Monthly Archives: September 2017

Weegee does coffee

Weegee (1899-1968), [Fireman enjoying a cup of coffee after tenement fire, New York], July 27, 1941 (15131.1993) Yeah, I reckon I do get the breaks. But I get them because I stay around and work for them. I have no … Continue reading

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Studio Visit: Martin Munkacsi

Martin Munkácsi (1898-1963), [Martin Munkácsi playing Ping Pong with woman in his studio], 1930s, (2007.110.1425) Martin Munkácsi (1898-1963), [Martin Munkácsi with two women in his studio], 1930s, (2007.110.1425) Martin Munkácsi (1898-1963), [Martin Munkácsi sitting with a man in his studio], 1930s, (2007.110.1425) Martin … Continue reading

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“Before we left a little church called Brown Chapel AME, we knelt and prayed together.”

Charles Moore (1931-2010), [Andrew Young leading people, including John Lewis and Hosea Williams, in prayer, before the Selma to Montgomery march, Alabama], 1965 (169.1991) On Sunday morning, March 7, 1965, a march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery began … Continue reading

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Protesting Racism in America

John Dominis (1921–2013), [American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos protesting racial inequity with raised fists during national anthem at Olympics, Mexico City], October 16, 1968 (recto and verso) (1012.2005) As the American national anthem began to play during the … Continue reading

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Fast Forward

Lauren Greenfield, Mijanou and friends from Beverly Hills High School on Senior Beach Day, Will Rogers State Beach, 1993 (63.1997) “I was Homecoming Queen. I was Junior Princess. The seniors voted and I won for Best Physique. I was very flattered. … Continue reading

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Fern, Fungi, Fun: “What a Wonderful World”

Jeannette Klute (1918-2009), Luna Moth, ca. 1950 (2354.2005) Jeannette Klute (1918-2009), Wild Larkspur, ca. 1955 (2009.89.5) Jeannette Klute (1918-2009), Trout Lily, from the “Woodland Portraits” series, ca. 1950 (2345.2005) Jeannette Klute (1918-2009), Jack in the Pulpit, ca. 1950 (2349.2005) Jeannette … Continue reading

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September 11, 2001

Jeff Mermelstein, Red cube, September 11, 2001, (80.2002.10) Jeff Mermelstein, Statue, September 11, 2001 (80.2002.8) Jeff Mermelstein, Frame, September 11, 2001 (80.2002.11) Browse ICP’s complete September 11 Archive here or here.

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A Walk Up Fifth Avenue: Martin Munkacsi’s New York Street Shots

Martin Munkacsi (1898-1963), [Empire State Building, New York], ca. 1934 (2007.10.171) Martin Munkacsi (1898-1963), [National Recovery Administration flags and pedestrians on Fifth Avenue, New York], ca. 1934 (2007.110.178) Martin Munkacsi (1898-1963), [Singer sewing machines in storefront window, Fifth Avenue, New … Continue reading

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“And we both laughed. John laughed a lot.”

The large loft on West 18th Street that John Cage shared with Merce Cunningham was a simple, sunny, skylit living-working studio. It was divided into a sleeping area, a working space with a desk right off the kitchen […] and … Continue reading

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Water is Work

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), [Worker soaking silk skeins in boiled water to free it of gum, Madison Silk Company in Barnert Mills, Paterson, New Jersey], March 1937, (856.1975) Henry Ries (1917-2004), Restoration of Ancient Books, September 1948 (354.1990) Henri Cartier-Bresson … Continue reading

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