Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Servicing Floodlights



Servicing floodlights at the Columbia Steel Company, Geneva, Utah, 1942, by Andreas Feininger, American, photographer, architect, 1906-1999.

Monkey Selfie



Self portrait of a black crested macaque monkey known as Naruto, 2011.  Camera supplied by David Slater, English, photographer.

Mars Has Water




Photographs of Mars, 2015, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Opportunity Rover, NASA.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

It Ain't Over Till It's Over



Topps Baseball card, Yogi Berra, 1955.  Yogi Berra, born Lawrence Peter Berra, American, baseball player and manager, 1925-2015.

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Louise Brooks



Portrait of Louise Brooks, 1927, by Eugene Roberts Richee, American, 1895-1972.  Louise Brooks, born Mary Louise Brooks, American, actress, dancer,  1906-1985.

Bolshevism Germany's Murderer



Bolshevism Germany's Murderer, 1919, poster designed by Rolf Niczky, 1881-1950.

Paris At Night



Untitled (Paris at night) 1935, by Brassai, born Gyula Halasz, Hungarian,  photographer, sculptor, writer, filmmaker, 1899-1984.

Friday, September 11, 2015

9/11



Brooklyn, New York, young people relax during their lunch break along the East River, 2001, by Thomas Hoepker, German, 1936-.

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Chicago/Gypsy Kids



Chicago/Gypsy Kids, 1939. by Edmund Teske, American, 1911-1996.

Conrad Veidt



Portrait of Conrad Veidt, 1925, by Trude Fleischmann, American, born Austria, 1895-1990.  Conrad Veidt, German, actor, 1893-1943.

Piano



Piano, Meraux Plantation, Louisiana, 1941, by Edward Weston, American, 1886-1958.

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Register To Vote



Register To Vote, 1946, poster designed by Ben Shahn, American, born Lithuania (Russian Empire), painter, graphic designer, photographer, teacher, writer, 1898-1969.  

Circus Poster



Circus poster, Smithland, Kentucky, 1935, by Ben Shahn, American, born Lithuania (Russian Empire), painter, graphic designer, photographer, teacher, writer, 1898-1969.

Flophouse Keeper



Keeper of a mission flophouse, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1935, by Ben Shahn, American, born Lithuania (Russian Empire), painter, graphic designer, photographer, teacher, writer, 1898-1969.