Monthly Archives: August 2011

The Wall As Photographic Surface

Posted on August 15, 2011 by fansinaflashbulb

Tina Modotti, Diego Rivera: Festival of the Tractor, ca. 1927 Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Paisaje Inventado, 1972 Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902-2002) was born in Mexico City on and grew up in the midst of a violent and politically unstable Mexico … Continue reading →

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Remembering Hiroshima

Posted on August 6, 2011 by erinbarnett

United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Physical Damage Division, [Ruins of Shima Surgical Hospital, Hiroshima], October 24, 1945 (The ruins of the Hiroshima Prefectural Exhibition Hall, now the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, are visible in the background.) Yoshito Matsushige, [Dazed survivors … Continue reading →

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Happy 100th Birthday, Lucy!

Posted on August 5, 2011 by kostrom

Leonard McComb, [Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball at the Del Mar racetrack, California], 1958

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Cy Twombly: Photographs and Text by David Seidner

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Christopher George

Cy Twombly’s studio is in Lexington, Virginia, his original hometown. Though he now commutes between Lexington and Rome, and has spent a good deal of his life in Italy, he has never lost the drawl of a Southern gentleman. These … Continue reading →

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