Monthly Archives: January 2014

Capa in Color

Posted on January 30, 2014 by paulinevermare

Robert Capa, [Ernest Hemingway and his son Gregory, Sun Valley, Idaho], October 1941 (2013.92.32) Capa in Color opens tomorrow and will be on view at ICP until May 4, 2014. It is the story of an incredible resurrection: from the 1940s, … Continue reading →

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The Aestheticization of Violence and the Aestheticization of Banality

Posted on January 28, 2014 by fansinaflashbulb

A modern method of destruction (total obliteration) for a modern way of life! Nations are built on violence. The United States of American gained hegemony after the Second World War was ended through the use of two nuclear weapons in … Continue reading →

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“Cold Weather Picture”

Posted on January 22, 2014 by erinbarnett

Weegee, Cold Weather Picture, March 8, 1941 (16232.1993) “Thousands of automobiles parked overnight were found like this by their owners Saturday morning.” PM, March 9, 1941 Many folks in the tri-state area awoke to a similar scene this morning!

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The Lost Art of Auschwitz

Posted on January 21, 2014 by lesleyannedrake

In the 1980s, photographer Joseph Czarnecki began visiting Auschwitz and recording the art and graffiti he found on the walls of the concentration camp. In his book Last Traces: The Lost Art of Auschwitz, published in 1989, Czarnecki tells the … Continue reading →

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Nickolas Murray

Posted on January 16, 2014 by fansinaflashbulb

Nickolas Muray, [D. H. Lawrence], ca. 1925 (1172.2005) Nickolas Muray was born Hungary in 1892. He moved to New York in 1913 after studying photoengraving in Berlin. Muray worked in New York as a portrait, fashion, and advertising photographer until … Continue reading →

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Susan Meiselas’s Nicaragua: The Photo-book

Posted on January 14, 2014 by rosemathies

Susan Meiselas, Awaiting counter attack by the National Guard, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, 1978 (189.2003.5) Documentary photographers are constantly faced with the ethical issues, political implications, and opportunism associated with the exploitative nature of photography. This image by Susan Meiselas was the … Continue reading →

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Baby, It’s Cold Outside

Posted on January 7, 2014 by erinbarnett

Attributed to George Barker, [Niagara Falls in Winter], ca. 1890 (2007.56.1) Alfred Eisenstaedt, Mont Tremblant, Canada, 1943 (303.1989) Soichi Kiyooka, Nikko, Tochigi, January 1974 (17.1994) John Loengard, Henry Moore’s Sheep Piece, 1983 (195.1987)

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John Dominis, 1921-2013

Posted on January 2, 2014 by bwallis

John Dominis, [American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos protesting racial inequity with raised fists during national anthem at Olympics, Mexico City], 1968 (recto and verso) (1012.2005) In the politically tumultuous year 1968, one of the enduring photographs of the … Continue reading →

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Welcome Mayor de Blasio!

Posted on January 1, 2014 by erinbarnett

Today Bill de Blasio becomes the 109th mayor of New York City. Here’s a look back at some of the city’s previous mayors: Unidentified Artist, Mayor Gaynor at his Desk, January 3, 1910 (233.2001) William Jay Gaynor was the city’s … Continue reading →

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