Abbott’s “Changing New York” on Flickr
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008The New York Public Library has added 160 photos from Berenice Abbott’s “Changing New York, 1935-1938″ to the Flickr Commons.
(via kottke.org)
Archive for December, 2008
5B4: Best Books of 2008
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008I used to do “best of” posts at the end of each year, but my reach isn’t as long as it used to be. Whatever I chose wouldn’t be from a big enough pool to really be a fair assessment.
5B4, as you may know, is a blog absolutely obsessed with photobooks and its reach is [...]
Assessing “The Americans” Fifty Years On
Monday, December 15th, 2008Philip Gefter assessed Robert Frank’s “The Americans” in this past weekend’s NY Times arts section. When I see space being used to cover canonical works, it always strikes me a little odd. Wouldn’t that space be better used to cover new photographers and new work? What exactly is news about “The Americans”, a project originally [...]
In the Wealthy Photographer Tradition: Tina Barney Talk at Aperture, Dec 9th
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Aperture is hosting Tina Barney for a photographer’s talk tonight at 6:30 p.m. Barney’s work focuses on the wealthy ensconced in their homes surrounded by the trappings of affluence. Many of her subjects are family and friends, continuing a tradition of wealthy photographers at play that goes back to Fox Talbot.
The Sundance Channel is showing [...]
