Revive the memory of 15 formerly grand but now lost NYC theaters in Manhattan that have been demolished and forgotten!
At the end of World War II, Helen Levitt, assisted by Janice Loeb and James Agee, shot In the Street in East Harlem. This broth of the New York life closely brought together frame portraits and street scenes, showing its "poor" populations, transforming the pavement into their "playgrounds, their theatres".
Pictorialism, an approach to photography that emphasizes beauty of subject matter, tonality, and composition rather than the documentation of reality. The Pictorialist perspective was born in the late 1860s and held sway through the first decade of the 20th century. It approached the camera as a tool that, like the paintbrush and chisel, could be used to make an artistic statement. Thus photographs could have aesthetic value and be linked to the world of art expression. The name itself derived from the thought of Henry Peach Robinson, British author of Pictorial Effect in Photography (1869). In his desire to separate
Jackson Pollock American, 1912-1956 One: Number 31, 1950, 1950 Oil and enamel on unprimed canvas, 8' 10" x 17' 5 5/8" Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection Fund (by exchange) Gallery label text, 2006: This is one of three wallsize paintings that Pollock realized in swift succession in the summer and autumn of 1950. In 1947, Pollock began laying canvas on the floor and pouring, dribbling, and flicking enamel paint onto the surface, sometimes straight from the can, or with sticks and stiffened brushes. The density of interlacing liquid threads of paint is balanced and offset by puddles of muted colors and by allover spattering. The pictorial result of this tension is a landmark in the history of Abstract Expressionism. Publication excerpt from The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA Highlights, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, revised 2004, originally published 1999, p. 194: One is a masterpiece of the "drip," or pouring, technique, the radical method that Pollock contributed to Abstract Expressionism. Moving around an expanse of canvas laid on the floor, Pollock would fling and pour ropes of paint across the surface. One is among the largest of his works that bear evidence of these dynamic gestures. The canvas pulses with energy: strings and skeins of enamel, some matte, some glossy, weave and run, an intricate web of tans, blues, and grays lashed through with black and white. The way the paint lies on the canvas can suggest speed and force, and the image as a whole is dense and lushyet its details have a lacelike filigree, a delicacy, a lyricism. The Surrealists' embrace of accident as a way to bypass the conscious mind sparked Pollock's experiments with the chance effects of gravity and momentum on falling paint. Yet although works like One have neither a single point of focus nor any obvious repetition or pattern, they sustain a sense of underlying order. This and the physicality of Pollock's method have led to comparisons of his process with choreography, as if the works were the traces of a dance. Some see in paintings like One the nervous intensity of the modern city, others the primal rhythms of nature.
Explore NYC's now-vanished Paradise Square; from the slums and the gangs, to the tap dancing and the sacred burial grounds, we unveil it all.
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A new exhibition of photographs by ALFRED STIEGLITZ offers a view of New York City at the turn of the 20th century through the eyes of one of the world’s most celebr…
Delve in the history's vault and reemerge with these photos of pure beauty.
In a boon for history lovers everywhere, the New York Public Library has made over 180,000 public domain images available for high resolution download on its...
I haven't done one of these for a while and I think it's about time we got the series going again. Not much to it, just me having a bit of fun curating the sassiest old school pictures I can find on net or from my inbox of pictures you've kindly sent in of your sassy ancestors. Oh and please keep se
LIFE's Hansel Mieth captured the spirit of Harlem in the 1930s by training her lens on life in the street.
Over the past week, we’ve been reflecting on the attacks of 9/11 and the decade that followed. This selection of photographs proposes a longer historical…
Improve your photography by learning from the techniques and styles of the great photographers who have come before.
It is often said that you can't take the same walk twice in New York. Its history may be short compared to that of European cities, but it is also a history marked by lightning-fast change. This pictorial journey into the history of New York City starts from the small town that began as New Amsterdam in the 17th century, tracing the unbridled expansion of the 18th century and waves of mass immigration of the 19th and 20th centuries. The authors, both experienced NYC tour guides, explore iconic districts like Times Square, Harlem, Wall Street, Central Park, Ellis Island and the Bronx, bringing the past and people to life through engaging stories and images. An inspired selection of archival photos, prints, vintage maps, stereographs, and ephemera make this publication, with its elegant, silver-edged finish, a fascinating visual homage to the vibrant city that is New York today. 117 Illustrations, black and white; 39 Illustrations, color
