhart], 1936 [Gap advertisement featuring Amelia Earhart ca. 1930 wearing khakis in front … Continue reading
Fabulous Furs
Leon Levinstein, [Man in suit, woman in fur coat], 1954 Alfred Eisenstaedt, A New York vacationer in Miami Beach, 1940 Weegee, “Fire on Fifth Avenue,” February 17, 1941
Skid Row
Weegee, Skid Row, ca. 1951 Weegee crisscrossed the country in 1950, promoting a movie called The Sleeping City (directed by George Sherman, “Danger Stalks the Silent Streets in…The Sleeping City,” Universal Pictures, 1950). When Weegee returned to California, he created … Continue reading
Tagged Mel Harris, Naked Hollywood, Skid row, Weegee
Leave a comment
Autumn in the Forbidden City
Hong Lei, Autumn in the Forbidden City: Eastern Veranda, 1997 Hong Lei, Autumn in the Forbidden City: Western Veranda, 1997 There is a eerie nostalgia to Hong Lei’s pair of photographs, Autumn in the Forbidden City: Western Veranda and Autumn in … Continue reading
Tagged Beijing, Forbidden City, Hong Lei
Leave a comment
Cause of failures… (You Press the Button, We Do the Rest)
W.R. McKeen Jr., Kodak No. 2 negatives, ca. 1891 These envelopes, dated November 4, 1891, contained 87 “good” negatives and 12 “failures.” The negatives were from a No. 2 Kodak camera. After 100 exposures were made, the camera was sent … Continue reading
The North Gate of Baghdad (After Corot)
Simon Norfolk, The North Gate of Baghdad (After Corot), from Scenes from a Liberated Iraq, 2003 Simon Norfolk depicts landscapes affected by the perils of war and genocide. While showing the destruction caused by conflict, he also highlights signs of life … Continue reading
Tagged Iraq, landscape, Simon Norfolk
Leave a comment
Che Guevara, died October 9, 1967
Unidentified Photographer, [Body of Che Guevara], October 10, 1967 The typed caption on the print reads: Body said to be Guevara’s–This is a close-up of the body displayed by Bolivian army officers today at Vallegrande and said to be that … Continue reading
Civilisation: Catcity and Dogcity
Vu, December 18, 1929, no. 92, pp. 1075-76 (photos by International Graphic Press)
Tagged cats, dogs, International Graphic Press, Vu
3 Comments
Irving Penn, 1917-2009
Irving Penn, Mrs. William Rhinelander Stewart, New York, May 20, 1948
Fans in a Flashbulb 