Tag Archives: Photography

1914: Wings!

Posted on September 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Alvin Langdon Coburn: Wings! (1914)

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1940s: Panorama

Posted on September 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Multi-photo panorama of West Street from Rector Street to Morris Street, New York City (1940’s) Click for detail!

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1950: Costume Party

Posted on September 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Flashbak says this: “The hocus-pocus magic of papier-mache masks brought Hollywood and German movie stars together in Berlin for a few hours of make-believe, Feb. 14, 1950. The skillful hands of Peter Ludwig plus members of Berlin’s artist colony and … Continue reading →

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1972: Sea

Posted on September 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Gerhard Richter: Sea (1972)

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1938: Youth of Today

Posted on September 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Vachon: Picket line at King Farm, Morrisville PA, August 1938

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1910: Flood

Posted on September 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

1910 Paris flood

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1970: Bookstore

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jack Garofalo: Bookstore, Harlem, 1970

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1983: None But the Fool

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Laurence Olivier during a break in the filming of King Lear in 1983. KENT I know you. Where’s the king? Gentleman Contending with the fretful element: Bids the winds blow the earth into the sea, Or swell the curled water … Continue reading →

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2010: Beauty Shop

Posted on September 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Lori Nix at work on Beauty Shop (2010), one of a series of photographs of post-apocalyptic miniatures. (See her website.)

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2014: Blood, Sweat and Tears

Posted on September 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ruddy Roye: Blood, Sweat and Tears (Ryan), Morton Street, Newark, NJ, December 19, 2015 (source)

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