Tag Archives: Leon Levinstein

“I love you as I never did before.”

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Christopher George

Lucien Aigner (1901-1999), At the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, ca. 1934 (338.1982) Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995), [Wartime Farewells, Pennsylvania Station, New York], 1944 (1448.2005) Sailor Fred McDow passionately kissing his girlfriend Ethel Huseland goodbye, as a friend stands by watching uncomfortably, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1948, Alfred Eisenstaedt, John Albert, Leon Levinstein, Lucien Aigner, Luxembourg Gardens, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Paris, Pennsylvania Station, Valentine's Day, Weegee | 1 Comment

Happy New Year!

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Christopher George

New Year’s Celebration 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 MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Weegee, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1932, 1943, 1951, 1970, 1978, Dan Weiner, Leon Levinstein, Manhattan, New Year, New Year's, New Year's Eve, New York, New York City, Times Square, Tod Papageorge, Vu, Weegee | Leave a comment

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Christopher George

VU, “Nous Vous La Souhaitons Bonne et Heureuse,” [“We Wish You Happy and Happy”], January 1, 1930, (2009.52.75) Weegee, [Shorty, the Bowery Cherub, New Year’s Eve at Sammy’s Bar, New York], January 1, 1943, (2017.1993) Weegee, “Tavern of ground floor … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1943, 1945, 1951, 1970, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Dan Weiner, fire, Leon Levinstein, New Year, New Year's Eve, Salvador Dali, Sammy's Bowery Follies, Sharon Avery, Times Square, Weegee | Leave a comment

Central Park is for People and Plants and Animals (not cars)

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Christopher George

Martin Munkacsi, [Woman and two children with kite, Central Park], 1937 (2007.110.1908) Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Christopher Isherwood and W. H. Auden, Central Park, 1938 (73.1982) Weegee, Dancing is free in Central Park, ca. 1945 (644.1993) Lou Bernstein, N.Y. City, 1973 (28.1992) Tod … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1937, 1938, 1973, 1986, Central Park, Christopher Isherwood, Leon Levinstein, Lou Bernstein, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Manhattan, Martin Munkacsi, New York, New York City, Tod Papageorge, W. H. Auden, Weegee | Leave a comment

New Year’s Eve, Times Square, New York: The New Year Brings Hope

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Christopher George

Dan Weiner, New Years Eve, Times Square, New York, 1951 (143.1992) Dan Weiner, New Years Eve, Times Square, New York, 1951 (969.1974) Weegee, New Year’s Eve, Times Square, New York, ca. 1945 (15654.1993) Weegee, For a Happier 1945… To Her … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1945, 1951, 1970, Dan Weiner, Leon Levinstein, Manhattan, New Year, New Year's, New Year's Eve, New York, New York City, Times Square, Weegee | Leave a comment

Seeing is Believing: Leon Levinstein in India and Nepal, Photographers and Photographs

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Christopher George

Leon Levinstein (1910-1988), [Outdoor portrait studio, India], ca. 1978 (2012.114.49) Leon Levinstein (1910-1988), [Man in front of photographer’s backdrop, India], ca. 1978 (2012.114.22) Leon Levinstein (1910-1988), [Street photography], ca. 1978 (158.1999) Leon Levinstein (1910-1988), [Untitled], ca. 1978 (160.1999) Leon Levinstein … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged India, Leon Levinstein, Nepal, Photographers, photography, Seeing is Believing: Leon Levinstein, street photography | Leave a comment

Bread – Acquiring

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Christopher George

Regards, Notre Pain, May 12, 1938 (2007.18.42) Underwood and Underwood publisher, Baking division of British Commissariat at work in France, 1914-1918 (2011.36.16) Leon Levinstein, Bread Line, Bowery, 1950-1959 (2011.53.37) Leonard Freed, [Man walking with his bike and carrying a baguette … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged baguette, baking, Bernard Plossu, Bowery, bread, Ed Kashi, France, Ishikveren, Kurds, Leon Levinstein, Leonard Freed, nudists, Regards, turkey, Underwood and Underwood, WWI | 2 Comments

Enough is enough?

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Christopher George

Walker Evans, Penny Pictures Display, Savannah, 1936 (50.1981.g) Leon Levinstein, Wall of photographs, ca. 1957 (2011.53.17) Leon Levinstein, [Untitled], ca. 1980, (139.1999) Weegee, Weegee in his Hollywood Studio, ca. 1950 (20282.1993) Bob Parent, [Weegee and Mel Harris with Weegee’s photographs … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged Leon Levinstein, Mel Harris, photographs, photography, Savannah, Walker Evans, Weegee | Leave a comment

Looking back to Mid-Century Downtown New York

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Emily P Dunne

After re-reading Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil’s book Please Kill Me: The Oral History of Punk, I’ve been curious to learn more about the New York City that Richard Hell and Patti Smith were inspired by. I’ve been told horror stories … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged CBGBs, documentary, Kevin Heyman, Leon Levinstein, Mellon Tytell, New York City, Punk rock, Richard Hell, William Burroughs | Leave a comment

Leon Levinstein: The Indiscriminate Eye

Posted on April 29, 2014 by fansinaflashbulb

When learning about the work of a new photographer, more often than not I have some piece of biography that helps me place the photographs in context. In the case of Leon Levinstein, I got to know him through working … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged India, Leon Levinstein, New York City, portraiture, street photography | Leave a comment