Posts by chashale@historians.social
(DIR) Post #ARshyGUqjBYGt1rRnk by chashale@historians.social
2023-01-21T21:49:13Z
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July 28 1945: I know exactly what one of my family members was doing on that day. Looking through old fire logs, located in the basement Engine Co. 14, located on East 18th St, just west of Fifth Ave, I learned that my grandfather, who was a fireman with 14, attended a fire at the Empire State building, located at 34th St and 5th Ave. The fire began after a B-25 bomber, flying in a heavy fog, crashed into the building, inflicting heavy damage, including a number of dead and injured.
(DIR) Post #ARw9hq9wGHymlCusbI by chashale@historians.social
2023-01-23T13:11:13Z
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One of my two favorite family photos: My father in Woodhaven, Queens, 1946, home from the Pacific and WWII. He served with the Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS Antietam as a Pharmacist's Mate, administering medical assistance, treatment and services to naval personnel. My father, and thousands more who fought the war, returned to the city in 1946 to the cheers of thousands of grateful New Yorkers. It may have been one of the greatest times in the history of New York City.
(DIR) Post #ASBcEf3GICkxxEdAaO by chashale@historians.social
2023-01-31T01:11:50Z
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@shacker Brilliant
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2023-01-31T15:32:18Z
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One type of artist can inspire another – and when genres converge, interesting things can occur. Here, renowned fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh found inspiration in Egon Schiele's painting, "Seated Woman With Bent Knee," and used it to create this photo of actress Julianne Moore. Does transferring the ideas of the painter from canvas to camera, give the subject new life and dimension?#Photograhy #Art
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2023-02-09T18:54:45Z
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Seeking to counter the degrading and widely disseminated caricature of Blacks in popular culture, James VanDerZee photographed Harlem weddings, funerals, clubs as well as artists, writers, movers and strivers of the #HarlemRenaissance VanDerZee crafted portraits that were meticulously staged to celebrate the images his subjects wanted to project. And nowhere is this pride more evident than in this 1932 photo of a couple sporting raccoon coats beside a Cadillac roadster#History #Photography
(DIR) Post #ASdijPg8fR50XrUHOi by chashale@historians.social
2023-02-13T14:34:44Z
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At the height of the Cold War, William Klein rather cheekily bestowed an apocalyptic title to this image of the sun peeking through the haze as it crests over midtown; but it endures as a representation of New York’s splendor."Atom Bomb Sky," New York, 1955#NYC #History #Photography
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2023-03-07T21:40:16Z
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This photo, taken in 1967, shows utility lineman Jimmy D. Thompson giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to fellow worker Randall G. Champion, who was knocked unconscious by an electric shock. Because Of Thompson's intervention, Champion survived and lived until 2002. Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph By Rocco Morabito#history #photography #photo #rescue
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2023-03-03T13:04:51Z
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In 1927, Domenico Parisi, an Italian immigrant, opened what has become one of the most iconic cafes in NYC, Caffe Reggio. Located in the heart of Greenwich Village, Caffe Reggio is filled with tiny marble-topped tables, iron-backed chairs, ornately carved wooden benches, gorgeous school of Caravaggio paintings, and other art pieces dating back to Renaissance Italy. There may be no better relic of Greenwich Village’s café society than Cafe Reggio. A wonderful slice of #nyc #history #coffee
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2023-03-29T13:30:17Z
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Ed Clark was a photographer who worked primarily for LIFE Magazine. His best remembered photo captured an accordionist weeping and playing his instrument as the body of the recently deceased President Roosevelt passed by. In 1945, he was temporarily assigned to the Paris offices where he took a series of photos for Life, including this onePhoto: Painting Sacre-Coeur from the ancient Rue Norvins in Montmartre, Paris.#paris #photography #photo #Painting
(DIR) Post #AVNbUw3OKXQKX8Ikxk by chashale@historians.social
2023-05-06T13:28:23Z
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Robert Doisneau was noted for his poetic approach to street photography. Doisenau photographed a vast array of people and events, often juxtaposing conformist and maverick elements in images marked by an exquisite sense of humor. And here's a good example: Photo: Le violoncelle sous la pluie”(The cello in the rain), Paris, 1957.#history #photography #paris #doisneau
(DIR) Post #AVYJSc7WIJvmGIpAqu by chashale@historians.social
2023-05-05T11:56:59Z
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None have done it much better than Cartier-Bresson. There is a spareness and spatial intensity to Cartier-Bresson’s work that is absolutely his own. Harlem, New York, 1947, a masterpiece.#photography #photographer #photo #newYork #history
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2023-05-26T02:40:59Z
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Peter Lindbergh is recognized as one of the most influential contemporary #photographers This image of #TinaTurner hanging off the Eiffel Tower is one of his most iconic photos. In November 2020 the singer wrote: “Today would be the birthday of my dear friend and uniquely talented photographer Peter Lindbergh. I have often told you that it took me a long time to love myself. Peter helped me with his amazing photos. He discovered a side of me even I didn’t know existed. I miss him very much.”
