Tag Archives: France

A Time Travelling Magical Megalethoscope View of the Palace of Versailles

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Christopher George

Carlo Ponti (1823-1893) (attributed), Palais et place d’armes, Versailles, 1870s (2012.69.2) (Albumen print, Megalethoscope slide) The Megalethoscope was patented in in the early 1860s by the Swiss born optician and photographer Carlo Ponti (1823-1893). Ponti spent the last forty years … Continue reading →

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Wash Your…

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Christopher George

Julia Pirotte (1908-2000), [Hands, Marseille], 1942 (352.1983) VU, December 28, 1932 (2009.61.34) Bonne Année! Noël… Jour de l’an… la semaine des main tendues… des vœux… des étrennes… des cadeaux… Tous vous la souhaitent bonne et heuresuse. Photo Universal

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Ilse Bing (“Everything was new.”)

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Christopher George

The beginning of Ilse Bing’s presentation, coinciding with the exhibition Ilse Bing: Three Decades of Photography (February 21, 1986 – March 23, 1986), at ICP on March 15, 1986: “Now it’s my turn… There is hardly anybody alive who not … Continue reading →

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Jane Evelyn Atwood: “…to live in a world of seers, when you can’t see…”

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Christopher George

Jane Evelyn Atwood, Regional Institute of Education for the Blind, St. Mandé, France, 1981 (190.1981) Jane Evelyn Atwood, Institute of Education for the Senses, Denfert Rochereau, Paris, France, 1980 (134.1995) Jane Evelyn Atwood, Work Aid Center, St. Vincent de Paul, … Continue reading →

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Picasso, Guernica, in Paris by Chim

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Christopher George

Chim, [Picasso in front of Guernica in his studio, Paris], May 1937 (2012.122.13) For more about David Seymour (1911-1956), please visit davidseymour.com Chim, [Picasso’s atelier, Paris], 1937 (2011.76.2)

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Art Blakey Centenial

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Christopher George

Art Blakey, Nothing But the Soul, (A drum improvisation), 1954. Herman Leonard, Art Blakey, Paris, 1958 (2008.3.13) (c) Herman Leonard Photography, LLC Art Blakey (1919-1990), one of the greatest and most influential drummers and bandleaders, was born in Pittsburgh on … Continue reading →

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“and friends”

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Christopher George

Jill Freedman, Sam and Star, County Leitrim, Ireland, 1981 (19.1988) Lou Bernstein, Barney and Friends, Pony Foundation, 1970 , (62.1992) Elliott Erwitt, Brussels, 1957 (2007.4.38) Dennis Stock, Grey Advertising, 1959 (2015.31.25) Chim (David Seymour), [Peggy Guggenheim on Grand Canal, Venice], … Continue reading →

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Julia Pirotte, Resistance in Marseille, 1944

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Christopher George

Julia Pirotte, Deux partisans juifs, Marseille, 1944 (368.1983) Julia Pirotte, Les armes, Marseille, 1944 (362.1983) Julia Pirotte, L’Insurrection, Marseille, 1944 (363.1983) Julia Pirotte, Maquis near Venelles, 1944 (377.1983) Julia Pirotte, Une action près de gardanes, Marseille, 1944 (344.1983) Julia Pirotte, … Continue reading →

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World Refugee Day

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Christopher George

Robert Capa, [Woman at a concentration camp for Spanish refugees, Argelès-sur-Mer camp, France], March 1939 (1608.1992) Ed Kashi, [Girls in front of their makeshift tent in the Ziveh refugee camp in Iran. The camp was created in the 1970’s to … Continue reading →

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June 6, 1944

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Christopher George

Robert Capa, [American soldiers landing on Omaha Beach, D-Day, Normandy, France], June 6, 1944 (2007.17.1) Robert Capa, [American soldiers landing on Omaha Beach, D-Day, Normandy, France] [verso], June 6, 1944 (2007.17.1) Robert Capa, [American soldiers landing on Omaha Beach, D-Day, … Continue reading →

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