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Protesting Racism in America

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Christopher George

John Dominis, [American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos protesting racial inequity with raised fists during national anthem at Olympics, Mexico City], October 16, 1968 (recto and verso) (1012.2005) Fifty years ago today, as the American national anthem began to … Continue reading →

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Seeing Skiing: Winter Olympics Pics

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Christopher George

Robert Capa, [Crowd of spectators at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games, Norway], February 1952 (2013.77.237) Olympics– Suspense of the ski race is reflected on faces of spectators, including one old lady who leans forward to get a better look at … Continue reading →

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Protesting Racism in America

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Christopher George

John Dominis (1921–2013), [American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos protesting racial inequity with raised fists during national anthem at Olympics, Mexico City], October 16, 1968 (recto and verso) (1012.2005) As the American national anthem began to play during the … Continue reading →

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International Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2017 by claartjevandijk

Graciela Iturbide, Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas, 1979 (130.1995) Barbara Morgan, Martha Graham, 1935 (1.1978.g) Unidentified Photographer, [Unidentified Woman with Camera], ca. 1935 (437.2005) Lisa Larsen, [Virva Rolleid preparing to throw javelin, Spartakiad, Moscow], 1956 (2008.4.125) International Women’s Day celebrates the political, social, cultural … Continue reading →

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John Dominis, 1921-2013

Posted on January 2, 2014 by bwallis

John Dominis, [American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos protesting racial inequity with raised fists during national anthem at Olympics, Mexico City], 1968 (recto and verso) (1012.2005) In the politically tumultuous year 1968, one of the enduring photographs of the … Continue reading →

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Recent Acquisition: Gustav Klutsis

Posted on August 8, 2012 by bwallis

Gustav Klutsis, [Postcard for the Spartakiada (All-Union Olympiad), Moscow], 1928 As the world revels in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the International Center of Photography celebrates the acquisition of an extraordinary set of photomontage postcards that commemorate another earlier … Continue reading →

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