Tag Archives: Ronald Reagan

World Aids Day, 2017

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Christopher George

Donald Moffett, He Kills Me, published by ACT UP New York (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), 1987 (1253.2000) As the AIDS epidemic spread, activists criticized the Reagan administration for ineffectively responding to the disease. In particular, they were concerned that … Continue reading →

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Weegee’s October Surprise (part 3): For President

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Christopher George

Weegee (1899-1968), [“For President, Nixon”], ca. 1961 (12608.1993) Weegee (1899-1968), [“For President, Nixon”], ca. 1961 (11572.1993) Weegee (1899-1968), [“For President, Reagan”], ca. 1968 (11639.1993) Weegee (1899-1968), [“For President, Rockefeller”], ca. 1966 (11699.1993) Weegee (1899-1968), [“For President, Wallace”], ca. 1968 (12616.1993) … Continue reading →

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Elections 2016: “The Family 1976”

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Christopher George

THE FAMILY 1976, By Richard Avedon Early this year we asked Richard Avedon – one of the world’s greatest photographers – to cover America’s bicentennial presidential election. Our original idea was to publish a chronicle of the campaign – the … Continue reading →

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He Kills Me

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Christopher George

Donald Moffett, He Kills Me, 1987. Published by ACT UP New York (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) (1253.1990) As the AIDS epidemic spread, activists criticized the Reagan administration for ineffectively responding to the disease. In particular, they were concerned that … Continue reading →

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Show Me Those Pearly Whites

Posted on December 18, 2012 by erinbarnett

Ferenc Berko, Rawalpindi, India, 1946 (458.1994) Bruce Nauman, Studies for Holograms, 1970 (2010.28.1) Dyke Action Machine, Gosh, We Always Knew, from Family Circle, 1992 (1191.2000) Miles Aldridge, Spot the Fake #1, 2006 (2009.8.1) Weegee, [Ronald Regan distortion], ca. 1967 (11630.1993)

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Timeless (Cheap Imitation)

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Christopher George

Weegee, It’s six o’clock in the morning on the electric clock on top of the Consolidated Edison Company building on Fourteenth Street… I think they have the clock up there to remind the customers to pay their bills, ca. 1945 … Continue reading →

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