Monthly Archives: December 2013

Happy New Year’s Eve!

Posted on December 31, 2013 by erinbarnett

Alfred Eisenstaedt, Salvador Dalí and wife attending New Year’s Eve party, New York City, January 1956 (239.1989)

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Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2013 by erinbarnett

Berenice Abbott, Designer’s Window, Bleecker Street, New York, 1947 (669.1984)

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Appreciating Lisa Larsen

Posted on December 20, 2013 by mahulme

Alfred Eisenstaedt, [Lisa Larsen], ca. 1953 (2008.4.316) When people think of LIFE’s pioneering female photographers, usually it’s Margaret Bourke White who springs to mind. But much can be said for Lisa Larsen (1925-1959), who photographed a wide array of subjects … Continue reading →

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Recent Acquisition: Shimpei Takeda

Posted on December 18, 2013 by fansinaflashbulb

Shimpei Takeda, Trace #7, Nihonmatsu Castle, 2012 (2013.4.3) Thanks to the generosity of the ICP Acquisitions Committee, ICP recently purchased six prints by photographer Shimpei Takeda, who was born forty miles from the site of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster … Continue reading →

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MoMA: Past, Present, and Future

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Francesca Teodori

The Museum of Modern Art has had different stages of development, each characterized by an expansion. In 1939, after having already moved three times in ten years, the museum found its permanent location on West 53rd Street, where it remains … Continue reading →

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Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

Posted on December 5, 2013 by erinbarnett

Jürgen Schadeberg, Nelson Mandela, Treason Trial, 1958 (2012.84.1)

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The Female Body and the Voyeuristic Male Gaze

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Renske van Leeuwen

Chim (David Seymour), [Bernard Berenson, at the age of 90, looking at sculpture in the Borghese Gallery, Rome, Italy], 1955 (1122.2002) Much of the way we can understand photography of the body must be related to the male gaze. The … Continue reading →

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Being a Photographer Is a State of Mind…

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Francesca Teodori

Weegee the Fifth Beetle, ca. 1967 (2210.1993) [Weegee taking a photograph], ca. 1940 (19819.1993) [Weegee with naked women on swings during the production of Shangri-La], ca. 1960 (20251.1993) Photographer Weegee Disguised as an Ice Cream Peddler in Theater, ca. 1943 (19825.1993) … Continue reading →

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