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2023-05-12T17:16:38Z
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Benn Mitchell, who was born in NYC in 1926, received his first camera at the age of 13. Ever since, he's produced photographs that capture American vitality.Born in New York City, Mitchell sold his first #photo to LIFE magazine when he was 16. At the age of 17 he headed west, gaining permission from Warner Brothers to frequent the studios shooting the Hollywood stars on the various sets and sound stages. One of his most valued photographs is this one of #HumphreyBogart taken in 1943. #history
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2023-06-03T18:54:25Z
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This #photo taken by Jack Rosenzweig of a worker on the tower of the George Washington Bridge, was part of the Federal Project Number One, created with WPA funds in 1935. While many photos of the project were unsentimental and meant to show the gritty side of NYC; however, when I look at this photo I sense that it suggests a longing for brighter days...in a city of hope...#NewYork.December 22, 1936. #Photographer: Jack Rosenzwieg. WPA-FWP Collection, NYC Municipal Archives. #history
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2023-06-07T11:02:23Z
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Ara, Guler, a Turkish #photographer was best known for capturing poignant and nostalgic images of a bygone Istanbul but who also portrayed famous figures and everyday life in far-flung lands.“I don’t take pictures in normal light,” Mr. Guler said, “only just before or after sunset, or early in the morning.”Photo: Tarlabasi, a neighborhood in the Beyoglu district of Istanbul (1965). #history
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2023-06-08T19:45:23Z
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In little more than a decade of feverish work, Robert Frank broke the rules of documentary #photography and reset the template for postwar photogs who plied their art with a camera on the streetHere, a young man is carrying a tulip--maybe for the woman in the background? An older man approaches. It's a classic romantic #Paris street photo. The knowledge that Frank had gotten a friend to pose explains how the #photograph came to be — without diminishing its charm"Tulip/Paris," 1950 #history
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2023-07-04T16:58:56Z
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Ansel Adams #portrait of Georgia O’Keeffe and Orville Cox was made at the rim of Canyon de Chelly. “I was walking around with my Zeiss Contax,” Adams wrote, “and I observed O’Keeffe and Cox in breezy conversation standing on a rock slope above me. They were engaged in a bit of banter. The moment was now.”This #photo is considered by many as one of Adams' best. It is one of the few portraits that he included in his major retrospective at NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1974. #history
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2023-03-17T22:06:07Z
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I've been looking at Evelyn Hofer's work today...fantastic photographer. Here's a gem she took in Dublin, IrelandGirl with Bicycle, 1966
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2023-08-07T13:57:07Z
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Bruce Davidson remains one of the world’s outstanding #photographers. He is known for capturing images of communities and individuals living on the fringes of society and dedication to the documentation of social inequality. His images frequently convey the loneliness and isolation of the subjects portrayed.#Photo: Jimmy Armstrong at Clyde Beatty Circus. New Jersey, USA. 1958. #history