Tag Archives: Eiffel Tower

Ilse Bing

Ilse Bing, Eiffel Tower with Thermometer, 1934 (15.1991) Ilse Bing, Frankfort, 1930 (24.1991) Ilse Bing, Three Men on Steps near the Seine, 1931 (16.1991) Ilse Bing, Orchestra pit, Théâtre des Champs d’ Elysées, Paris, 1933 (215.1991) Ilse Bing, ICP, March … Continue reading

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Don’t You Wish You Were Here?

Now that it is summer, some lucky New Yorkers will be leaving their towering offices and sweaty subway commutes to go on vacation. Before email, text, and Instagram existed, vacationing men and women would invoke jealousy in their friends and … Continue reading

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The Other Iron Lady

Robert Capa, [Eiffel Tower, Paris], July 1952 On March 31, 1889, twenty-one cannon shots sounded the inauguration of the Old Lady of Paris. Gustave Eiffel realized a technical feat by constructing his eponymous tower in only two years, two months, … Continue reading

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments