Monthly Archives: June 2015

Gay Liberation Parade

Posted on June 26, 2015 by claartjevandijk

Anthony Friedkin, Gay Liberation Parade, The Bible Condemns Homosexuality, Hollywood, 1972 (2011.70.1) Anthony Friedkin, Come Play with our May Doll, Gay Liberation Parade, Hollywood, 1972 (2011.70.3) Anthony Friedkin, Women at Gay Liberation Parade, 1972 (2011.70.4) Anthony Friedkin, Gay Liberation … Continue reading →

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Weegee Wednesdays: “I had no phone; I’m allergic to them”

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Christopher George

Weegee photos of people on the phone and quotes about telephones from Weegee by Weegee… Yes, this week, I’m phoning it in… Weegee, A phone booth is a handy place to make a date, ca. 1943 (2123.1993) Weegee, [George C. … Continue reading →

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Harold Feinstein, 1931 – 2015

Posted on June 23, 2015 by claartjevandijk

Harold Feinstein, Girl with Fur Coat, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1950 (567.1982) Harold Feinstein, Siddhartha, 1980 (638.1982) Harold Feinstein, Boys Running into Surf, Coney Island, 1954 (580.1982) Harold Feinstein, Boy in Street with Chalk Numbers, N.Y.C., 1956 (585.1982) Harold Feinstein, Horse through Curtained … Continue reading →

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Charles H. Traub: Beach portfolio

Posted on June 22, 2015 by claartjevandijk

Charles H. Traub, Beach, 1975 (294.1981.a) Charles H. Traub, Beach, 1974 (294.1981.c) Charles H. Traub, Beach, 1975 (294.1981.d) Charles H. Traub, Beach, 1974 (294.1981.f) Charles H. Traub, Beach, 1974 (294.1981.g)

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Weegee Wednesdays: Ladies of Liberties

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Christopher George

Weegee, Statue of Liberty, ca. 1955 (3372.1993) Weegee, Statue of Liberty: Swing, baby, it’s a free country ain’t it?, ca. 1955 (3357.1993) Weegee, [Statue of Liberty], ca. 1961 (5912.1993) Weegee, [Man climbs 85-foot ladder to secure torch on the plastic … Continue reading →

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June 15: Nature Photography Day

Posted on June 15, 2015 by claartjevandijk

Started in 2006, The North American Nature Photography Association celebrates nature photography on June 15, during Nature Photography Day. Below a small selection of “nature photographs” from the ICP Collections: William Edward Dassonville, Golden Gate Bridge from Sausalito, ca. 1937 (2008.104.9) John Pfahl, Australian Pines, Fort De Soto, … Continue reading →

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MEOW! Artists and Their Cats… (part 2)

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Christopher George

Michel Auer, Jane Evelyn Atwood, 1983 (336.1988) Barbara Morgan (1900-1992), Berenice Abbott [1898-1991] with Cat, 1942 (543.1986) Unidentified Photographer, [Weegee, 1899-1968, and kitten], ca. 1958 (22649.1993) Nearly five years ago (about 36 years if you were a dog) I (put … Continue reading →

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Weegee Wednesdays: “Coney Island Revisited”

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Christopher George

PM, June 9, 1941, pp. 16-17 74 years ago yesterday: Coney Island Revisited… Pictures and Words by Weegee I had been waiting three hours to get a picture of the official first lost child of the new season when a … Continue reading →

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Strangeness and the ordinary

Posted on June 8, 2015 by claartjevandijk

Toby Old, Hooker’s Ball, Copacabana, NYC, 1976 (274.1995) Toby Old, Xenon Disco, NYC, 1978 (69.1995) Toby Old, Body-building Championship, Syracuse, NY, 1980 (64.1995) Toby Old, FDR Psychiatric Hospital, Montrose, NY, 1988 (76.1995) Toby Old, FDR Psychiatric Hospital, Montrose, NY, 1989 … Continue reading →

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“Patience Is What You Need to Take Cat Pictures”

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Christopher George

Ralph Steiner, “Patience Is What You Need to Take Cat Pictures,” PM Weekly, July 13, 1941, pp. 48-49 (photos by Thurman Rotan, Torkel Korling, Ruth Bernhard, and R.L. Doty, etc.) Cats are like children in that most people like them. … Continue reading →

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