Monthly Archives: April 2019

“A Gentleman of Venice”

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Christopher George

A Gentleman of Venice There are a thousand pigeons on the Piazza San Marco. One is called Arturo. “I was introduced to Arturo,” says cameraman DAVID SEYMOUR, “by a white-haired woman who sells corn for the pigeons. She was telling … Continue reading →

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Happy Earth DAY

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Christopher George

Arthur Rothstein, Elephants, Kenya, 1970 (216.1989) John Pfahl, Moose and Arrow, Grand Teton National Park, WY, 1977 (427.1984) Robert Rauschenberg, [Two alligators with palm frond shadows], 1979 (63.1999) Per Bak Jensen, [Untitled], ca. 1981 (388.1982) Charles Pratt, Maine, 1967 (111.1996) … Continue reading →

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Happy EARTH Day

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Christopher George

Marilyn Bridges, Pathway Into Infinity, Nazca, Peru, 1979(448.1983) Ernst Haas, Monument Valley, along Colorado River (The Creation), 1971 (38.1976) Soichi Kiyooka, Tatsukushi, Kochi, November 1973 (9.1994) Russell Munson, Colorado dune, 1982 (311.1983) Brett Weston, Rock Formation, ca. 1965 (2012.119.59) Hidekazu … Continue reading →

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HAPPY Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Christopher George

Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008), Earth Day, 1970 (822.2002) Wu Yinxian, Two Parrots, 1985 (185.1988) Richard Tepe, Two newly-born white birds facing frontward, ca. 1910 – 1940 (323.2001) Harold Edgerton, Hummingbird (71.1987) Masaaki Miyazawa, [Bird], ca. 1983 (77.1985) David Wartersun, Pelicans, ca. … Continue reading →

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Easter Sunday

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Christopher George

Edwin Rosskam, “Boy dressed up for Easter parade, Chicago”, April 1941, (108.2003) Russell Lee, “In front of the Pilgrim Baptist church on Easter Sunday, Chicago”, April 1941, (103.2003) Baptists were by far the South Side’s largest denomination. The photographers visited … Continue reading →

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“Joy of Living”

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Christopher George

You Couldn’t Be Cuter, by Ruby Newman And His Orchestra; Ray Morton; Jerome Kern; Dorothy Fields, 1938 Weegee, [Police and bystanders with body of Stanley Sandler, a passenger in an automobile that crashed into a Third Avenue El pillar and … Continue reading →

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Merce Cunningham Centennial

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Christopher George

Barbara Morgan, Merce Cunningham – Totem Ancestor, 1942 (545.1986) Totem Ancestor: Choreography: Merce Cunningham; Music: John Cage; Costumes: Charlotte Trowbridge) Arnold Eagle, Merce Cunningham in Appalachian Spring, Martha Graham Company, 1944 (552.1987) Appalachian Spring: Choreography: Martha Graham; Music: Aaron Copland; … Continue reading →

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“Speaking of Pictures… A New York Free Lance And Curious Passerby Photographs the News”

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Christopher George

Life, April 12, 1937, pp. 8-11 Weegee, [Weegee inspecting trunk containing body of William Hessler, who had been stabbed to death, Red Hook, Brooklyn], August 5, 1936 (2212.1993) Weegee, [Weegee inspecting trunk containing body of William Hessler, who had been … Continue reading →

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Paul Robeson

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Christopher George

Vandamm Studio, Paul Robeson, 1930s (1558.1990) Paul Robeson and His Life Robeson is a college man – a graduate of Rutgers and Columbia Universities, with degrees from both institutions. He is athlete – scholar – actor – singer, and outstanding … Continue reading →

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“A Mirror of Reality”

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Christopher George

Unidentified Photographer, [Backs of Eight Unidentified Women with Long Hair], Image (Sheeting): 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (8.9 x 6.4 cm), Tintype, ca. 1880 (2413.2005) Unidentified photographer, Ida Cushman as “The Giggler”, Alice Cushman as Queen Elizabeth, Julie Hood … Continue reading →

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