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Brett Weston’s New York
Brett Weston, [Air vents, New York], 1945 (308.2003) Brett Weston, [Skylight and fences, Midtown, New York], ca. 1945 (324.2003) Brett Weston, [Fire escape, New York], ca. 1945 (325.2003) Brett...
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Happy 4th of July!
Leonard Speier, West Side Highway, NYC, July 4, 1976 (351.1981) For a dyn-o-mite celebration you have to see the fireworks. This year they will be over the East River and don’t forget to bring your...
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Reflections on Louis Faurer
Louis Faurer, New York, ca. 1949 (2013.99.27) “My eyes search for people who are grateful for life, people who forgive and whose doubts have been removed, who understand the truth, whose enduring...
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Looking back to Mid-Century Downtown New York
After re-reading Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil’s book Please Kill Me: The Oral History of Punk, I’ve been curious to learn more about the New York City that Richard Hell and Patti Smith were inspired...
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New York on the Edge by Charles H. Traub
Charles H. Traub, 12th St. Manhattan, 1988, (437.1991) Charles H. Traub, Plum Beach, Brooklyn, 1989, (444.1991) Charles H. Traub, 42nd St. Manhattan, 1989, (445.1991) Charles H. Traub, Queensbridge...
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He Kills Me
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...
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1/2 x 12 x 12 4 12/12
A. C. McIntyre, Jubilee Singers, ca. 1905 (488.1990) Fisk University opened in Nashville in 1866 as the first American university to offer a liberal arts education to “young men and women irrespective...
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Flea and Dog Markets
André Kertész, The Flea Market, Paris, 1929 (1.1978.d) Leonard Freed, [Man holding umbrella and painting, Waterlooplein Flea Market, Amsterdam, Netherlands.], 1958 (2014.56.23) Andy Warhol, Flea...
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Weegee’s Guide to New York: Weegee was here…
If you, like me, find yourself walking around New York City, wondering: Was Weegee here? Did Weegee make a photograph on this street? Of this building? In this room? Right here? Can we return to the...
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Today is the 100th birthday anniversary Billie Holiday
Herman Leonard, Billie Holiday, NYC, 1949, (2007.90.65) (c) Herman Leonard Photography, LLC Today is the 100th birthday anniversary of Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday was born on April 7, 1915 and died...
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Weegee Wednesdays: “Dora,” Weegee says, “is a singer of sentimental songs at...
Weegee (1899-1968), [Dora performing at Sammy’s on the Bowery, New York], April 16, 1944 (14254.1993) PM, April 16, 1944, p. m4 Seventy one years ago tomorrow, April 16, PM published a photo of Dora...
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A Love Story
Jill Freedman, Tinker Boys, County Kerry, 1973 (9.1988) Jill Freedman, Fiddlers Light, County Donegal, 1974 (50.1988) Jill Freedman, Sailing Homeward, County Galway, 1984 (32.1988) Jill Freedman,...
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Weegee Wednesdays: “There should be suthin deep between us…”
April is the craziest month, photographing Lilacs out in the dead land, archiving Memory and desire, preserving Dull roots with spring rain… If April is National Poetry month and if it’s a Weegee...
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Weegee Wednesdays: “There was dancing in the streets”
Weegee, [It’s V-E Day!], May 1945, (15607.1993) Weegee, [There was dancing in the streets of New York], May 1945, (15685.1993) There was Dancing in the Streets New York — Unconditional surrender of...
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Weegee Wednesday: “17,000 pounds of black market potatoes seized from...
Weegee (1899-1968), [17,000 pounds of black market potatoes seized from barbershop, New York], May 20, 1943, (2325.1993) Weegee (1899-1968), [17,000 pounds of black market potatoes seized from...
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Strangeness and the ordinary
Toby Old, Hooker’s Ball, Copacabana, NYC, 1976 (274.1995) Toby Old, Xenon Disco, NYC, 1978 (69.1995) Toby Old, Body-building Championship, Syracuse, NY, 1980 (64.1995) Toby Old, FDR Psychiatric...
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Weegee Wednesdays: “The city looks strange to me with the sunlight and people...
PM, July 13, 1941, pp. 62-63. Photos by Weegee [Two days and 74 days ago] Times Square, 4 a.m.: “What’s the gag?” asked Weegee. It was no gag. They had been to a party and decided to pipe their way to...
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Weegee Wednesdays: Keeping Cool and Wet in the Summer, Day and Night, During...
Weegee, [Children playing in water sprayed from an open fire hydrant, Upper West Side. New York], ca. 1945 (Weegee Portfolio 14) Weegee, [Children playing in water sprayed from an open fire hydrant,...
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Weegee Wednesdays: Everybody’s Happy!
Weegee, Tuesday Morning, Times Square, August 1945 (15627.1993) Weegee photographed the celebrations that marked the end of the Second World War 70 years ago this week. On Friday, August 10, 1945 (a...
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Weegee Wednesday: Dancing is Free at a Summer Barn Dance in Central Park
Weegee, Dancing is Free in Central Park, July 1945 (644.1993) Weegee, Dancing is Free in Central Park, July 1945 (14854.1993) Weegee, Dancing is Free in Central Park, July 1945 (645.1993) Weegee,...
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