Monthly Archives: September 2019

“There Is No Planet B”

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Christopher George

NASA, Earthrise, December 24, 1968 (2016.23.1) NASA, [Edward Higgins White’s space walk], June 3, 1965 (2478.2005) NASA, [“Nearly full Earth showing Africa, Middle East, Europe and western Asia from the Apollo 11”], July 16 1969, (2476.2005) Apollo 11 view of … Continue reading →

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Not the future

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Christopher George

Harold Corsini, Well in the Center of an Oil Camp, Illinois, 1944 (230.1983) Brett Weston, Industrial Landscape, ca. 1975 (2012.119.96) Lu Guang, The Tianjin Steel Plant is a highly polluting enterprise that is deeply affecting the lives of the local … Continue reading →

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“…if we don’t stop burning oil and coal, the Big Apple will be cooked.”

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Christopher George

The Yes Men, “New York Post,” September 21, 2009, p. 1 (2009.76.3) The Yes Men, “New York Post,” September 21, 2009, pp. 2-3 (2009.76.3) It’s Coming! City report says extreme storms, flooding, deadly heat waves coming soon if we don’t … Continue reading →

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“Drowning World”

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Christopher George

Gideon Mendel, Chinta and Samundri Davi, Salempur village near Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India, from the “Drowning World” series, August 2007 (2013.32.1) Gideon Mendel, Hakam Zadi, Manghal Khan, Brohi village, Sind province, Pakistan, from the “Drowning World” series, September 2010, (2013.87.5) Gideon … Continue reading →

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Preserving wilderness

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Christopher George

Ansel Adams, Sierra Juniper – Mount Hooper, ca. 1929 (306.1991) Ansel Adams, Minarets, Iceberg Lake, ca. 1929 (315.1991) Ansel Adams, Sierra Club Party on Mount Ritter, ca. 1929 (319.1991) Ansel Adams, Mount Conness – Tenaya Lake, ca. 1929 (324.1991) Ansel … Continue reading →

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New York, September 11, 2001

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Christopher George

Aftonbladet, September 2001, (2006.30.114) Aftonbladet is a Swedish newspaper and founded in 1830. The Mirror, September 12 2001 (2006.30.123) Photo by Spencer Platt Daily Express, September 12, 2001 (2006.30.126) Daily Express is a British newspaper and was founded in 1900. … Continue reading →

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Robert Frank (1924-2019)

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Christopher George

Robert Frank, McClellanville, South Carolina, 1955 (printed 1975) (225.1996) Robert Frank, Mabou (electric dog), 1980 (2007.106.2) F. Bedrich Grunzweig, Robert Frank, 1955-56 (373.1988)

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Five photographs of the World Trade Center in the 1970s

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Christopher George

David Plowden, World Trade Center, New York, New York, 1972 (74.1989) Wolf von dem Bussche, Homage to Stieglitz, 1976 (553.1982b) Wolf von dem Bussche, Trade Center Towers IV, 1976 (553.1982e) Thomas Struth, Dey Street and Broadway, New York, 1978, (358.1987) … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday John Cage

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Christopher George

David Seidner, [John Cage and Merce Cunningham’s 18th Street loft, New York], ca. 1994 David Seidner, [John Cage and Merce Cunningham’s 18th Street loft, New York], ca. 1994 David Seidner, [John Cage and Merce Cunningham’s 18th Street loft, New York], … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Ruth Orkin

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Christopher George

Ruth Orkin, American Girl in Italy, 1951 (535.1983) Ruth Orkin, Man in rain, from my window at 53 W 88th St. N.Y.C., 191 (546.1983) Ruth Orkin, From Gansevoort St. Pier, Boys Swimming in Hudson River, New York, ca. 1948 (549.1983) … Continue reading →

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