Tag Archives: Paris

Happy Birthday Robert Doisneau

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Christopher George

Robert Doisneau (1912-1994), [A Parisienne scans a poster outside Communist Headquarters in the Paris 14th arrondissement], 1945 (1415.2005) Introduction. Robert Doisneau spoke at ICP on April 23, 1981, this is before the start of slide show. Speaking of pictures… Robert … Continue reading →

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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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“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 →

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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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“The First Woman to Fly the Atlantic Alone”

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Christopher George

Unidentified Photographer, [Amelia Earhart], ca. 1932 (1335.2005) Vu, “La ‘Girl Lindbergh’ A Traversé L’Atlantique,” May 25, 1932, (2009.61.15) Vanity Fair, “Miss Amelia Earhart: A new portrait by Steichen of the famed American flier who is now the wife of Mr. … Continue reading →

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Audrey Hepburn (“Funny Face”)

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Christopher George

Chim (David Seymour), [Audrey Hepburn holding balloons on the set of “Funny Face,” Tuileries, Paris, France], 1956 (42.1990) Chim (David Seymour), [Audrey Hepburn and designer Givenchy, trying on her gown for ballet sequence], ca. 1956 (41.1990) Chim (David Seymour), [Audrey … Continue reading →

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Atget’s Magnificent Door Knockers (5)

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Christopher George

Eugène Atget, Hotel de Bourbon Busset, 118 Rue de Grenelle, 1898-1927 (2011.52.13) Google Street View, 118 Rue de Grenelle, May 2018 Sadly this magnificent and leonine door knocker appears to no longer exist dans la nature… Eugène Atget, Heurtoir, 18 … Continue reading →

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