Photography
Jul. 27, 2010
Divers, East River, 1948
Arthur Leipzig, “Divers, East River, 1948.”
Tags: Arthur Leipzig · New York
Jul. 11, 2010
Portrait: Henry James
Henry James, ca. 1900, age 57. From the collection of the George Eastman House on Flickr. Not many photos of James exist, and none are as revealing as this. The most recognized image we have of “the master” is the iconic John Singer Sargent portrait of 1913, which shows James as the Great Man. And [...]
Tags: Henry James · Portraits of Writers
Apr. 26, 2010
Portrait: Philip Roth
Photo: Philip Roth at his home in rural Connecticut, 2004. Photo by James Nachtwey.
Tags: Philip Roth · Portraits of Writers
Apr. 14, 2010
Flickr Find of the Day
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, from the Library of Congress Flickr photo stream. The photo apparently dates from 1913 or thereabouts. I always imagined Conan Doyle as a less modern, more Victorian character than this — more like Holmes. Flickr has lots of wonderful vintage images like this one, not all book-related obviously. I recommend the [...]
Tags: Arthur Conan Doyle · Flickr · Portraits of Writers
Mar. 8, 2010
Life Magazine Photos of Boston’s Strangler Days
A trove of remarkable photographs of Boston during the Strangler siege. The photos, which are eerie and beautiful, were taken by Arthur Rickerby for Life Magazine. View the whole collection here. Above: A woman wears a hatpin in her sleeve to defend herself against the Strangler, 1963.
Tags: The Strangler
Feb. 24, 2010
Photographs of the Combat Zone
In Boston, an exhibit of photographs from the Combat Zone in its heyday, 1969-1978.
Tags: bookfour · Combat Zone
Feb. 2, 2010
The Street Photography of Jules Aarons
An under-appreciated photographer of Boston street life has an exhibit at the Boston Public Library
Tags: Boston Public Library · featured posts · Jules Aarons · The Strangler
Oct. 28, 2009
Michael Penn’s photographs of Philadelphia
Beautiful images, mostly of Philadelphia, by photographer Michael Penn. View more of his portfolio here. (Above: “Storm Over Fishtown,” 2008, 10×10.)
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Sep. 24, 2009
Barbara Mensch’s photographs of Fulton Fish Market
A few weeks ago I wrote about photographer Barbara Mensch’s lovely images of New York. Barbara recently wrote to point me to another series of her photographs, this one depicting the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan, which was closed in 2005. The photographs are different from the ones that first caught my eye — grittier, [...]
Tags: New York
