Tag Archives: 1967

Happy Earth DAY

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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Merry XMAS! (Photography Done Upstairs) And Happy New Year!

Weegee, [Letter from Weegee in Paris to Wilma Wilcox in New York City], December 23, 1961 (2009.70.42) Ralph Steiner, [Merry X-Mas Card], 1963 (760.1986) Philippe Halsman, [Halsman’s Christmas Card], 1967 (283.1995) Robert Mapplethorpe, [Christmas Tree], 1987 (2010.23.10)

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summer summer

Lou Bernstein, Coney Island, 1951 (78.1992) Unidentified Photographer, [Two unidentified girls, one eating watermelon, the other disrobing], ca. 1960 (2012.24.1) The rich history of snapshot photography has yet to be written. But when that text is transcribed it will finally … Continue reading

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The sun

Cynthia Farnell, Steeple, Horry County, South Carolina, 2010 (2010.76.2) Weegee, [Empire State Building, New York], ca. 1955 (3378.1993) Weegee, Statue of Liberty, ca. 1961 (5916.1993) Charles H. Traub, Queensbridge Park, New York, 1988 (446.1991) Wu Yinxian, Afterglow, Guangxi, 1965 (167.1988) … Continue reading

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“Water is Life”

Leonard Freed (1929-2006), The fire hydrants are opended during the summer heat, Harlem, NY, 1967 (404.1981) Charles Pratt (1929-1976), Hoboken, 1963 (87.1996) Charles Pratt (1929-1976), Hoboken, 1963 (86.1996) Lou Bernstein (1911-2005), N.Y. City, 1977 (27.1992) Lou Bernstein (1911-2005), South 3rd … 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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“Peace Now!”

Joe Brainard (1942-1994), [Peace Now!], 1971 (832.2002) Herbert Perr, [Who Is Going to Believe Hypocritical Fairytales?], 1970-71, mixed media prototype for a poster that was never produced, (879.2002) Who is going to believe hypocritical fairytales When, behind a facade of … Continue reading

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