Photography

Oct. 19, 2010

Off to NYC

Wonderful New York street photography by Joseph Holmes.

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Jul. 27, 2010

Divers, East River, 1948

Arthur Leipzig, “Divers, East River, 1948.”

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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 [...]

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Apr. 26, 2010

Portrait: Philip Roth

Photo: Philip Roth at his home in rural Connecticut, 2004. Photo by James Nachtwey.

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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 [...]

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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.

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Feb. 24, 2010

Photographs of the Combat Zone

In Boston, an exhibit of photographs from the Combat Zone in its heyday, 1969-1978.

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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

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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, [...]

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