Tag Archives: Photography

1996: Europa

Posted on August 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Europa: September 7, 1996. Europa is the smallest of Jupiter’s moons. The bright crater on the bottom right is named Pwyll, after Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed, a mythical Welsh king whose tale is told in the Mabinogion. One day, while … Continue reading →

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1944: On This Day

Posted on August 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Paris, August 25 1944

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1947: Mister

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Gottlieb: Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, Downbeat, New York, NY (ca. Feb. 1947) (source)

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2017: The Sky

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

New additions to the gallery.

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1905: Grotta Azzurra

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Detroit Publishing Company: La Grotta Azzurra  [The Blue Grotto], Capri, photochrome print from “Views of Architecture and Other Sites in Italy” (1905) (source)

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1854: Eclipse

Posted on August 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

William and Frederick Langenheim: Eclipse of the Sun (1854) On May 26, 1854, William and Frederick Langenheim took the first photographs of a total eclipse of the sun visible in North America. (Other photographers did take pictures, but the Langenheims’ … Continue reading →

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1959: Even a Kid Knows it’s Wrong to Cross a Picket Line

Posted on August 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Helen Martinez and her children (her grandchild was too young to picket) wear placards announcing that Tex-Son workers are on strike.” (source)

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1962: You’ll Lose a Good Thing

Posted on August 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Bruce Davidson: Chicago, 1962. I like to think this is playing on the jukebox.

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1904: Moonrise

Posted on August 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Edward Steichen: Moonrise – Mamaroneck, New York (1904)

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1891: The Young Woman in Dress and Appearance Corresponded with the Visitor of the Dream

Posted on August 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

When living in Glasgow we had a neighbour, the Rev. Donald McKinnon, who resided in a villa next to ours, with whom we were on very friendly terms. His wife had been dead some time, and the old gentleman kept … Continue reading →

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